Albuquerque Morning ; watercolor crayons and indigo ink It's Sunday morning and I'm doing my best to recreate an earlier life: walk...

Seeds From a Birch Tree. Gouache on black paper. Inspired by the haiku how-to book of the same name by Clark Strand. April is once again Poe...

Hello! Happy Spring! The last two months have found me on a blogging hiatus and for a very good reason: I was busy revamping my website, Val...

  So here we are again: November and National Novel Writing Month and the eternal question: Why am I doing this?? Because I love it, I suppo...

© creativecommonszero / dreamstime.com It seems impossible that it was exactly two years ago that I last met with my various writer's gr...

© PublicDomainPhotos / Dreamstime.com Today is the last day of summer and I'm not very happy about it. Don't get me wrong, I love th...

  © creativecommonsimages / Dreamstime.com Who's up for Camp NaNoWriMo ? Me, for one! I can't believe I'm saying this, but come...

  Quick pastel pencil and watercolor study on Arches paper. 20 minutes. Stay creative every day. It's a great idea, but how do you reall...

  © Creative Commons Zero / Dreamstime.com Happy Spring, Everyone! What are you going to do with this happy and colorful season? How about g...

  © creativecommonstockphotos / dreamstime.com Happy 2021! What are you going to write or make this year? Whatever it is, a good way to get ...

Gesture drawings on newsprint using my favorite Koh-i-Noor Magic Pencil   Way back in January 2020 when the world was a bit more normal I di...

Baby werewolf in a coffee mug. Every home should have one! Greetings from Albuquerqu e! And greetings from another day of , well, st...