My Stories
Can art heal a broken heart . . .
November 2025
She walked into my booth at a show this spring, and I was so happy to see her. But she was alone, without her husband . . .
I celebrated a big one this year
October 2025
I’m not exactly sure how this happened but I turned seventy in September. That is a lot of years of living . . .
To Be Seen
September 2025
Twenty years ago, I moved into a rental home as I started a new chapter in my life. I took just a few items from my old home. I “designed on a dime” gathering furniture from thrift stores and garage sales, cleaning the furniture and painting it – lots of furniture painting . . .
Resistance
August 2025
A couple of weeks ago I traveled to New York City to see Anne Frank: The Exhibitionat the Center for Jewish History. The exhibit built slowly . . .
Learning to Wait
July 2025
I’ve always been impatient. When I try omething new, I want to be good at it immediately. I want results, growth, beauty—now.
I want to live in Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood
June2025
Lately, with all the political chaos, the anger, the noise—it’s like the world has forgotten how to be kind. I find myself longing for the quiet simplicity of Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood . . .
My Mom Would Be Proud
May 2025
It took my mom a while to find herself and her artistic voice. Like me, she explored many different forms of creative expression before discovering the one that truly resonated.
One Moment Can Change Everything
April 2025
I grew up in a six-story apartment building in Queens, NY, until I was 14. Each floor had a small, dark, and dingy incinerator room where we disposed of our trash.
On Our Sister’s Shoulders
March 2025
My partner Jude teaches Sociology at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. One of the articles her students read is a piece by Gloria Steinem.