I realize that this isn't a big deal to many of you, but we don't often get a foot of snow in Kentucky, so I'm excited! Snow ju...

I finally decided to give my blog a new name. About a year ago, when I was so sadly ignorant of all things bloggish, my son was setting up ...

The extra-cold weather we've been having this winter got me thinking about those far northern places where it's almost always cold. ...

Praise song for the day. Each day we go about our business, walking past each other, catching each others' eyes or not, about to speak o...

Though none of my work could be considered 'political' in any way, I felt the need to commemorate the extraordinary times in which w...

My friend Mish saw the gold and green Taras and asked if I could make her red, or black, or white. Those are her other colors, you see, in ...

Gold Tara Green Tara Tara is the primary goddess-form in Tibetan Buddhism, and is considered to be the embodiment of compassion. She is the...