My father is dying right before her eyes, a little bit each day. Yesterday he only had about a tablespoon of water - no food, no other liq...

I almost died one day. I remember some of it quite clearly, but not all of it. I was giving birth to my third child. I had gone overdue b...

I should have been calling more often. I keep telling myself "I will call tonight..." then I get home and get started on a project...

I have always thought of myself as someone who is a bit cold, a bit distant. Not that anyone would have really noticed since I have always t...

We have been dealing with excessive rain and flooding here in Winona. Our lovely bluffs and coulees (ravines) tend to cause flash floods if ...

Perhaps I had the ideal childhood. I do not know. All I can tell you is that I was surrounded by a collection of caring adults that provided...

People keep asking how my father is doing. I have no idea how to answer that. I sometimes just say "He is dying." That is the bl...

Clicking on an image opens the slide show in a separate window (at www.slide.com), with larger images. Once there you will need to click th...

On the drive back and forth between Minnesota and Indiana we usually (read: always) take the same route. Boring, I know, but efficient, sinc...

Today I performed a strangely intimate task for my father - I brushed and cleaned his dentures. At first it made me a bit queasy. I do not k...

I previously posted my response to a question on the Goddard MFA-IA email discussion list about boundaries. This is my second response to t...

One more river fog photo This one is the Mississippi River with Mt. Trempealeau (the largest sandbar on the river) taken from the Minnesota ...

Mississippi Bridge You can sort of see the second rainbow just to the left of the main one. The bridge is the one crossing the Mississippi R...

Lake Fog A lone fisherman and bird, out on Lake Winona early one morning (5:30 a.m.) River Fog Fog on the Mississippi River, near Trempealea...

Okay, my Artist Statement says "I am an interdisciplinary artist examining the transcendent in the light of the connection between the...

I thought I would put my artist statement here: I am an interdisciplinary artist examining the transcendent in the light of the connection b...

It seems like today was a fairly productive day. I have been stressing over this upcoming art show and the fact that my summer schedule has...

My alma mater just redesigned their website. This is interesting to me for a number of reasons. Perhaps first and foremost because I am faci...

I have been listening to the NPR and MNPR news broadcasts about the bridge collapse. So far, no one from SMU has been involved, although one...

A fellow graduate from Goddard asked us (on our alumni email list) how we deal with boundaries with our partners - especially if we live tog...