Last night marks four weeks since my father died. I tried not to think about it too much. I am not into avoiding thinking about it, but I do...

This is a bit closer photograph of Communion Circle: 1-10. Communion Circle: 1-1 Plaster sculptures, each piece measures approximately 24...

There are two more fiber sculptures in my show. This one is called Glimpses in Time, and it tells the story of my father's life. It is h...

I suppose I should have mentioned that Interstices is the name of my show. Interstices [in-tur-stuh-seez] 1. the spaces between things. 2. ...

I thought I would share images from my current gallery show - Interstices. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ...

Tonight Abelisto and I went to a wonderful concert. The musician was Pavlo(www.pavlo.net), who plays Mediterranean music. We had third ro...

This is the video that I made for the visitation before my father's memorial service. Hopefully it will load for everyone. I have not pu...

The event went fairly well. I would have like to have more people there, but the people who came were very interested in the work and what I...

We are back home now. We made fairly good time coming back - left around 8:30 (our time) and got to Winona around 6:30. I only got sad onc...

We had a visitation and memorial service for my father today. I made a video for the visitation. We scrambled for photographs, searching m...

At the funeral home, the room where my father's body was kept for us to view was accessed by passing through a garage. In the garage wer...

while we were driving the long road to get to him. We were four hours away when he slipped away. Everyone says it was a very peaceful passin...

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...

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