A quick update: here's what it looks like as of tonight... This photo is a bit orange-y, but I wanted to finish up tonight without c...

Well, I wasn't singing in the rain ... but it sort of felt like that when I rode home today. I think that during the 20 minutes it too...

Want to see the new things I'm doing? Sorry for the long dry spell – I've been working on several new projects and it's diffic...

I've been commissioned to create a labyrinth in the newly recreated East End Rec Center Park. The rec center location: the e...

Happy Father's Day, Dad. I miss you. More

  Here's the recipe... it's a triple batch 'cause making any less than that is just plain silly. Organic ingredients are bes...

There is so much to say about being a student in one of Verdiano's workshops. I'm not going to write about it this morning, mainly b...

I'm taking the 6-day Modern Expression II workshop at the Chicago Mosaic School with Verdiano Marzi. We're three days into it and i...

Well... not a fan, but you most certainly mastered your craft. Even so, I would never have named you The Painter of Light... but rest in pea...

My 4th graders are doing amazing work on their mosaics. Mosaics being made by one of my five classes of fourth graders. I have five cl...

I admit it - I'm a packaging geek... a sucker for a excellent product wrapper, one that is clever or extraordinary in some way. I love b...

I’ve been avoiding this blog… mostly because I’m still wandering about in the land of loss, pain and disbelief. I’m beginning to wonder if a...

Jude was clever, kind, stubborn, generous, opinionated, gentle, loving, smart, beautiful... She laughed a lot at herself and rarely at oth...

is at 3pm (EST) on Monday. If it's possible, please think of her - and us, her large family - for a few moments at that time, with love ...

I'm having trouble breathing past the tightness and the pain. Jude is dead. Now my family has a Jude-sized hole in it. And it really hur...