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Thursday, September 13th, 2012

“From time to time, to remind ourselves to relax, to be peaceful, we
may wish to set aside some time for a retreat, a day of mindfulness,
when we walk slowly, smile, drink tea with a friend, and enjoy being
together as if we are the happiest people on Earth. ”
Thich Nhat Hanh

The color are slowly shifting. It is obvious that Summer is leaving us. So much of it was too hot to enjoy; it was not a good year for the gardens and the smoke from regional fires has made getting out of town an iffy prospect.

Every morning the weather forecast includes red flag warnings and smoke alerts. Maybe this weekend I’ll venture off grid, go check on the treehouse

and remember what silence is outside the bounds of city life.

Here at home and in the office things are happening:

The new “coaching website” is up and running. Right now professional rates are fairly low. They will go up when I hit my optimal daily client limit.

There is still a lot of free content available to you in the pages section – look in the right hand column of this blog. You can expect to see some of these expanded with visual content added and for some of the info to become available as downloadable e-books. in the near future. Editing and anthologizing (not necessarily in that order G>) takes time.

Also in process is an anthology of the Museletters – I’ll keep you posted.

The musletter service is available to you at no charge, (subscribe here) but I have recently begun accepting donations to help defray the costs.     thanks for your generosity.

 

wishing you a fruitful harvest if you garden, whether it is out of doors, in studio , or in imagination.

all best, laura

 

 

 

 

a much delayed update

Sunday, August 12th, 2012

The new roof is on, complete, lovely. It took only two and one half days, a crew of five, working 7 a.m. to 9 pm. and they were wonderful. Yes, it was a dirty, noisy and messy process, but it is finished.

It was pretty cool to see the bare bones of the house from inside the crawl space:

  The roofers took off three layers of old roofing, started from scratch and now, everything is to code. What is charming is the grace curve of the roof line, invisible with all those heavy layers. My house is breathing more easily.

 

 

 

Our weather has continued to be brutally hot with brief respites here and there. Today is in the 80s, a welcome change from triple digits. The sunflowers and cosmos, vines, weeds and grasses are thriving. My tactic this years is to let it be. I’ll water just enough to prevent crisp grasses. In the Fall, when it cools down, I will dig our the perennial beds and replant, once again thinking about xeriscaping: minimal maintenance, minimal water requirements. It seems to me that these new weather patterns will be with us a while.

Right now the goldfinches and chic-a-dees are loving the holly hocks and cosmos.

 

In other news, I am renewing my coaching practice, after a long hiatus, Details here.

Spaces are limited so don’t delay!

It is also possible that a group of “Women in Transition” will be forming soon. if this interests you, send a note.

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My wish for you as August matures is that you are enjoying the Summer, exercising your creativity, relaxing and making stuff!

 

March, already?

Friday, March 2nd, 2012

  
February seemed to fly by. There was a lot happening here but nothing to show you except a wish for Spring, it’s bound to show up soon. What I hope to see soon is color in the gardens.

What I see now is mostly ice.

I’m prepping and packing for the Grinnell road trip, a four day workshop with some favorite people.

Beau, my Number One Assistant will be making the trip with me again this year.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

On our return, toward mid month, there will be a lot happening in the studio. The taxes will be done, the chores tended to and more. My primary goal will be updating the website and galleries. you may have noticed small changes here and there. A new addition to the blog is in the sidebar, “Material Mysteries”, a menu about some of the materials I have been bringing to the workshops. More updates to come.

Longer days, warmer temperatures and so forth will help. Let’s hope they show up soon!

acrylic mediums

Friday, March 5th, 2010

Here’s the hotlink to the pages on acrylic mediums.

http://www.cater-woods.com/weblog/?page_id=904

It’s a start. hope it helps.