My daughters ran down Sheldon Ave. NE in Grand Rapids, Mich., to get to “Imagine That!” ArtPrizeentry located on the exterior wall of the Grand Rapids Children’s  Museum. We were on our spontaneous post-ballet class, pre-ArtPrize adventure and this was our first opportunity to explore the mural by Chicago artist, Tracy Van Duinen on foot. [...]

It was a real kick to meet Kaffe Fassett and Brandon Mably, at Kaffe’s lecture and slide show this evening here in West Michigan. The lecture, given as part of the 25th year shop anniversary for the Wyoming, Mich. – based Threadbender Inc., was both entertaining and inspiring. I even got a free scarf because [...]

I spent a few hours in the basement today attending to the neglected task of purging the worldly belongings that are clogging my life. A good friend was there to coax me along and challenge me with raised eyebrows every time I lingered on an object too long. I didn’t exactly enjoy myself, but it [...]