Remembering Indy
November 5, 2009 – November 9, 2023 A few days after Indy’s 14th birthday we said goodbye to our beautiful boy. Indy changed a lot over the past two years – I called him ‘my old man’ – and his final months were tough. I [...]
Creative Inspiration: Jewelry & Polymer Clay
It has been nearly a year since I wrote the tribute post to my Mom - An Artistic Life: Remembering the Creative Spirit of Arlene Summers and returned to my jewelry-making hobby. Since then, my creative inspiration has grown. At first, I made jewelry with [...]
An Artistic Life: Remembering the creative spirit of Arlene Summers
I wrote this post to share my mom’s beautiful imagination and creativity. Hopefully it will bring joy and inspiration to others. My mom, Arlene, passed away from Alzheimer’s in March 2020. Soon after, I wrote a post to reminisce about our travels together and how [...]
Mental Health Month 2022: Creating Mental Health Toolbox
Today is the last day of Mental Health Month 2022. Have you seen any messages about mental health on social media or TV? Even though the awareness campaign is ending, it doesn’t mean we should stop thinking about our mental health. The theme for Mental [...]
WeRemember: International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2022
For the 2022 International Holocaust Remembrance Day, #WeRemember some of the people who created the Ringelblum Archive in the Warsaw ghetto. I learned about Gela Seksztajn, an artist who died in the Holocaust, while reading The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance [...]
California Labradors, Retrievers, and More – Rescuing Dogs for Ten Years
This is the twelfth and final post in the 2021 Kindness series. Each month I will make a donation to a different nonprofit and write about the organization. In honor of Indy’s birthday this month (he turned twelve) the November donation went [...]