BookNotes: The Book of Two Ways
Nuggets & notes from the Jodi Picoult book. When I read, I have the terrible habit of folding...
Notes from International Nature Journaling Week, 2021
International Nature Journal Week (INJW) is an annual celebration of all things natural and journal-able. This year it...
From Raw capture to Rich memory
3 steps to a Soundscape Nature Sketch As an avid nature journaler, I love to go out into...
A “run-the-pen-dry” experiment
It’s Spring and the crushing deadlines of teaching college in a pandemic are crushing my soul. One way...
Copper Spoon…then and now…
During 2020 (and the awful pandemic) I started gardening, both indoors and outside. To get to know these...
Born with a copper spoon…
It looks like a regular plant, but upon touching it, it feels like a succulent (which is it.)...
Jade: the jewel of the garden
Seems like everyone in the Bay Area has a Jade plant because these plants like the weather and...
Plant Portrait: Mystery Plant
Since I had no answers, I asked questions.
Colors of Coleus
In order to learn more about our recent plantings, I’m making a plant portrait each week. We have...
Nature Journaling @ Albany Bulb, Albany CA
After many months of shelter-in-place and stay-at-home-order sketching, the East Bay Sketchers were finally able to meet in...