Carolyn on Feb 11th, 2013Creative Explosion
Happy Chinese New Year! It’s the Year of the Snake. But wait! There’s more! On February 14, 2013, my guide dog Hedy will be six years old. In celebration I am posting my outburst of new shirts and totes triggered by love for my Valentine’s Day partner and the new lunar year. The shirt below [...]
Carolyn on Mar 3rd, 2012A Gift of Puppies is off and romping
There was a full house at the Main Street Gallery where three of us with dogs from Guide Dogs for the Blind shared what life was like with these special canines. We were there to celebrate my latest book, A Gift of Puppies, and Shelby Posada, Director of the Lake County Arts Council, made it [...]
Carolyn on Dec 31st, 2011Beauty for Ashes
Dear Ones, Of all the years of my life, this one has contained the most change. Though my husband and my father joined my mom in Heaven at the end of 2010, 2011 has required the adjustment of learning to walk through life without them. Some of that was logistics, such as the last trip [...]
Carolyn on Dec 3rd, 2011Fall into Winter Update
Quite a bit has changed in the past few months. An update is in order. 1. Hedy’s scratching I used medicated shampoo that the vet at Guide Dogs for the Blind gave me. That helped. Her furious scratching seems to be connected to temperature and moisture in the air as well. Also, because Hedy turns [...]
Carolyn on Jul 22nd, 2011Two Names, One Life
It’s Daddy’s birthday. I didn’t remember until I was writing the story of the new black and white necklace I finished this morning. It’s the only one so far with two names. I wanted to make a black and white necklace—small white cubes alternating with narrow black spacer beads. To my dismay, I ran out [...]
