I'm a self-taught artist, craftsperson and writer. My husband Bob, our Sharpei Delilah and our silhouette cat Raven live in a home that we are constantly cleaning, renovating, organizing, updating and cleaning. My time is divided between working part-time as an executive assistant and grant writer for an excellent non-profit and spinning stories, ideas and sometimes making art. I thrift, therefore I am. At any given moment I lose my breath catching sight of the shells, rocks and crystals strewn over my house and flashes of song birds at the bird bath outside my kitchen window.