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Public Art/Hometown Pride

A few years ago, an exhibition called Cow Parade took New York City by storm: hundreds of life size fiberglass cows went on display, each one unique, designed & created by an artist. They were fun, inspiring, clever pieces of…

Meditation Tea Table

I needed some blog writing, life affirming inspiration, and when my friend sent me photos of this tea table, I knew I’d found it. The artist’s intention, I believe, is to show the effects our actions have on others. The…

Memorial Day weekend

Amazingly, we’re in the final countdown until Memorial Day weekend, the unofficial kickoff to the American summer. As we all know, it’s a weekend full of barbecues, picnics, parades and (hopefully) some tasty pie. If we’re really lucky, there will…

The Chocolate Cheesecake Amendment

Poor Casey. At Pizza Friday lunch, he told us that, the night before, the babysitter had eaten the last piece of his mom’s famous homemade chocolate cheesecake. He had once told the babysitter to help herself to anything, and she…