Mansion Horses

Today I painted this, inspired by a picture the League-Kempner House posted to show its Christmas decorations. I felt oddly … More

Shades of Betty. Horse Week Day 5

I started preparing for my Storms of Malhado dinner party. I bought more plates from Nautical Antiques, and I started … More

Book club discussion questions for Storms of Malhado, a Galveston novel by Maria Elena Sandovici.

Today it rained and I set out to make a large painting that would serve as the cover art of … More

Today I was feeling rather tense. I decided to take a short swim, and it turned out that it was … More

Here are some of the things that help me when I’m feeling anxious: a trip to Little India with my … More

A friend bought a 1950s stove for her 1950s home and it made me think of Betty. I made some … More

Something magical happened today: On the last day of the Mercury Retrograde that’s been definitely plunging my life into chaos, … More

And finally I wrote the scene I’d been thinking about, the scene I’d been plotting all day yesterday while in … More

Best thing about today: I got to write 1,000 words on my new manuscript. In it, Cornelius takes Betty to … More