When my Dad was helping win WW2, his official MOS (military occupational specialty) was cartographer.  He never had a chance to find out wh...

I wanted to make small ornaments this year, and was happy when I found some little wooden cubes at the craft store, about 3/4 inch on the s...

Many years ago my sister bought a present for Dad -- a Christmas bear.  Turn him on, and he taps his toe, strums his guitar and plays Jingl...

I wrote a while back about a new direction in collage -- mounting my work on wood painting panels.  I finished a couple in September and ...

Over the years we have become less and less inclined to do a lot of Christmas decorating, giving away huge boxes of ornaments to our kids a...

We drove over to Evansville IN on Saturday night to attend the opening of the 45th Mid-States Craft Exhibit, a venerable juried show that t...