My first video in a new series! I’ve decided to share the wisdom, such as it is, of my many years as an artist, and I’m starting off with...

The day after New Year’s Day in Pasadena is a day of recovery. With the Rose Parade the previous day, Colorado Blvd is in a state of...

Val and I wanted to make something special for Christmas dinner, so we went to Google and found this festive recipe on BBC Good Food. We...

My sister Valerie and her hubby Walker got a Himalayan pink salt block for Christmas, so naturally we wanted to try it out at Christmas....

The Jack Whitten exhibit at The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis is thrilling to see. An abstract expressionist painter and paint...

Flying on the trapeze is an excellent metaphor for life. Long ladders to climb, scary vantage points at which you consider how far you’ve...

It not quite a white Christmas yet here in Minneapolis, but my sister is bringing on the holiday charm with this fantastic recipe from...

Guest post! Hello & welcome to author Juliette Cross! Take it from here… Hi, everyone! So, my purse is ultra boring. Nothing but piles of...

On Tuesday morning, Richard and I heard the same bad news every other parent heard who has a child in the Los Angeles Unified School...

Violet gave a presentation on Estonian Winter Holidays this week, and needed to share either a song, a recipe or a game with the class. I...

Guest post! Hello & welcome to author Sarah Hegger! Take it from here… So, it’s my turn to dump the contents of my purse and tell you all...

I never used to carry a purse. While my high school, then university compadres mooned over their new Coach bags and fished around for...

Today was a glorious day of printmaking! I remember there were days in my twenties where I would just do art all day long – I...

Guest post! Hello & welcome to author Rosanna Leo! Take it from here… #PurseDumpProject – Tara Quan – Guess what my #cat discovered in my...

Guest post! Hello & welcome to author Rosanna Leo! Take it from here… When I heard about #ProjectPurseDump, a part of me rejoiced and...

Have you ever seen a Shopkin? I hadn’t when Violet first started talking about them a few months ago. She held up a hideous piece of...

Guest post! Welcome Gemma & Purse Dump Project! Hiya, hiya, hiya! I’m Gemma Brocato and I’m here to reveal the cluttered contents of my...

Bill Graham was a rock promoter and social activist whose career highlights include launching some of the most famous rock bands in music...

I’m so meta. You can see, in the background, this blog posting as it’s being written Welcome to Week 1 of Project Purse Dump. I get to go...

Danny says we gotta go Gotta go to Idaho But we can’t go surfin’ cuz it’s twenty below I grew up with those lyrics, The Ramones End of...