How many people are reeling at the chaos created by recent events! Being with people recently, whether live or on social media, feels like being in an emotional washing machine, tossed around like a piece of old worn out lint. … Continue reading
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Listening to Shanna spout crap like that made my belly churn. What the heck was she thinking??? But suddenly, she went into this kind of glassy-eyed trance . . . Shanna came back over today to tell me she was … Continue reading
My neighbor Shanna came over, crying, utterly bereft about the election. I told her to put her big-girl panties back on and quit indulging in weeping and wailing and moaning and being angry and sad, moping around like a victim, … Continue reading
If only I had the means to comfort everyone! Wouldn’t it be nice if you had someone whose arms you could just fall into, snuggle up against them and revel in the comfort of their Being? No need for crying, … Continue reading
I used to go out into my yard in Hawaii, sit in my favorite chair, and hold hands with my ferns. They loved it (they told me so!) and I loved it. I miss that. Where I live now, I … Continue reading
I’m used to being one of those annoying full-of-juice, c’mon-let’s-go people who get everyone else motivated and moving and having way too much fun as we make waves in the world with our artful creations. So now it surprises the … Continue reading
Some of us, who are perfect in every other possible way (ahem!), have a terrible, dark secret. That secret, if known, would probably make everyone on the planet shun, condemn, and make fun of us! We might even be deleted … Continue reading
Having a basically shy nature, it’s beyond me how people are so obsessed with making selfies. I just don’t get it. Why would anyone want to plaster themselves all over a world-wide platform? Can you tell me? I’m thinking in … Continue reading
Back in the 90s, I lived in two of the bays of an old abandoned fire house, where the town fire trucks had been kept. There was a big parking lot out front. At the beginnings of our daily walks … Continue reading
I’ve studied healing plants for years, and have always wanted to honor them somehow – the ones I have used always did such wonders for me and my family. So I’m working on creating a series of designs featuring plants … Continue reading
There are some days when things in life seem so shitty that I can’t get my mind bent around a single thing – except drawing. Drawing is my life-saver. Today was one of those days. I’ve been completely occupied with … Continue reading
I’m so used to creating bold designs using bright colors that I forget the there are people who prefer more quiet beauty. I was doing the primary design of this piece, all full of really bright colors and bold strokes. … Continue reading
Every year, hundreds of birds would swoop down and eat all the cherries on our trees, whether they were ripe or not. We finally trimmed the branches of the trees so it would be shorter, and much easier to put … Continue reading
There are days I’m so full of ideas and images they feel like popcorn popping and bursting and trying to get out of my noggin. Today was one of those days. Usually, before I open my eyes to fully wake … Continue reading
My ma had the most awesome organic garden. She had every veggie known to man and some we had no clue what they were. Despite it being the source of so much deliciousness, we kids hated that garden, because we … Continue reading
Maybe you’ve never noticed how sometimes your kitty can be just downright silly. (Silly? Kitties? Never!) Whoddathunkit, playing with the mice he’s supposed to catch! Only this time, it’s Leo the Leopard – he just can’t resist all those meeces! … Continue reading
The Park Fire here in northern California tried to snake its fiery fingers right into my world, coming within three miles of my house. It freaked the living daylights out of me, relentlessly debilitating me for a whole month. The … Continue reading
As I drove down an obscure, insanely rough, red-dirt road in Baja, I came around a corner, there on my right suddenly reared up an enormous storm-grey rock, as big as a two-story house. What is that doing there?!? I … Continue reading
Today we had 101 degree heat. I melt at such high temps. My mind disappears into the deepest crack in the sea, and try as I might to sit up and work, my body refuses to function. Just about all … Continue reading
When I was a kid, I loved running out in the spring rain, jumping in puddles and splashing until I was soaking wet drenched, head to foot. Now, of course, I’m staid and demure, like a proper old lady should … Continue reading
Penguins are the silliest looking critters, aren’t they? But I love how sweet their mannerisms are, and how amazing they are underwater. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=- © Angela Treat Lyon 2024 … Continue reading
Do you like hot, spicy foods? I do, but my body? Not so much! Instant reactions! So here we are, eating our favorite east Indian dinner – and then – Ooooooh!!! Hotttt!!!! Yeowie! Yikes! Whew! Hand me the napkins! Wouldn’t … Continue reading
I have this Thing for Hummingbirds. I think they are some of the most miraculous beings on the planet. Imagine having to suck multiple times your body weight in liquid food through a long skinny pipe every day! And being … Continue reading
In a kind of odd moment as I sat glomping my lunch a couple days ago, I looked out my window to see my neighbor’s cats sunning themselves on the window sill, and they just looked so happy. Have you … Continue reading
Supposedly . . . As you know, I’ve been taking a highly intense, galactically-comprehensive course on the business of being an artist. Comprehensive is the biggest understatement ever! … Continue reading
No one else can possibly do what you do. . They may do something similar, but what you do has your breath within it, has your dreams behind it, and has your signature energy inside it. . There are days … Continue reading
I’ve had this phrase running in my mind all day long – driving me crazy! I finally realized it wanted me to draw it. So I did! I can be pretty slow sometimes . . . but eventually I get … Continue reading
My newest scarf! It’s 26″ square, rich colors on a lovely pure silk charmeuse – I love it! A friend told me about how he’d gone fishing, and actually watched as the fish gathered around his hook and bait and, … Continue reading
I just got this sample in the mail – it’s a 12″ square kind of plaque thing. . It’s printed on a 1/8″ board, has a satin mat finish, wonderful rich color – and a twiney thing to hang it … Continue reading
Very smoky here today – hard to see or breathe. Not fun at all. This image is how I feel about you. I’m so fortunate to have your loving support. It’s been such an emotional rolly-coasty this week! Huge gratitude … Continue reading