Sarah Laurence

I took this unfiltered DSLR photograph while dining outside Estes Lobster House  at sunset. I'm taking a two week blog vacation to...

Freshman year, Harvard paired me with Bonnie and two other roommates. Before we met in person, Bonnie called me on the phone, and we disco...

Reading in my hammock, under a canopy of gold, Wearing flannel shirts without jackets, Picking apples with my daughter, ...

Monhegan Island, Maine at night from a fact gathering trip for my work-in-progress An author needs to create a world that is believab...

Friday night, September 27th is the 10X10 Art Exhibit and Sale. My two watercolors are among the 300 works by 150 local artists. This annual...

Two views of my son's dorm at Middlebury College. As my son joined the queue of freshman, my advice was: "Don't run ove...

This is my art studio. September is my favorite time of year to paint. My kids are back at school so the afternoons are mine. The...

Happy Holidays!   I'll be back to blogging in the New Year.

  George J. Mitchell Field , formerly a US Navy Fuel Depot and now a public/dog park in Harpswell, Maine. About once a year I give my bl...

The islands at Lookout Point remind me of floating bonsais. Autumn’s crisp, cool air makes the colors more intense. Painting dockside, I w...

I write with shaky fingers as tears stream down my face.  No dog lies at my cold feet.  The only trace is a well-worn patch on my office flo...