I went back along the same path through the park I had walked earlier in the week. These are the photographs I took on my walk. It's interesting how we say we "take" photographs, isn't it? I wonder who first decided that was the verb that would get used for this art form. Anyway...on with [...]
I go on walks quite often. It's my main form of exercise - especially when I can't go out dancing, because during a pandemic, that is no longer a thing. Truth be told, I usually try to find a way to make the walk "useful" in some way. Listening to podcasts and calling family are [...]
First posted on blog and facebook: December 21, 2019Announced via email: Monday, December 30, 2019Discussion on Facebook group: Wednesday, January 22, 2020 2pm EST First, a bit on the Thriving Artist Book Club:We will have a live discussion of the book three weeks after the book to be discussed is first announced via email. Thriving [...]
In celebration of doing henna for the August Moon Festival in Quincy (voted Best of Boston in 2018!), I am happy to share this collection of moon-inspired henna designs with you. This is every single henna design I have ever watermarked and saved to my computer with "moon" in the file name. I hope that [...]
Dear Heather, I've got a confession. I've been running a henna business for a while now, but I still don't have insurance for my business. Am I terrible? Should I get it? This one event says I have to have it or else I can't participate... I realize that it is the legit thing to [...]
Dear Heather, I'm having trouble getting my henna batch to stain like I'd like. I'm a professional artist, and have been doing this a while - I know how to mix a good batch of henna. I'm also quite confident that I've got excellent henna supplies - I bought them from a reputable supplier, and [...]
Meet Rosie the Privateer! You can think of her as Rosie the Riveter - as a pirate. The inspiration for this watercolor painting came from listening to The Pirate History Podcast. The host, Matt, was talking about how the mostly-male pirates were very often busy sailing and looting, away from shore for long periods of [...]
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lyrics by Peter Nulton (and Alexander Pope) Twere ‘bout three years ago In the coster market I was down upon my luck Looking for a little racket When I spotted the mark It a right honored sort of prig Twas magistrate, a judge N’his accustomed robe and wig That periwig would fetch A fetching [...]
As a child of the '80s, I have loved Rainbow Brite forever. I was her for the first Halloween I can remember, complete with a *very* convincing handmade wig my mom made out of a yellow mop. I had the themed birthday, books, doll, and probably more . It was the number one consumer culture [...]
