I don’t really attend conferences unless I have to for work. I am not really about the linkedin-handshaking-business-card-sharing-white-networking events, especially not to sell myself, my art, or my ideas among a sea of other people doing the exact same thing. They aren’t on my radar, I don’t know the who’s-who, and frankly don’t really care. Keep reading…

Three years ago, I ditched my front yard lawn for a meadow of native grasses, wildflowers, shrubs, and ground cover. What was a square of yellowing grass is now a thicket abundant with diverse plant and wildlife. When I look out my living room windows, I can no longer see into the house directly facing… Keep reading…