What's New is Old
What’s Old is New Listen to the essay here Browsing the front area of the library is one of my favorite pastimes. At my local library when you come in...
The Eight Inch Spike of Paranoia
The Eight Inch Spike of Paranoia Listen to this essay here When Brad called from the truck repair shop with news as to why the Silverado’s left rear tire...
Residency Rest
Rest Residency Listen to the essay here A few years ago I announced to a group of people during a professional development workshop that I wanted to apply...
Visiting Hourss
Hours, Visiting (listen to this essay here) Sometimes these essays fall out of me. Like the human compulsion to speak into the silence even if it may be...
Persistent, Consistent
Consistent, Persistent Listen to the essay here Persistence and consistency have been coloring my days. Persistence is probably a cool, deep blue,...
Pain in the Art
Art in the Pain Listen Here The house is buzzing every time I go outside. A low hum, the buzzing is a vibrational energy that hits me in the exact register...
On Freedom
Freedom On listen to this essay here June 2022 “How are you holding up?” Vaimo asks on the phone the day following the US Supreme Court overturning Roe v....
The Art of the Spark
Listen to my narration of this essay here The Spark of Art I was trained (and according to my MBTI profile) have a propensity to critique, tear down, find...
Bound Homeward
Homeward Bound Listen to the essay by clicking on the image or here. Dedicated to Cindy Johnson, dear friend, neighbor and fellow deep thinker and feeler....
The Art of Collapse
The Art of KCF Newsletter Turns 2! I'm celebrating 2 years of my newsletter's launch. And because I'm me, I thought you all deserve a little treat. So, I...
Art of the Hack
Hack of the Art Vaimo and I donned some going out clothes and grabbed our N95s for an outing to town a couple of weekends ago. Our first dates included spur...
Hitting the Wall
Wall of Art One might assume after forty years in this body and two (three?) decades of pushing it to the max that I would know better than to get to the...
Art of KCF: The Weight of it All
All of the Weight Last weekend I was gifted the experience of spending time outside with an Association of Nature and Forest Therapy trainee. She guided me...
Vinyl Painting
Painting Vinyl “Ah, wouldn’t it be kind of cool to have a record player again?” He said to his shopping companion as he strolled by me. “I remember going...
Art as Teaching
Teaching as Art Teaching others has been a lifetime mission of mine, formally and informally. I always loved playing school growing up. Pretending to do...
Art of Perfection
Perfection of Art Picture this, a young Chicanita at a desk, legs swinging, too short to touch the ground, pencil poised in right hand forefinger curled and...
Birthing Art
The Art of Birthing Saturday I visited a friend who recently had a baby. He had only been this side of the womb for five weeks and as I held the weight of...
Only Weather
Only Weather It is the depths of winter in Minnesota and we just came through a pretty intense stretch of sub-zero air temps that began in late-December. In...
Art as Legacy
Legacy as Art At a training I recently co-facilitated my friend V announced as part of her introduction, “I’m a bell hooks feminist.” Gathered with the board...
Reading Fundamentals
Fundamental Reading I just want to read. I just want to read. I just want to read. I just want to read. The current mantra that I’ve been chanting lately is...
