Watching the snow come down while painting little things for my thrifted DI frames… life is simple in amongst the paintbrushes, teacups and softly falling snow… today was for tending to my nervous system. What have you done to care for yourself?

“People who engaged in the arts were found to have lower mental distress, better mental functioning” according to the well researched book, “Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us.”

Go draw, dance in the kitchen, sing with the radio, make up a recipe for dinner—- you’ll feel better!

Clouds exhalting tears
In beating sky of steady
Hammock your heart there.

This week’s haiku:

Birds pierced by sky
Gray of cloud and mountain meet
The green of ever trees.

…and we’ll see… here’s to more art, more beauty, and more kindness in 2025…