Saturday was Valentine's Day. I love love. Therefore, I've been reflecting on love: how I love; God's love; and the vast difference between the two. I've been reading 1 John because there is so much good stuff written about love. I want and need to be a better lover. I am learning. Here is one of my love lessons from my younger life: Lessons on Love The late 1970s I went to a shotgun wedding when I was in middle school. I had heard the stories through the prayer chain at c

Daffodil Designs Art Gallery, August 2025 It happened so fast! In April, I knew God was leading me east from Nashville to ? possibly North Carolina or East Tennessee. In May, I moved in with a friend in Sevierville who generously provided a place to stay and space to listen and wait for God to guide me to the next step. I knew I needed a pottery studio. I was trying to imagine exactly what I needed to do and where I needed to be to be able to create pottery and to sell my cre

The daffodil symbolizes rebirth, renewal, resurrection, awakening, and new beginnings . It's one of the first flowers to bloom at the end...

That was what I was saying to God as I sat and painted at what my friends in Greece called, "my office." I would awaken early in the...

Who am I? I am a creator, created by the Creator, to create. ​I am a lifelong learner: growing, changing, transforming, impacting. My first pottery lesson: Centering the clay. "Did God tell you why I am here for 3 months instead of 2 weeks?" That was what I asked the pastor when he picked me up from the airport when I arrived in Santorini, a tiny little island of Greece. "I just see you doing pottery," he replied. Woah! Throwing pottery on the wheel, actually making stuff a