Humans know more about space than they do about the oceans. The ocean is vast and dark. The ocean is filled with predators and prey. Small fish have had to develop methods of survival- whether that be traveling in groups, camouflage or poisonous flesh. Still- there are some fish who maintain their anonymity and face the enemy with a display of color and light. Freeform Crochet Sculpture – $1,423

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Purple Mountains Majesty Until Covid, my husband and I were both teachers. Every year, during summer break, we would load our kids, dogs and tents into our van and drive through America. America is awesomely beautiful. There is so much diversity of land and of people. There is no other place like it on earth. There are some who say America is dead- and there are some who say that America should be dead. I disagree. I have gotten to know her, and she is very much alive and she is glorious. She is alive and she is beautiful and…

Evolution While I was making this piece, I thought “it looks so grown up.” That made me think about growing up. Yesterday was my fifty second birthday, and I have done more growing up in the past two years than I had over the course of the first fifty. But even with all of that growing up- I still feel like a baby most of the time. I think maybe we don’t ever really grow up. Sometimes we may feel grown- but then there is always more growing to do. We don’t grow up. Throughout our lives we continue to…

I See You There is an epidemic of despair among young Americans. According to the CDC, between the years of 2021 and 2023, 13,655 kids between ages 10 and 24 died of suicide. Suicide is currently the second leading cause of death among 10-14 year olds in America. Between 2020 and 2021, the number one cause of death among 1-17 year olds was gunshot wounds. In 2021, among 14-18 year olds, there were 108,000 overdose deaths. The number one cause of death for 18-45 year olds is fentanyl overdose. Between 2015 and 2021, the number of 5-12 year old children…

I have given birth five times. Five times, inside of my womb, genetic material has united and welcomed a heavenly spirit. Five times, I have sacrificed my body, my thoughts, my emotions and my soul to a new, tiny human. I have done that because of a profound love that a mother is preconditioned to have toward her children- it is a spiritual love that travels back to the beginning of time. A woman is a human who has the innate power to sacrifice herself to a divine love. That is a strength that deserves respect and reverence. A friend…

I have worked in Early Childhood Education for 30 years. I have directly taught and had genuine friendships with over 1000 children – and – something is not right with our kids. There is an unprecedented mental health crisis among our youth, and that is a problem that cannot be simply medicated and ignored. A change has happened in childhood over my lifetime, and it is not a healthy change. That change is the existence of and accessibility to technology. Technology has led many to a sedentary childhood spent wired into a virtual fantasy world filled with unnatural creatures and…