Jace is 2

 

Happy birthday, Jace (Jacey, Jason, Toby, Vegetable Lasagna, et al.)!

Jace is best experienced, but if I had to describe him, I would say:

He is my blondie.

He is a mix of sweetheart and emerging independent.

He doesn’t speak much, but never fails in getting his point across.

He thinks he doesn’t [...]

Art show tomorrow night

My sister Emily is having another art show tomorrow night at Ephemera!

If you thought I was excited about her first show, you’d be right, but that excitement pales in comparison to the excitement I have *now* for tomorrow night.

I think the reason I’m so excited is because I know how awesome the [...]

The art show

My sister Emily had an art show – her first – at Ephemera, a darling stationery, etc. shop in Des Moines’ East Village last Friday night.  The show, in a word: successful.  We were thrilled by the outpouring of support by some of our closest and oldest friends and relatives, and humbled & honored [...]

Emily’s art showEmily’s art show

My sister Emily is a very artistically talented young woman.  I’ve featured her work several times on this blog.  She loves to paint.  Several months ago, she had asked my dad to cut up MDO (medium density overlay) board into 8” x 8” squares.  She’s been painting away on them ever since; her inspiration for [...]