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The Best of Times, The Worst of Times...

2010-01-28T16:28:00.000-08:00

Write about a time in your life, or 2 separate times that are "The Best of Times" and "The Worst of Times"

Well, probably the best of times has been having a daughter. When I was younger, I wanted 10 kids, but as I got older, settled for 1 and that was fine. I remember waking up (I had a C-Section), and when they told me it was a girl I was ecstatic. I made her cute filly dresses, put bows in her hair, dressed her up, she was such a cutie. She's now 21, and these are even better times now, now that she's basically grown up, very mature and trying to find her way in the world. She surprises me at the grown up attitude she has, the independent nature she has, the ability to not put up with a bunch of crap from anyone while still being polite. I love her terribly and am extremely proud of her.

The worst of times deals with her as well, though not her fault. When I had the C-section, about a week after I went home, I found a small bruise, called the doctor, he had me come to the office, and found a heap of gangrene in my stomach from the operation. They had me in surgery within half an hour, a 4 hour surgery, cut me from hip to hip, then left my stomach open for 10 days so it would heal from the inside out. They had to un-pack then re-pack my stomach every 8 hours, and they could not give me enough medicine to take the pain away. I could not see my daughter for almost a week, could no longer breast feed her, and was so scared, not only for me, but for her. I had 2 more operations, then got to go home for a bit. It took me 1-1/2 years until I had no more nightmares. When I was in the hospital all I could think about was a friend I went to high school with 30 years prior, who had died from gangrene from a C-section, and thought I was going to follow in her footsteps. Thank God, that did not happen.

My Bucket List

2010-01-27T13:27:00.000-08:00

Make a list of things you would like to do/accomplish before you die, like in the movie "The Bucket List" with Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman. So what is your bucket list?

Wow, there are probably tons of things I would like to do before I die, but the most important I've listed below. Some of them are possible, some of them are not, but they remain on the list.

1. Retire - with the way things are going these days, I may not be able to retire on the money I will be getting, but I would like to retire before I die. Many days I believe I will die before I retire.
2. Be a paid artist full time. I've always loved art, whether it be painting, scrapbooking, drawing, crafting, creating of some type. I would love to do it full time and get paid for it. Getting paid for something you love doing is the ultimate job, huh?
3. Visit the Grand Canyon
4. Tour the United States for a year, stopping at parks, monuments, parks, places of interest, traveling in an RV and camping out when possible.
5. Build my own house, or rather have it built for me to my specifications, old-fashioned, many built-ins, lace, ruffles, homemade goodies...
6. Visit Holland when all the tulips are in bloom.
7. Have a yard full of lilac trees/bushes,there can never be enough, all collors, hugh, fragrant.
8. Fall hopelessly in love.
9. Be financially secure, not wealthy, just able to buy things when I need them or want them.
10. Do more community service.
11. And most importantly, be a better Christian.

There are so many more things I would like to add to my bucket list, but they would be just things...not the important things that mean something. I will revisit this list periodically during the coming year to see if I will accomplish any of these things.

My Favorite Things

2010-01-25T12:35:00.001-08:00

Only 10? Yeah, I know, at least 10...so here goes. List at least 10 of your favorite things:
1. Lilacs
2. The Wizard of Oz
3. Nettie
4. Relaxing
5. Nature
6. The rain on a sunny day
7. The beach
8. Classical music
9. Elvis
10.Crafts
And I can go on, and on, and on...a beautiful sunset, reading my Bible, being with friends, cheesecake (duh), Dr. Oz, and more lilacs that I know what to do with.

What Moves Me?

2010-01-24T23:10:00.001-08:00

There are many things that take my breath away, a beautiful picture, seeing a vibrant sunset, listening to a certain piece of music, a piece of art, a baby...but the one thing that moves me the most is when I hear Taps. That is usually played at a funeral of a service man or woman, and when I hear that I think of the sacrifice that person made for this country, for their family, for their friends, for ME, so that I could live my life free and independent, think my thoughts, verbalize my feelings, go to whatever church I choose. That music moves me to my soul, makes me cry, breaks my heart, and makes me thank God for every day I have on this earth. I may not utilize every day to it's fullest, or make a dent in society in a good way, or contribute to a needy cause daily, but it is the song that makes me think about what "could" be my life, rather than what it is today.

I Am...

2010-01-23T21:43:00.000-08:00

Wow, I could go on forever, or not. I am me, and me is many different layers depending on what day it is. Today is Saturday, so I am the cleaner, the clothes washer, the late sleeper, I am able to work on my day off doing all these mundane but necessary chores that have to get done. I am trying to be creative, responsible, productive. I am emotional, bored, depressed, alone, disheartened, disappointed in people. I am able to choose who I want to be, where I want to be. I am a mother, a friend, a sister, an aunt, a cousin, a Christian, an artist, I am all things good and honest, tried and true, friend and confidant. I am my father's daughter, a Skrehot, independent and stubborn, determined and unsure, confident yet unsure. I am a typical working class US citizen with all these different paths that I am free to take on a daily basis, whatever I choose. I am thankful that I was born in the United States, a strong, independent and morally driven person, feaful of God, yet eternally thankful for all I have.

My Treasures Are...

2010-01-22T21:13:00.000-08:00

My most prized "treasure" is my hope chest. My father and brother made it for me for my high school graduation. That was all I ever told my father I wanted in my life, was a hope chest (yes, I'm old-fashioned and in my 50's, so hope chests were a sign of the times back then). Every where I would go, I'd see chests. My grandmother had one, my sister had one, everyone I knew had one. That was all I ever talked about. So the night I graduated high school, we came home and they threw a party for me, and there was my hope chest. It meant even more that it was "made" for me, but that my father and my brother worked on it together for my benefit meant even more. You see, my brother had lost his twin two years earlier, and the fact that he was trying to find himself, he took the time to make one of my dreams come true. I have this chest to this day, it sits in my bedroom. Nobody is allowed to put anything on it, for fear it might get scratched. My daughter, Nettie, knows how important it was to me, and has decided that it is the one thing she wants me to "pass down to her" when I die. That makes me feel even more special.

Some of my other treasures are all "inherited" pieces; a round, carved cherry table that was my mothers, another hope chest that my great uncle made, a couple of small drawer chests that my grandfather made, linens and handkerchiefs that were my grandmothers, and tons of buttons my grandmother saved over the years. And most (secondly) important are all the family photos from my parent's time. My uncle Bill (my mom's brother), whenever we had a family get-together, he would bring out the photos, boxes of them, and tell us stories. Oh, the stories. Uncle Bill passed away about 2 years ago, and I really miss those stories, even though we heard them over and over.

My family is my most important treasure, but we aren't supposed to mention people as treasures.

Another thought I have today...I had to go to the court to get a copy of a judgment for a court case I was involved in with my previous landlord. After living in her house for 13 years, she sued me for $4,000, unheard of here in California, for wear and tear to her house, paint, carpets, etc. But after getting a copy of the judgment today, and realizing that the jack-ass judge awarded her a little over $2,000, my belief in "doing the right thing" has gone completely out the window. I am not a liar, cheat, nor do I steal, but this landlord lied at every turn in court. And now I have to wonder why it is that the liars and cheaters are the ones that end up winning, and not the person that tells the truth and always "goes by the book". I've got lots of thinking to do on this subject, and any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. It's the people like Martha, or Kobe, or these corporate executives that suck all the money, all people who clearly are out for their own greed, that are now more popular than ever. These are the people that are idolized and followed. It just doesn't make much sense to me anymore.

The Chapters of Your Life

2010-01-21T20:19:00.001-08:00

If I were to put my life into 10 chapters, I think they would look like this:

1. A Child's Life
2. On My Way
3. Making My Own Decisions
4. What Was I Thinking?
5. Close To Death
6. The Love of My Life
7. Single Mom
8. The Professional Me
9. My Walk With God
10. A New Chapter

I think we all think about our lives as we go forward, as we mature in our walks. We think about our past, our future, what we could have done differently, what we want to do from here on out. It's still a daily walk, a daily event, something that when you wake up you have to decide what you are going to do with this day. Journaling helps us clear our paths as to what we want and how to get it. It helps us to realize our potential, to realize the limits we put on ourselvs, or the limits others put upon us. I think the above chapters are the main chapters of my life, if I had to spell them out, but there are so many sub-chapters under each of the main ones. Those are the branches of life we take to get to our destinations, on a daily basis. As I look at the above 10 chapters, I have learned so much and made some changes. There are some changes still to be made, but life is a new discovery every day, and every day that I wake up I choose to discover so much more. I hope I continue along this path with an open mind and open heart and a willing determination.

January 20 Super You and Journal Spotlight

2010-01-20T18:04:00.000-08:00

So the focus today is "If you could have any super power, what would it be and why?" Wow, a super power? I think I would like to be able to go back in time, and make a few changes to some parts of my life that could have been better. First of all I would have gotten a college degree. I've been working all my life, but in today's economy, you have to be better than the rest, and better than the kids coming out of school today. I never got my degree, and have suffered in my professional life because of it. So that much I would change. I would also change my weight. I have always had a problem being overweight, and now that I'm getting older, it's bothering me, and I need to do something about it now. But if I could go back and change it way back then, it wouldn't be bothering me now, would it. I also think I would have made better choices, in men, in my acts, in my deeds. Not that they were bad or anything, just that they could have been better.

I believe I would also be a different person today, making all those changes. I would be my own boss, doing something creative that I love doing, not having to get up and drag myself to a job that I don't like every day just to eek out a living. That is not the way to live life. But overall, I'm still a happy person and like (basically) where I am at.

Now it's off to Wednesday night Bible study with my friend Rhonda and my church sisters...which is always a good place to be.

Daily Journaling

2010-01-19T16:29:00.001-08:00

Okay, so I've been away for awhile...you know life is just plain crazy, running here and there, working, trying to keep things in order. Here it is a new year, 2010, and I've just been cruising along, not really paying attention to too much. But it's time to change my ways. I need to journal daily, at least make a half-hearted attempt at it. I saw a blog that encourages us to journal once a day http://www.yourlifespelledout.blogspot.com/ I have tried to journal daily, at least in a Word file on my computer, but I figure if I do it on my own blog, that will kill 2 birds with one stone. So here goes.

Today's focus is on: What are some changes you would like to see take place this year? Do you have a plan to make them happen? What one thing can you do this week to get you started on your journey to the changes you wish to make?

Wow, sometimes I think there are far too many to mention, probably 10-20, but I should probably focus on just 1-3 areas that are bigger than the rest, something that compels me to change something in my life. And of course, there are the usual, weight loss, more "me" time, and more "me time with God". So the weight loss is something that is constantly on my mind. I'm not getting younger, darn it all, so it's really time to focus on my health. Along with that, I need to put aside a daily time for my spirituality, quiet time. I could do it while I am on BART, as long as I close my eyes and don't look at anyone or anything that's going on, or I could turn off the tv sooner, and just spend some quiet time with God. I've also been trying to do more with my coc sisters, book club, Wednesday night class, etc. I need to walk a more spiritual walk as well as put it into practice. As well, last year my word for the year was "simplify". Last year I moved my residence, got rid of a ton of stuff I don't use, and am still in the process of getting rid of more "stuff" that I just don't use any more. That makes my life a lot simpler right there.

Let's just suffice it to say tha I need to concentrate on these things going forward, and my life should be a little easier to deal with.

My Goal

2009-03-07T21:18:00.000-08:00

I keep trying to figure out how life got to be so complicated. Who would have ever thought life would get so crazy. It seems we are all trying to fit more into our day, trying to accomplish more tasks in a shorter period of time, trying to fill up every second of our day with complicated, time-consuming tasks. Yet what we are doing is driving ourselves nuts. As I get older, I don't want to get busier, but it seems with jobs the way they are and employers expecting so much more out of everyone, it is difficult to slow down. At the end of the day, we are more frazzled, more tired, less enthusiastic, more stressed out and we ask ourselves what the heck we are doing. They tell us we have to take more responsibility for our careers, so we do that. They downsize people, but the work doesn't go away, it just gets redistributed among us. They plan new projects that take hours and hours of time. Those projects are over and above our already planned out schedules. They bombard us with meetings all day long, filling them with trivial stuff like "how do you feel about our what so and so said...", or call a meeting while we are attempting to close the books on time to discuss what days we want to work from home. Petty, time consuming crap.

They are just setting us up for failure. They give us our yearly performance reviews, and in order to keep our raises low focus on the two mistakes we made all year long. This gives them more feeling of power. They are already managers, they already push paper around, plan meetings, talk at meetings, but they don't do the actual work. I'd swear they spend their time plotting out how to drive us crazier than we already are.

The company is a $5 billion a year company...how much more do we really have to make. How much more can we pay our executives, and what can they possibly do with all that money. Why is it so out of balance. Why do the workers not get paid for the hard jobs they do, while the managers just keep pushing the papers around their desks.

This is not what I signed up for in life...I need to figure this out sooner rather than later.

I Love Weekends

2009-02-28T20:12:00.001-08:00

I literally love Saturday and SUnday. It is a time to regroup, relax, work harder (if I choose), visit friends, go to church, take a nap. It is a time to catch up with friends on Facebook, time to check out the new card making videos by card makers, time to check on scrapbook blogs that I follow. It is time to clean house (if I choose), grocery shop, check out a new place to move to, watch the grass grow, have a second cup of coffee.

I love the weekends because it is time away from work, time away from the rush of the week. The weekend is a time to be normal, to choose what I want to do, sleep late if I feel like it, listen to the rain, catch up on old movies. Weekends give me time to reflect on the past week, to mentally list what went right, what went wrong, what didn't get done, what did get done, who was nice, who was mean. A time to reflect on what I can do better next week, how I will benefit from what I have learned, pick something new that I want to learn about, read a new book.

Life is different on the weekends. It is more like it should be, time to slow down and act normal, or at least more normal than we do during the week. Life is bearable on the weekends, it is what I make of it, not what somebody makes me do. It is my time to create, design, reflect, visit, cherish, and love my life. I don't know who decided work weeks had to be 5 days, and rest only 2 days, but they got that backwards. Way backwards!

Changing Attitude

2009-02-27T12:45:00.000-08:00

I've gotten to the realization that as far as work is concerned, I desperately need to change my attitude...it's definitely dragging me down. I have a job that I have been on for 18 years, sometimes it's good, sometimes it's bad, the same with any job one has been on for 18 years. I like what I do (accounting), and I like the people, but I absolutely hate the politics, and I especially HATE when the people I like play the politics.

Okay, so it's a job, you leave at the end of every day, and you go home. It's so easy for people to say "leave it at the office". However, when you are at your desk for 8-10 hours per day, then you have a 1 hour commute home, what more do you think about but your job. You think about your day while you are on that BART train, and you think about the things that went wrong (first), then if you can get to the things that went right that's good. We get too bogged down with what went wrong. And these days when you are trying to juggle 15 things in the time it takes to juggle 7, you are stressed to the max before you even leave the gate. During the 8-10 hours you are at the office, you see people who are friendly, people who are not friendly, people who play the games, people who have a brown stained nose, people who you can't wait to see tomorrow. And during that day, there have been ups and downs. The downs take over the ups because everyone is so stressed, or in the mode of playing games, or just plain rude, there is no time for the ups anymore. You have been struck down and taken over by those nasty feelings. You have been sucked down into the abyss by those game players, those butt kissers, those people who robb you of your nice side, because that is the majority of people these days. And it's not just at work...but I digress.

So I am at the age now where I cannot just decide to "quit" my job because something doesn't go my way (I've only done that once, by the way). I am at the age where I have to lay low, not cause any ripples, let it slide off my back, but doggone it's so hard to do. I am not a liar, or a cheat, or a thief, but it seems like these are the only people going anywhere. I am so disgusted with people's attitudes (including mine but only because it is incapacitating me), and people's rudeness. The mindset of folks these days is "ME, ME, ME" and they are going to get there any way they can. Just getting onto the freeway in the morning is a feat in itself; navigating your way through a grocery store isle is like avoiding roadkill; and trying to find someone with a pleasant attitude ANYWHERE is considered a coupe de grasse (or however you spell it).

Anyway, I need to curb my grouchiness, my bad attitude towards people at work and people outside of my personal and family circle, and be calm and let it all slide right off; otherwise, I'm going to stress myself out too much. I do find myself walking around with a frown on my face (not my fault) more than I care to, so I think it's definitely time to change my attitude. Think I can do it? We'll see soon enough.

Scrapbooking Cruise

2009-02-23T17:50:00.000-08:00

I went on a scrapbooking cruise with my sis-in-law, Tresa, earlier this month and had a blast. Tresa has been on about 7 previous cruises and was an old hat for all the tips of cruising. This being my first, I overpacked clothes, overate, definitely overpacked scrapbooking stuff, thereby making my luggage overly heavy. Somehow it was harder packing it all back up than it was originally (funny how that works). I tried "power sorting" before I packed, but to no avail, I ran out of time (we had only been planning this for about 6 months). So I ended up taking more than I needed, which made my "Big Bertha" rolling cart very heavy. Anyway, Tresa and I drove her car to San Diego to catch the boat, which was an all-day drive (whoowee).

We had a blast. We had a 5-day cruise to Mexico, with stops at Cabo San Lucas and Ensenada. We met some fun n'crazy scrapbooking buddies (Colleen, Dana, Pam and Cookie), there were about 30 or so that were in our group of scrapbookers. I put my ear patch on about 4 hours before we left San Diego, and at dinner time started feeling a little woozy. Someone at dinner asked me if I got seasick, and I told her I had a patch on, just as I touched the back of my ear, and discovered it had fallen off. Well, no wonder I felt sick...so I put another one on after dinner, and all was well the next day after I slept off the sick feeling. So in Cabo on Monday we saw the sights. So many booths with all the same stuff; beautiful sterling silver jewelry, some ceramics, clothing, refrigerator magnets, etc. Every booth had the same type of stuff. One guy actually said "Come in my shop, I will rip you off just as good as the others." We laughed. We met up with Colleen and Dana and had a drink with them on a sidewalk bar and watched the peeps go by. Had a picture taken with lizards on my head and shoulder (they were cute) and collected some free jewelry from a couple of shops that cater to the cruise crowds. Got plenty of pictures of the local sights, and headed back the boat, to scrap some more, visit some more, eat some more, discover some more.

In Ensenada we got off the boat and boarded a bus to take us to town. Once we got off the bus, we rounded a corner and were confronted with probably 15 militia with guns. They looked like they were guarding something, but we just walked on by (Tresa got a photo from the other side of the street) and wandered into the shops. Same kind of shops, same kind of jewelry. But we found this one shop that had original artwork by a lady who was 4th generation of ladies that created this type of art picture from a copper plate where she engraved her design, then painted it, then pressed it onto damp paper, and it imprinted a beautiful picture. She then framed and sold them. They were georgeous, so Ms. T did her duty to support this artist. We then went to lunch at Los Amigos and shared fish tacos (yum), nachos, and the most heavenly Mango Margueritas I have ever tasted. They were probably 16 oz. and wonderful. Then we mozied back to the ship. That night we had dinner then drinks with all our fellow scrapbookers, and exchanged email addresses. Overall we had a great time.

I heard one of our fellow scrapbookers (Cookie) is in charge of organizing the next cruise, which T and I might consider. Maybe we can make it a regular thing. At least it was nice taking a vacation with Tresa, we both love scrapbooking, and it is nice to be with someone you like...sure makes the memories much better!

Check out this site...

2009-02-21T15:41:00.000-08:00

The last couple of days that I have been home sick, I have done quite a bit of surfing on the net looking for various craft videos and found a site that is just eye-opening. It is the site of a demonstrator for Stampin' Up, a popular stamp supplier. Her name is Angie Kennedy Juda and her site can be viewed at http://chicnscratch.typepad.com/ Go check her out. She has so many inspiring videos, is a very inspiring woman, very energetic and fun. I have watched many of her videos, but she has so many on there, I haven't seen them all. But it's worth a look see.

I'm inspired enough to go in my craft room and get something done, so I'll be back later...

Friday Thoughts

2009-02-20T22:08:00.000-08:00

It's the best day of the week, as far as I'm concerned, Friday. The end of the work week. I worked from home yesterday, that was good, then this morning called in sick with a nasty cold I caught from some germs somewhere. Tresa had a cold starting Monday, and I started getting mine on Thursday. So I stayed home today, doped up on Benadril. My daughter went to the store and bought me some chicken noodle soup for dinner, then out she went for minature golf with her friends. She's a good daughter.

I've been perusing a few stamping catalogs today, Close to My Heart, and Stampin' Up. I love both of their lines, and if I had tons of extra money I think I'd buy everything they both have to offer. They have excellent ideas, use wonderful creative processes, and provide me with lots of creative anxiety to get busy. I go to a few websites on a daily basis and get my dose of creativity and enthusiasm from these other sites. I follow Ali Edwards, Jennifer McGuire, Becky Higgins, Tim Holtz (talk about your creative genius). These are very creative and busy folks, posting projects, pictures, thoughts and ideas almost every day, inspiring the multitudes of people out there just looking for some creative juices to get flowing.

I love creating my own scrapbooks, scrapbooks to sell, and cards to sell. I have a following of friends at work that order cards on a regular basis (I made my cruise spending money on cards and a scrapbook order for friends at work). It can be lucrative, so I need to concentrate a little harder on getting a business going. I just want to make sure I don't take the fun out of it, and make it just another job to do. I've always loved doing many different crafts throughout my life, I got my love of crafts from my grandmother who used to do mosaics, quilting, sewing, knitting and crochet, and resin lamps (remember those molds you would fill with resin to make say a grape lamp). Anyway, when I was in high school, my brother saw that I had a gift and a love of painting, took me over to San Francisco one weekend and bought me paints, brushes, canvas and got me started painting.

From there over the years I have learned how to oil/watercolor/acrylic paint, paint handblown eggs, paint china (ceramics), and anything that will hold paint. I have learned to crochet, knit, quilt, woodwork, build houses, bead, cross-stitch, needlepoint, macrame (now that takes me back many years) you name it, I have tried most things. I seem to have tried most crafts, loved most of them, and have leftover "stuff" that I don't use anymore. I am in the process of narrowing down the number of crafts I do to those I can count on just one hand. I don't have the time nor the desire to do all those things any more, but I do still love to paint, on canvas and especially china paint. I took classes for about 3 years from a private teacher and fell in love with the art (fine art). I don't think I will ever give that up. But I do have lots of craft stuff that I think I will donate to our church camp and let the kids have a go at.

Anyway, I have 2 days over the weekend to attempt to get creative. I have some card orders I need to get complete, some Algebra studying to do (that's not creative as far as I'm concerned), and my scrapbook stuff from the cruise to put away. My craft room is a mess, and I need to get it cleaned up...

Anyway, have a great weekend and be creative in your own way.

Random Thoughts

2009-02-19T18:40:00.001-08:00

Just a few random thoughts for today...this blog spot is harder to set up than I thought, but I'll get there soon enough.

I'm in a phase of life right now where I want to "simplify". In fact, that is my word for 2009, "SIMPLIFY". I'm in the process of going through all the "stuff" I thought was important for me to accumulate over the years, and decide whether it is still important for me to keep. My desires when I was younger and collecting all this stuff were so different back then; much different than they are now. Well, not necessarily different, I still want many of the same things I wanted back then, but I'm just being realistic to admit I will not have those same things because I am in a different place in my life. Let's admit it, even if I got married today, I still would not have those "10 kids" I wanted back then...all the china, and linens, and "Martha Stewart" type stuff I accumulated, all the chocolate molds, all the bakeware, all the "stuff" I just don't want to keep it anymore. I will never have that life, so I just need to get rid of it and simplify my house, my life, and my mind.

So I will slowly go through my rooms and the garage which are all full of "stuff" and decide what will go in the "final" garage sale. Because whatever does not sell, will go to Goodwill, I've just got to get rid of it. The weather will start getting good here pretty soon, and I will set up one huge, final garage sale and hope that it all sells. Then whatever is left, will be free to whoever wants it, or taken to Goodwill. I want to make my life less complicated, less stressful, less work overall. I want to concentrate on an on-line business of my crafts and try to get that going, and I want to concentrate on "giving back" where I can. Get involved in church more, in giving back to the community where I have grown up most of my life. It's definitely time to make some changes in my life.

My First Blogspot

2009-02-19T11:31:00.001-08:00

I figured it was time to get into the swing of things and set up my own blog...it seems like everyone else has one, so why not me. It is just a way for me to get involved in something new and happenin. My daughter would be proud!

I check out so many other blogs on a weekly basis, mostly family blogs or scrapbooking blogs, but always a blog that is creative and inspiring. There are so many inspiring and enthusiastic people out there. I just got yesterday my second publication of a magazine called "Where Women Create". It is a fantastic publication showcasing creative women and "where" they do their creating; their studio. It is a wonderful book published by Stampington & Company (they publish beautiful magazines like Somerset Studio) and this is their second publication of this particular magazine (I also purchased their first publication and was blown away by it). I bought it yesterday during my lunch hour, took it back to my desk and quickly flipped through the pages. Then when I got on BART to go home last night, I pulled it out and read it from cover to cover (not all on BART, but continued after I got home). I could not put it down. I read all about where these particular artists create their masterpieces, how they got started, what inspires them, all the stuff I am interested in. It's a publication worth picking up. Check it out (www.stampington.com).
Have fun .