March 2024: March Madness

March 2024: March Madness

 March Madness 2024 I’m sitting in a hotel in Wichita, halfway back from visiting the Twin Cities in Minnesota, contemplating why March is associated with madness. Even before basketball and Alice in Wonderland, people described as mad as a March hare. March is...
February 2024: Love and Dragons

February 2024: Love and Dragons

February 2024: Love and Dragons It’s hard to believe that we are already five days into February. Where I grew up by the Great Lakes, February is a dreary month. Here in Albuquerque, there’s just the slightest promise spring with more days in the 50s than...
New Year 2024

New Year 2024

2024: A New Year! It’s a new year and we are all hoping it ends more peacefully than it is beginning. Making art is a constant exercise in optimism. We don’t need art like we need food, shelter, and clothing, but we do use it for at least three...
Happy Holidays 2023

Happy Holidays 2023

Happy Holidays 2023! As we head into this holiday season, I hope you are surrounded by loved ones and friendly faces as we all pray for peace on earth. Friday and Saturday after Thanksgiving from 10-3pm at The Next Best Thing to Being There pop-up, the 12 Days of...
November 2023: Only in Albuquerque

November 2023: Only in Albuquerque

Only in Albuquerque The Next Best Thing to Being There (along with my murals and artwork at this extraordinary shop) is feature along with other Albuquerque artisans and attractions in Only in Albuquerque on Very Local (a streaming service). There is also a watch...