STILL PAINTING AFTER ALL THESE YEARS! by Nancy Canyon Lately, I’ve been pondering creativity, and how I’ve been stirred in many different directions throughout my life. Back in the 80s, I painted realistic tropical leaves and flowers. I felt passionate...
My memoir, STRUCK, is complete. Still, moments from the early 70s come back to me often. I write them down in my writing practice. Writing practice is a daily practice that generates ideas and story. This is how I write my novel drafts: Celia’s Heaven,...
Morgan Block Studios Features Three Artists: Nancy Canyon, Ron Pattern, & Jill Smith Every October, artists invite the community to their working art studios. The self-guided tour includes Bellingham and county artists located on a brochure and maps available...
STRUCK EXCERPT: On Corral Hill Lookout at 6,000 feet, we watch for smoke, which might not be visible if a lightning strike catches fuel beneath the ground—a bigger fire waiting to happen once ignited by oxygen-rich air. Our boss, Arizona, says the roots can burn for a...
Writing and Sketching in Nature Have you ever walked along a river, perhaps taken a break to sit beneath a tree and breath in nature’s freshness? If so, do your surroundings evoke a creative response? Perhaps you want to draw or write or just sit and soak in the...
