Grape Festival, Here We Come!

A sampling of wearable art head-turners we'll be taking to the Naples Arts Festival...

Salutations August – September 2022

It's cold. Rainy. Not summer. Alas. Such is my ode every fall. I kick! I scream! It's not that I hate autumn. It's just that I LOVE spring and summer! And I transition S L O W L Y. With E F F O R T. I hold on. To people, to goals, to stuff …

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Salutations July 2022

Summertime and the livin' is sweet. And...hot.

Salutations June 2022

'I admire - and aspire to - crisp, precise prose where every word, phrase, sentence, and paragraph moves the story, and therefore you, the reader, forward.'

Salutations, May 2022

'It's May, it's May, the lusty month of May!' The darling month! May!

Salutations, April Fools 2022

Look how that little bee is enjoying my daffodils! (April Fools! They're crocuses, not daffies!)

Salutations March 2022

My wish...to offer hope, beauty, joy that could somehow cure the world of such needless suffering.

Salutations February 21 A Writing Question

Which comes first...a novel or story?

Salutations, January 11 – February 2, 2022

Yes, the Christmas tree is still up. And yes, it is real. But it's still so pretty...and unless I walk too close, the needles stay attached. What's the hurry? Quiet, hibernating days here at Casa Crosiar. Tree gazing, winter watching from our windows, pink-eye retreating. Yes, I had a raging case. No, I did not …