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Katya Reimann, “Green Cottage, Oak Bluffs” Katya Reimann,”Oak Bluffs Cottage” Katya Reimann, “Blue Cottage, Oak Bluffs” Katya Reimann, “Pink Cottage, Oak Bluffs” This is my second year participating in Somerville Open...

Spring Update

I am struggling with the new website host–Bluehost, with WordPress. It is amazing to me, as an early embracer of the WWW–I have had an active website since 1995–that somehow I no longer understand where to save what and how to format my pages. So new blog posts have...

Topsfield Fair

The Topsfield Fair is America’s Oldest County Fair. Started in 1818 by the Essex County Agricultural Society, the Topsfield Fair was originally a one-day cattle show. My favorite aspect of County Fairs is… pretty much everything in the big animal category....

Somerville Open Studios, 2023

Somerville Open Studios 2023 is done. It was a confusing, stressful, positive, wonderful tumult. A lot of people supported me as I put my part of this event together, Thank you. A lot of people supported me on the day by dropping by. Thanks you, too. And thank you to...

Bird by Bird & other inspirations

It’s been more than twenty years since I read Anne Lamott’s memoir-journal, Operating Instructions. It was a book I intrinsically disliked. Why? As I’m writing this post, the urge to reread is surging: I probably misunderstood what I was reading my...