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Ketchikan, Alaska Landslide Update: Puppies Found!!!

The Puppies Are Safe. The landslide on August 25th scarred Ketchikan Alaska forever. https://northstarstudio.net/landslide/ One city worker lost his life. Another remains in the hospital. Several families lost their homes and many others are displaced. And the entire...

Landslide

There was a deadly landslide in my hometown of Ketchikan, Alaska four days ago. The devestation is terrible. I am safe, My family is safe. A City worker, called in on his day off to clear out storm drains, lost his life. His coworker suffered multiple broken ribs. I...

Insomnia

It’s 3:47 AM. I can’t sleep. I have insomnia. At least it’s late enough in the year that it is still dark outside. If this were June in Alaska, it would be daylight by now. Birds would be singing. And I love nature as much as the next Alaskan girl, but let me tell...

Trust the Creative Process

I still have Artist’s Block. But I’m not letting that stand in the way of the creative process! Take this new Bold Floral print I completed this morning. It looks like it took a lot of creativity, doesn’t it? Here’s a little secret: This one is all process. I finished...