I have recently realized that I may have been deleting e-mails that have come from people trying to contact me through the My Art Club.com website. Normally when an e-mail comes, I get a notice from the web site to let me know it%92s there, and has come through the Art Club. However, it turns out that some e-mails have gone straight to my junk folder. I apologize to anyone who may have tried to reach me. I assure you that if I%92m aware of it, I will get back to you within a day or two. So, to anyone that may have tried to contact me and didn%92t get a response, I apologize. Please feel free to try again, and I will be more diligent about checking the junk folder before e-mails are automatically deleted. I am always happy to hear from people, whether it%92s a comment, a question or a critique, so please keep %92em coming. Happy Sunday.

Yay, January, bleary, grey, cold, yucky January is finally over! Have you noticed the days are getting longer? (okay, just a little, but I%92ll take it). I was leaving early this morning to teach a class, and noticed my desolate, gross looking garden, and to my surprise, poking through the snow, the early flowers are already coming up. There%92s something about seeing that simple thing that really lifted my spirits. It%92s amazing how such a little thing got me thinking about what to plant, how it will look, if I%92m going to add new colors, and so on and so forth. I think we get excited about art in the same way. You see something, it starts the wheels turning, and next thing you know you can picture a whole series of new things. So, from the humble little green shoot in the dirt, a whole new feeling came over the day. Happy Saturday!