Flowers and paper and paper flowers.

It seems that this year, I have been embracing joy in the form of flowers. The ones that grow outside and the ones that I am creating with paper by hand inside.  Flowers Tending to our zinnia, marigolds, and Black-eyed Susans have brought so much joy to the girls and I since we began growing them back in March. … Read more

Trailblazing Women: 28 days of drawing, learning, and sharing

A sampling of portraits from Trailblazing Women’s series by Emily Levenson | madewithlev.com

Now that February, and the Trailblazing Women series, is officially over I wanted to share a recap of the project plus a few of the things that I learned along the way. 🫶🏻 You can find all 28 names with links to the portraits and biographies of each trailblazer over on the kick-off post. 🫶🏻 The Recap: Some of … Read more

Trailblazing Woman: Ernestine Eckstein

Ernestine Eckstien was a visionary and leader in the gay rights movement in 1960s. She was an activist, who believed in the power of public protests and bringing attention to the entirety of the “homophile movement”

ERNESTINE ECKSTEIN (1942-1992): Ernestine Eckstein was a visionary and leader in the gay rights movement in 1960s. She was an activist, who believed in the power of public protests and bringing attention to the entirety of the “homophile movement” by bringing all classes of homosexuals together. Born Ernestine Delois Eppenger in Indiana in 1942, she … Read more