Chickens Need Homes, Not Jobs

by Mary Britton Clouse, Founder, Chicken Run Rescue Things to consider before getting chickens. Whether a fad or enduring change, living with ch...

The Story of Our Totem Pole

by Art Maw   Totem Poles tell a story about the tribe, family or a person and our pole is exactly that, a story of events in our lives. ...

Books Read Us

Almost everyone has been moved by a story, photo or song. For many of us, one book, poem, film, photograph, or piece of music has changed the whole co...

Astro-photography

Astronomy has been a passion of mine since age 10. I lived in Amsterdam then and it was too light polluted, but when we moved to Hoogeveen, a smaller ...

Move to a Nursing Home

“Best job I have ever had.  I love it here.”  He is young, early 20s maybe, good looking and stylishly dressed.  He looks like a guy who might work in...

The Art of Blackwork

At the opening of a show featuring some of Pearl Ostroff’s work another artist in the show said to her  “it’s very well done but it’s not art”. ...

How to Build a Giraffe with Wine Corks

My name is Art Maw and Jerome is the name I gave a 6' 2" giraffe (made to scale) I created from various types of wood  and then completely covered i...