Artsy Dream Unplugged

If you were to ask me whether I’d prefer to be the age I am now (37) or eighteen again, I would choose thirty seven over and over hands down. For many reasons, It’s just so much nicer being me now than the me full of insecurities and inner turmoil starting...

Bad at Blogging. Better at Tweeting.

  I noticed that I haven’t been all that good at keeping this so-called blog on my online portfolio up to date. So perhaps it’s time for me to redirect you (hi!) to other places where you can see what I’m doing on a more regular basis, should...

Recent Project Completed: Tattoo Design

After finally finishing my 2D digital animated short, Veggie Propaganda a few weeks ago, I finally have time to focus on a few freelance projects as my impending maternity leave from The American University of Rome looms (November 18, 2011). Just yesterday I created a...

Recommended Reading and Worthy Links

Here are just a few of my favorite books and links related to topics covered in  Veggie Propaganda: Books Eating Animals -by Jonathan Safran Foer Death By Supermarket. The Fattening, Dumbing-Down, and Poisoning of America -by Nancy Deville Fast Food Nation. The Dark...

Mid-Summer Ponderings

Today I realized that in fact, it has been five years since I first moved to Italy back in July of 2006. Overall it was a good move, though Italy (along with the US) is not without its faults. I am sitting here in my little home office, surrounded by my two cats...