by Leeana Tankersley | Jan 19, 2012 | Home Page
As it is still January, and I am still reading New Years posts from others and thinking through how I myself might want 2012 to look and feel, I am brought back to the wisdom/warning that it doesn’t so much matter how I want this year to look if I’m not willing to...
by Leeana Tankersley | Jan 12, 2012 | Home Page
A virtual scrapbook for you . . . full of love from Bahrain. Sunset over the Persian Gulf at Amwaj Island. One of the many stacks of packing paper from our move. Baby belly at the Bahrain Fort on a very windy day. This was when I was still somewhat reasonably...
by Leeana Tankersley | Jan 5, 2012 | Home Page
About a year ago, to commemorate the closing of 2010 and the beginning of 2011, I offered a Found Art workshop entitled “A Year in Review” for about 40 women in San Diego. I’ve offered a dozen or so of these workshops, all with similar format. We come together around...
by Leeana Tankersley | Dec 24, 2011 | Home Page
Dear Luke and Lane, We just celebrated your third birthday. An orange and pink party—as you requested—because Brother’s favorite color is orange and Sissy’s favorite color is pink. I took a moment last night to just look at each of you for some time. To gaze. To...
by Leeana Tankersley | Dec 18, 2011 | Home Page
I turned 36 on the 16th. More than anything today, I feel thankful. Not in the cute or glib way that you might use the word thankful because you don’t want to share what’s really going on. Thankful sums it up for me because it’s been a hard year—culminating in a...
by Leeana Tankersley | Dec 12, 2011 | Home Page
We are a bit short on glamour this year. All four of our birthdays are in December—the Pirate’s is today!—and that means a level of general feverishness descends on my psyche that I try to keep from turning into total hysteria. Currently, my holiday is epitomized by...