The Beautiful Necessity was my very first blog, started in February 2008.  At the time, I lamented that there wasn't more out there for ...

Tonight, a friend linked an article on Vanity Fair about the costume designer for Maleficent, and how she focused on emphasizing Aurora...

This morning, right before leaving for work, I closed Kirsty Stonell-Walker's new novel, A Curl of Copper and Pearl , on the final p...

Have you ever had a really long, involved, practically epic blog post or piece of conversational writing in mind, and because you just never...

Last fall, I had the opportunity to jump on a photo shoot that has been a concept on my bucket list for a long time now.  After talking to a...

Portrait of me by Ellie Lane Imagery I love blogging.  There's something marvelous to someone who is an introvert and creative ...

Now here's a worthy Kickstarter effort!  Janet Hinkel is working on creating a tarot deck illustrated with neoclassical Victorian art, ...