High Road Artist

Working Artist on the High Road to Taos

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A Poem by Mother Teresa

My Buddhist teacher gave this to me many years ago. It’s been something I’ve held onto ever since. Important wisdom to live by I think. “People are often unreasonable and self-centered. Forgive them anyway. If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives. Be kind anyway. If you are honest, people may cheat […]

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Loving Without Attachment

How many of you have thought about loving without attachment or what that even means? It’s a tricky concept to understand and live, I think, at least it’s been for me. To love without attachment means we open our hearts to another but we don’t control or possess them. It’s something I’ve been consciously trying […]

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A Beautiful Day On the Llano

I just had the best day and wanted to share it with you. First, there was a gorgeous sunrise showing over the mountain and in the valley. How many of you dread your alarm clocks and wish for just a few more minutes’ sleep every morning? It was like that for me in my corporate […]

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The Wisdom of Mary Oliver

Throughout my journey, particularly these last fourteen years of transitioning into this artist’s life, various writers have moved and inspired me. I’ve carried some poems and quotes with me over the years and many have sustained me when things were challenging. There have been times when my refrigerator  looked more like confetti than an appliance. […]

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A Journey of the Soul

Barbara McCauley and her husband, Alvaro Cardona-Hine, were planning a move to New Mexico from Minnesota. While their lives there were wonderful, their children were grown and they wanted to try making it as full time artists. They believed New Mexico was the place to do that. Alvaro wanted to move to Santa Fe, and […]