Maria writes: Rick and I are often privy to our granddaughters’ conversations of play, when they come to visit.  They play on the porch, just off the kitchen, where we often sit.  Indy and Mazzy are inspiring pretenders.  It’s fascinating what they harvest from us, their parents and teachers, hanging on to only what they deem worthy (translation: fun), and (apparently) tossing the rest.       I was that kind of player, often on my own resulting from being born between 2 brothers.  My father often told me it was my job to play and I took it to heart.  I sometimes...

Molly writes... Here in the northeastern part of the United States we are just now settling into the New England winter. In November and December the weather starts to change but the chilly air and the early snowfall is still romanticized with the excitement of the Holidays and blurred by the energy of the solstice. And at that point most of us are still enamored by the newness of the changing seasons. Once the first of the year comes and goes, the festive decorations get packed up, the fanciful lights are put away, the once-welcomed chill has turned into just plain...

As we look forward to beginning a new year, we are, once again, grateful for another amazing year with the Zentangle community and the beauty and inspiration shared with artists all over the world. One of our favorite ways to connect with the Zentangle community is through our blog. In 2018, we shared 45 posts with you and you all joined us in thought provoking, problem solving, and Zentangle inspired conversations. Today we share our top 5 blogs of 2018 with you all. If you've already read them, we think they are worth visiting again. If you missed these the first...