When Maria and I knew we were going to Taiwan for zenAgain-Asia, we wanted to introduce a new tangle at that special event. While we were in Germany for the first Certified Zentangle Teacher (CZT) seminar in Europe, we took some time to visit friends near Munich. While there, we visited museums and cathedrals and architecture in that beautiful city -- always with an eye out for patterns and possibly a new tangle. As you may know, we found just such a pattern on some china (appropriately).  That pattern became a new pattern we named hollis. The other day, I noticed the...

Maria writes: I was boiling water the other night to blanch some green beans and in walks my beloved, to check out what I was doing (re: what's for dinner?). He spotted the energetically bubbling water and whips out his phone, quick as a bunny!   He proceeded to take this fantastic animated version of the tangle "tipple.” How could I not show you all this, "what it's like to live with Rick on a daily basis" phenomenon?   So, then a few minutes later, Julie sashays into my studio asking for a blog for Tuesday.  HA! Life is good. (Because,...

Julie writes... January 2020. A new year. A new decade. I have always loved the start of a new year. I love the idea of a fresh, clean start. A new beginning. Most importantly, a new, pristine planner. Like many people, I usually start off the year with a list of resolutions and goals I want to accomplish in the year. Sometimes I kept those resolutions and reached those goals, sometimes they rolled over into the next year. This year though, it’s a little different. I still got my shiny new day planner, but I decided I was not going...