by Kristina | May 31, 2020 | Art in Bend Oregon, From Here to Argentina: A Tango Love Story, Tango in Bend Oregon
My last newsletter appeared here in February, that heady time we recognize now as the end of life as we knew it. Soon after I wrote the cheerful note about my 2018 book, From Here to Argentina: A Tango Love Story, I was off to Portland, Oregon for Valentango, the...
by Kristina | May 29, 2019 | Art in Bend Oregon, Krayna Castelbaum, Poets in Bend Oregon
My friend, Krayna Castelbaum, and I both write. I produce novels with hundreds of pages, Krayna, poems, sometimes only a few words, all the more precious for the books she makes to share them. With her own creative alchemy, Krayna transforms tea bags––yes, tea...
by Kristina | Aug 1, 2013 | Art classes in Bend Oregon, Art in Bend Oregon, Energy Work in Bend, Learn Qigong in Bend, Qigong in Bend Oregon
August in Bend, Oregon, is a time to be outdoors, in the mountains, on the rivers, in the garden, celebrating with gratitude our place in the natural world, our gifts of sunshine and clean air. That’s what I’m doing, and I hope you are, too. My classes and...
by Kristina | May 4, 2013 | Art classes in Bend Oregon, Art in Bend Oregon, Blog, Creativity and Healing in Bend Oregon, Oregon Qigong, Qigong in Bend
This warm day I’m treasuring quiet – occasional bird song through an open window, my studio fountain evoking a small mountain spring, now and then a breeze stirring a wind chime, that’s all. I’ve lived enough years in cities to appreciate the rarity...
by Kristina | Mar 1, 2013 | Art classes in Bend Oregon, Art in Bend Oregon, Creativity and Healing in Bend Oregon, Qigong in Bend
These late winter days, turning to the quiet inside, you may come face-to-face with unexpected sadness, sadness for present pain, past loss, betrayal, disappointment, and most of all, lost dreams. Sadness is an honorable emotion, worth exploring on its own, but I...
