After receiving an email from a blog reader, Muriel writes about the critical issue of modern slavery and includes links to raise awareness and learn about global estimates of victims. Thanks to Photo by Hermes Rivera on Unsplash

Muriel is collaborating with her uncle on a collection of short stories about their childhood in North Central Florida. Also, stories with a unique perspective from past generations.

After a frustrating time with website problems, Muriel shares the serenity and mood-boost of a relaxing boat ride on the Peshtigo River.

Muriel shares a friend's journey from painting abstract watercolors to writing poetry to the culmination of life as an artist in G. Pierson's published work entitled Collections.

Muriel shares her review of Bonnie Jo Campell’s new fictional novel, The Waters. She explains what she likes about this mystical tragedy of healing and love.

Muriel writes about building connections and strategies she has learned for setting up her booth at an art fair, where she displays her art and books.

When writing about events in our lifetime, do you remember everyday life without the conveniences? Attention to detail helps to explore mindful writing in recent history.

Muriel explains her reaction to Cassatt’s painting entitled “The Swim” or “Le Bain” based on her experiences as a mother, lifeguard, and swim coach.

A personal story about imaginative cooking and a nostalgic memory based on Winslow’s children’s book Mud Pies and Other Recipes.

Muriel explains the power of persistence, one shovel at a time, in a project and how it relates to the challenges of creating art and writing, using the example of Michangelo and Seurat.

Muriel writes about how artists’ techniques and expressions often blur the boundaries between drawing and painting. How does the viewer respond to the definition of traditional labels between the two?

Breakfast on the Farm, sponsored by Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin, is sure to please all ages during June-Dairy Month.

Muriel pays homage to Zora Neal Hurston's skillful art of storytelling, using the dialect of Kossola (Cudjo Lewis), who tells his story as the last “black cargo.”

Muriel shares how connecting dots while writing boosts her creativity and links information to build her understanding of a story and how making connections relates to her writing.

Many artists grow gardens for inspiration, enjoyment, and healthy eating. In her blog, Muriel writes about her gardening experience and references other artists who have demonstrated how gardening is beneficial to creativity.

Muriel writes how rejection has given her opportunities to overcome the negativity and how it has become a positive part of her art to move forward.

Muriel shares why early mornings are important to her and finds a kindred spirit in the American Robin. She comments on how a disciplined ritual contributes to creativity and self-nurture, recommended by Julia Cameron in “The Artist Way”.

Muriel writes about the spirit of yellow and what it means to her. She defines yellow as culturally, psychologically, and artistically motivated and describes how yellow announces spring in her garden.

Muriel describes the research of letters at the Rubenstein Library at Duke University. Her goal was to learn the usage of words and language for the art of handwritten letters in the 19th century.

Muriel relates to the differences in weather, gardening, and traveling south to attend her book signing at the ABAC folk festival, other historical museums, and another library with requested archives for her next book idea.