Thanks to God and my children

  I am a lifelong artist, gardener and herbalist, and maker with a deep love for the natural world and traditional ways of living. I was bo...

  • Chandis Adam Strehlen 01/11/82 to 11/18/23
      My Greatest Joy, my biggest failure On January 11, 1982, 9:00 a.m., in a room full of hippies, I gave birth to a beautiful boy, Chandis Ad...
  • The Art of Death
      Since the murder of my kitten, Lucky in 1966, I have been morbidly curious about death. In my dark bedroom I imagined laying in a coffin,...
  • My Rock
     Adam Sun was my rock. He was a daily, joyous, presence. I miss his phone calls and his excited and cheerful personality.  My son is dancing...