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My Summer Staycation: a summer at home in the studio I have always wanted to stay home during the summer but I always seem to find a million other things to do: visit friends, travel, see family, take day trips, hike, bike, take workshops, you name it, I found it. This summer my husband got […]

ESSAYS | My Summer Staycation

J. Rafferty Hello! My first blog post. Ah. In creating this webpage/online store I have had things swirling around in my head for weeks, well, it’s been years to be honest. Ideas come at me like missiles in the car while driving (I really need to get one of those car-list things!) Life feels super-charged […]

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Daily Inspiration

Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. 

John Muir

It is a serious thing just to be alive on this fresh morning in this broken world.

Mary Oliver

lately at atwater studios

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What's inspiring me lately: Open meadows. Wise old trees. Rivers and lakes. Springtime flowers. The sound of the ocean. Undiscovered paths.

On my bookshelf

Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert, Art + Fear by David Bayles. (View my full studio library here!)

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