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Sandra Dean

Sandra Dean

Tieton, Washington
Dec
06
Photo of small, single story brown home with golden ginkgo and fallen leaves on lawn in front

La Casa del Arte y Sueños

The title of this month’s post, which translates as “The House of Art and Dreams,” sums up the purpose
4 min read
Nov
02
Image of stone carving of hand with bracelet holding a "handbag" with cuneiform writing on the fingers and bag

Gifts Continue to Give

This is the second of two posts about artist Richard “Richey” Kehl.
11 min read
Oct
05
Image of tryptch: bundled sticks over a house, a hand holding a note, a green pear floating in air and small figures

Intuitive Benedictions

This is the first of two posts about artist Richard “Richey” Kehl.
17 min read
Sep
06
Photo of small pond surrounded by trees, shrubs, and cattails.

High Summer Stillness

Where the Art Nun Walks
5 min read
Aug
02
Wahpeniat stands in blue top and blue patterned long skirt next to display of her baskets on white pedestals

Baskets of Beauty

In February of 2025, I attended a group exhibit at Tieton’s Boxx Gallery, which included a variety of beautiful
22 min read
Jul
05
Photo of a curving stone path surrounded by white and blue native plants and green grasses

A Wealth of Gardens

Dear Esteemed Readers, I’m writing this note a few days before the upcoming Summer Solstice on June 21, when
9 min read
Jun
07
Photo of a red-orange sunrise over a river emptying into the ocean

A Contemplation of Water

Streams are children of the ocean, always following their elders. Streams, the determined children, Traveling on forever. — Greg Warns, age
12 min read
May
17
Photo of pond in foreground, open wooden structure in back, and green and colorful vegetation on either side

My Artistic Getaway Follow-up

Dear Esteemed Readers, On Saturday morning, May 3, 2025, my husband David and I headed off from Tieton, Washington to
7 min read
May
03
Photo of large curved space in white wall leading to a garden, with stone and grass mosaic patterns on the ground

An Artistic Getaway

Dear Esteemed Readers, On this first Saturday in May, when I usually send out my regular, monthly, Art Nun Journal
3 min read
Apr
05
Drawing of man wearing light blue shirt, blue tie, and purple pants, on knees planting a 3-leafed plant in a mound of brown dirt, with brown hills in the background.

In Praise of Trees

“When we plant trees, we plant the seeds of peace and hope.”      ― Wangari Maathai (1940-2011), Kenyan environmentalist, political activist, and
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