In 1999 I took my first blacksmithing class with Scott Shattuck at South Seattle community College. I signed up for the welding class...

Gratitude For changes, for growth, for direction 🙏 Getting back to basics Focusing on my relationship with the God of my understanding....

I keep getting questions about when classes will start at the Belle Creative arts in Wilton. I know people are excited to work here!...

Contact: Vera Johnson 87 High Street Wilton, ME 04294 verajohnson@zoho.com New Belle Creative Arts Center to Host Open House During...

Tonight grief hit me like a ton of bricks. I had a breakdown/breakthrough it’s October 23, 2019.... 20 years ago today I got married, but...

I'm writing my next story and it's called The Belle of Maine Creative Arts Center. I purchased the WS Wells Fiddlehead Cannery building...

And...out of the blue I get this email...🥰🥰🥰 Hi Vera!!! So glad it’s you! I found you by looking up Village Green to find your article...

The questions that I get asked the most is “Will it Tarnish?” and “How do I care for my copper jewelry?”. The answer to the first...

It cut deeply Noone could see it I couldn't see it. Smoothed over Glossy and almost Invisible Many moons passed Dozens of ships sailed...

Found myself ambling about today. Lost yet completely found in the absence of humans. It's humbling to be amongst such absolute beauty. ...

Deep thoughts... what IF... we learn differently...we interpret differently...we think differently...we pray differently... Aren’t people...

The cutaways are the spaces I see more clearly. The shells and leftovers. The Emptiness. The discarded, bent, broken, hollow pieces...

we reflect each other

To Breathe in Big Open spaces Birch Trees Pure White Renewal Simplicity Explore new Skills To Challenge myself to Grow I was handed the...

Fungi grows out of rotting matter. With a profoundly wondrous ability to transform toxins into something useful, is a mystery in and of...

Birches represent Renewal and purification. I only just recently discovered this and It made me start thinking back on how I’ve been...

History and the moment I’m in....As I travel-I go back in time in my mind and stay present to what is. Love and cherish these days with...

Seed of Life The Seed of Life is an ancient symbol of great spiritual and religious importance. It can be found in many places around the...

Crunching snow, deer look on, Wandering the path alongside you in the quiet hush.It's the breath, the balance.I saw life, I saw...

I used to cook, a lot. From our gardens. We used to have guests at our table every meal From all over the world: Africa, UK, Norway,...