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For years I have connected donors with missions that need support by writing grants. Now, along with grants, I write to connect people with stories and resources that make cultural connections ~ across ethnicity, experience, geography, and faith. I’m so glad you are here!
Recent Posts
Connected through beads and bread
I awoke to the rhythmic murmurs of my mother praying. Hail Mary, full of Grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Hail Mary,...
books for my curator dreams
I daydream of working among works of art. In the meantime, I’ve been “researching” art museum and gallery life in the world of books. These are some of my favorites.
packed with love
My Argentine mother-in-law stopped me in the hallway to give me a drying rack and a package of new sponges. We had been staying with her and my father-in-law for about a week as we waited to move into our new house. As move-in day approached, the gifted pile of items...
Grant writing builds connections. Here are resources to get you started.
Image credit (cover photo): Sol LeWitt, Wall Drawing No. 652, Continuous Forms With Color Acrylic Washes Superimposed (detail), 1990. Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, Gift of the Dudley Sutphin Family, 1990.40 © 2022 The LeWitt Estate / Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY.