It’s the colors of both that I could not resist - they just call my name. Then Tahoe Blue was born, and I fell in love yet again. Yes, I’m lucky - I have 2 Cass bags! Stinson Amber was my first love. How did you choose your colors, and which one is your go-to? My well-worn comfy black leggings, a soft graphic t-shirt, long chenille sweater with big pockets (comfy like a bathrobe, but street wear), knit socks, vintage cowboy boots, and chunky rings. What outfit do you feel most authentically you in? I’m continually inspired by women who are willing to be vulnerable, to be messy, to be imperfect, to try new things on, to sit with pain, to say it as it is, to keep going, and to do it with love.ĥ. Important and special.Īn impossible question to answer because there are so many women I adore! Maybe it’s the characteristics I will focus on. I think many more stories will be shared and heard in this space because of it. The art tells the stories of people from various times and places. I also am working on hanging original art, especially vintage art and objects, at a local brewery. Most recently I co-founded Art Moves Project with some other bad-ass Cass-clutch carrying women to use public art as a means to explore how we are living in this place at this time. Maybe we are less scared of one another, maybe we make different decisions individually, eventually even collectively. I think art feeds into how we understand ourselves and our place and role in life - family, community, civic, and professional life. If we can reconcile even just of part of this, then I believe we become more able to see each other and to see beyond ourselves maybe we become more human. Art. Art is the most beautiful, powerful way I know to tell and share our stories to see each other in new ways, to examine our place in time. Jazz Wyoming in the am, KUTX in the afternoon, and KCRW all evening long.Īrt. Oh, wait - somewhere in there, post hike and pre dinner I’d love a long, hot shower! The perfect soundtrack? Internet radio. Stargazing and telling stories outside before bedtime. At dinner time, I’d love to have our family or close friends in the kitchen with us, enjoying wine and sharing in our meal. But, before cooking dinner, I’d hit the neighborhood trails with my husband and son. After that it’d be off to yoga and then onto the market to pick up whatever is looking yummiest for dinner that night. I’d tidy up the house and then eat breakfast with my family. I also support 100 Plus Women Who Care Contra Costa County and the Women’s Legacy Fund at the San Luis Obispo County Community Foundation to ensure funding reaches non-profits and community organizations serving the people who need the most.Īh - it all starts with waking up without an alarm clock and then making a big pot of coffee. The hyper-local model of identifying surplus intrigues me, saving it from being wasted and redirecting for those in need. We are creatively looking at how to rescue and redistribute the abundance that exists all around us and use it to fill gaps in basic needs from food and clothing to mobile hygiene services. I currently work with an East Bay non-profit, White Pony Express to secure funding and expand the programs and services they offer for fee to low-income and un-housed people. I like to think about it as “making good on good”. I’m focused on new concepts that bring social change, especially setting up and funding models that create more inclusive equitable and sustainable communities.
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