She was a staff photographer at Life Magazine from 1945-1972 when the magazine went to monthly, and over forty of the covers were her photographs. But very little is recorded about Nina Leen...which may have been how she liked it. She had a flair for photographing animals, and her slice of Midwestern life will ring a bell for many folks. They ( Read more... )

I'm down to my last two copies of Night Calls, so I can't let any more out. But I am trading books to artist Elizabeth Berrien, the wondrous wire sculptor who weaves metal and light to become incredible things. She is making me a tiny Chinese dragon! Here's her unicorn page ( Read more... )

Artist Kerry Kate makes handmade dolls -- ghost dolls, clairvoyant or wormwood dolls, poison dolls. Take a walk on the macabre side. She's on vacation right now, but her Etsy store will open in late April or May.