A Girl Named Fred

  • Self-Expression

    When I was eighteen, I came across an accident on the highway. A Jeep had taken a corner too quickly on a snow covered mountain… Read more.

  • Tearing Down Walls

    Tearing Down Walls

    I remember a friend, a long time ago, who needed knee surgery. All the doctors recommended it, she knew she needed it, but she refused.… Read more.

Alphonse M. Mucha

I did not paint for kings, nor for galleries, but for
my people. This journal is a continuation of that work — an offering to eyes that still hunger for beauty.

The Author

“Ornament is not
excess, but remembrance of nature.”

— Alphonse Mucha

Essays

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