As I turn 60
I’m still trying to wrap my mind around the fact that several of my friends turned 60 last year. At birthday parties large and small, they raised their glasses to six eventful decades. Some recalled pivotal moments and milestones of our youth: Kennedy’s assassination … the Beatles’ debut on The Ed Sullivan Show… Neil Armstrong’s […]
Life lessons and beach stones
Author Anne Morrow Lindbergh found metaphors in the seashells she collected on Captiva Island, but I’ve composed my own meditations while scouting for beach stones in northern Michigan. To read my July column on the topic, look for Michigan Prime magazine, delivered this Sunday with your Detroit News and Free Press. Original photo (left) by […]
Summer art shows
My award-winning mixed-media artwork is on display this summer in several juried shows throughout Michigan. To see what I’ve been up to — and where to view my pieces — please visit Cindy La Ferle’s Mixed Media In August I’ll be part of a self-portrait exhibit on Michigan’s west coast; details to be announced. Meanwhile, […]
Social media issues
Are you savvy when it comes to social media skills? If not, don’t miss the June issue of Michigan Prime, delivered with your Sunday Detroit News and Free Press this weekend. The issue includes a helpful feature on using social media to find jobs — plus my new column detailing what I missed when I […]
Where to read me this week
Ladies, if you’ve ever wondered if your wardrobe is aging you, don’t miss the May 11 issue of Michigan Prime featuring Cindy Papasian of Leon & Lulu. You’ll find my column on age-appropriate dressing in the magazine (in today’s Sunday Detroit News and Free Press) or in the online edition here. On another topic: Do you feel drained […]
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Welcome
If I had to state my philosophy in a nutshell, I'd borrow this gem from M.C. Richards: "All the arts we practice are apprenticeship. The Big Art is our life."
Focusing on lifestyle topics, I've freelanced for dozens of regional and national publications since 1984. Metro-Detroit readers know me best through my Sunday newspaper columns, which ran 14 years in The Daily Tribune and won a Best Local Column award from the Michigan Press Association.
Putting a fresh spin on midlife issues, I currently write a monthly "Life Lines" column for Michigan PRIME, delivered with Sunday editions of The Detroit News and Free Press. Whether you're facing a new empty nest, caring for elderly parents, or happily reinventing yourself after age 55, I'm writing "Life Lines" with you in mind.
My essays and features have been published and syndicated in many widely read publications, including, Reader's Digest, Better Homes & Gardens, Country Gardens, The Detroit News & Free Press, Victoria, Writer's Digest, Mary Engelbreit's Home Companion, Literary Mama, Spirituality and Health, The Christian Science Monitor. Several of my essays are included in popular anthologies.
My collection of short essays, Writing Home highlights the years I worked at home as a family columnist while raising my son. Awarded several prizes for creative nonfiction, the book is a love letter to home and family life. Now in its second printing, Writing Home is also available on Kindle.
When I'm not writing in my home office, you'll find me in the art studio above our garage. My shrines and mixed-media assemblages have been featured in national publications and in juried art exhibits throughout southeast Michigan. And when I'm not here in Royal Oak, you'll find me in on the west coast of Michigan, working with my family on our historic Frank Lloyd Wright home on the St. Joseph River.
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