A Brush With Life

05/01/2026

Check out the current episode of my podcast, A Brush With Life, where environmental educator Kirk Payne shares the secrets of being a falconer! Now retired, Kirk is beloved in the community as the long time Naturalist of Quarry Hill Nature Center, and he continues being a champion for kestrels and other raptors. https://www.abrushwithlife.org/2442066/episodes/19094823-27-hawk-talk-with-kirk-payne

03/11/2026

Delightful Tamsin Barlow shares her story and tells you all about being a printmaker in the newest episode! (Also, find out how she feels about Hobbits.)

Tamsin Barlow is a full-time Printmaker and Painter, who also squeezes in a couple of hours teaching Zumba exercise classes every week.She painstakingly carves her design into a linoleum block, rolls ink onto the surface, and presses it onto paper...

01/27/2026

https://www.abrushwithlife.org/2442066/episodes/18576148-22-extreme-green-with-robin-greenfield
In this episode of A Brush With Life you will meet Robin Greenfield, a fascinating fellow who has committed to living simply and in harmony with the earth. To this end, he has experimented with living off grid, owning nothing, growing everything he owns, producing zero-waste, and traveling internationally with absolutely no money. Throughout these adventures he documents, shares and teaches;

Robin's current challenge is to forage 100% of his food and medicine from the land for an entire year. That means everything that goes into his body - even his salt. I think you will be inspired!

Find out more about Robin's projects and the amazing resources he has compiled at www.robingreenfield.org

 "Be the Change You Wish to See in the World." That pretty much sums up Robin Greenfield's life and philosophy. Once a successful businessman and aspiring young millionaire, Robin had a revelation about how his lifestyle was harming the ...

01/13/2026

What you have all been waiting for! The first "A Brush With Life" podcast episode of 2026, featuring champion fiddler, Teresa Hildebrant Walter!

Teresa Walter grew up playing classical violin, and she was really good at it, but she took a 20-year hiatus from music to focus on family and career. When her daughters were grown, she picked up the violin again and started to play casually at co...

11/13/2025

Meet marvelous Marie Marvin in the newest episode of A Brush With Life. Marie was the instigator and owner of Crossings at Carnegie, and one of Southeast MInnesota's greatest supporters of the arts.

With plenty of guts and gusto, Marie Marvin turned an old Carnegie Library in  Zumbrota, MN, into a hub of creativity.  The building was bursting with art, whimsy, artists working, children learning, sometimes even people doing yoga. At ...

10/09/2025

A few images of Amy Johnson's enamel art. Well, more than a few because they are all so lovely, you can't choose just a few!

10/09/2025

Jewelry artist Amy Johnson is Enamored by Enamel! Learn about her art and life on this week's episode of A Brush With Life.

Amy Johnson is an enamel artist who creates copper and silver jewelry with gorgeous, colorful glass designs fused to the surface. Amy tells us how she  discovered this art form, her process, and how making art helped her survive and heal from...