Wonderful articles to enjoy this weekend.

1. These designs should win awards.
2. Breathtaking horse photographs.
3. Practice to grow as a writer.
4. Photographs of geographic formations and natural disasters. The top photo is the beginning of the slideshow.
5. Thoughts on a scrappy Christmas (or not) quilt.
6. The discovery of a previously unknown self-portrait by van Gogh.
7. Creating new creatures by collage.
8. Multi-media artist Judi Kauffman.
9. Children’s book illustrator Katie Mazeika.
10. Thoughts on religious art and on Carracci’s The Lamentationin particular.
11. I could vacation here.
12. Parenting book recommendations.