I know it’s time to reset my life. Of late I’ve been so distracted. First by the 2016 Presidential election campaigns, then the election itself, after that the protests and resistance to Donald Trump’s unexpected win. Then and still we have protests, sometimes violent, and in spite of it all we have President Trump in […]
I thought I’d send off 2016 writing a blog post with the hopes that in 2017 I will become more regular with my writing, painting and general self-discipline. This past year – 2016 – has been filled with an incredible amount of changes both on a personal level and on a global scale. In 2016 […]
I woke up, stumbled to the coffeemaker, fed the cats their morning ration while never once looking out the window. In my morning haze when I finally looked outside I was surprised to see a winter wonderland. I pushed the kitchen door open to see how much of the “white stuff” we’d gotten to find […]
As an American citizen I have never felt such fear. Fear of my fellow citizens, fear that these paid protesters and anarchists will somehow be able to topple our system and our right to live peaceful lives pursuing our personal dreams. And then I remembered GOD TRUMPS FEAR! Yes indeed. God’s love trumps fear if […]
First snow of the season came today, which to me seems surprisingly early. So early in fact that I hadn’t raked the leaves from my yard and driveway and so I was forced to hurriedly disburse them before heading to work. After jumpstarting my lawn tractor I proceeded to drive in circles blowing the leaves […]
I painted these autumn Birches a couple of years ago and was amazed when it actually came out the way I’d hoped. At the time I reveled in my little success and now I’d like to figure out how heck I did it! I’m the type of person who learns visually and learns through repetition. […]
The Stockade Villagers Art show was this past weekend. The show, originally scheduled for Saturday, was postponed until Sunday due to threatening weather. My good friend, Anne, and I conferred prior to the show and decided to bring less “stuff.” It was agreed that we would not bring our tents. My tent weighs well over […]
I’d been working on my “studio” for nearly five years in anticipation of teaching beginner watercolor there. But when the time came and I actually had two potential students who were truly interested I remember being afraid and uncertain. It’s a funny thing with goals sometimes. In my mind I was ready and confident but […]
Oh my where does the time go? I just sat down at my home computer, downloaded some old and new photographs off of my camera and then logged on to my blog only to realize that I haven’t posted in nearly a month! Where indeed does the time go? I remember when I was a […]
Over the past several weeks I’ve been slogging through what has turned out to be quite a large stack of unfinished paintings and drawings (not counting my oil canvases). You see I have this terrible habit of starting a painting or drawing and then abandoning it when I get stuck or discover some kind of […]
