Primary Colors Calling! Some days the primary colors just keep calling. Use me! Use Me! Especially in the interesting times that are today. So too, does the simple shapes in former paintings keep inspiring -- It's why I keep repeating myself. Colors Chalk it up to...
The pandemic goaded me to paint an owl that looked like I felt! Will Rogers shows me 2020-2022 isn't the only hard spell Americans have had. It was one of the first little paintings I did back when I thought the pandemic would last maybe a couple of weeks. Somehow,...
In the past fifteen months, what’s changed? The pandemic and 2020’s fallout have been changing me, just when I thought I was too old to change. Nobody’s ever that old, right?* I can’t predict for how long these changes will last; but here’s how I am changing for...
The Observation Still Works Elinor Dashwood’s observation works for me: she expressed the restraint our current events necessitates: “And sometimes I have kept my feelings to myself, because I could find no language to describe them in.” (Sense in Sensibility) Just...
Two Deadly Viruses The resurgence of COVID-19 cases is . . . daunting. So, too, a new tidal wave of Potomac Fever is stunning. Is anybody really surprised? In some ways, I feel like I am in the middle of a recurring nightmare that puts me in a panic. The dream I...
1 Corinthians 13: A Familiar Bible Passage I am putting a familiar Bible passage out there for navigating the rough waters social media stir up. It’s a map I need to memorize and follow when I read what some post about current events. Maybe it will help you. Most all...
A stranger took a risk and helped me today. Today as I left a store, I felt a wee bit off balance; ( the joy of maturity!) Approaching the curb, I stretched out my hand -- and a younger woman – a stranger -- reached out her hand to steady me. It was risk, because in...
Of all the medical advice for seasoned citizens to follow to make the best of the time we have left, practice social distancing, is as dismal as it is essential. Age and stage already separates us old folks routinely from people and places! Yet, with COVID-19, we may...
A favorite prompt that a writing teacher once gave suggests: Look around and see what you can see. When I look, what do I see? The world is noisy, angry, irrational, and cruel. People hurt each other – from their storehouse of brokenness. So, a quiet moment on our...
Of the improvements we made in our little bungalow, a useful one was installing a set of gas logs in the handsome fireplace that dominates our living room. What we installed gives warmth of a fire – but alas, it does not smell or sound like a fire. Deficiencies I...
Looking around, seeing a whole new environment, she said to her canine companion, Toto, I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore. (The Wizard of Oz ~L. Frank Baum) Watching a recap of this week’s news, I said something similar to Doug. We don’t live in the United...
So, part of my annual physical included answering a bunch of questions and taking a memory quiz. (after losing 150 vials of blood . . . ok: 6) First Was The Memory Quiz The memory quiz involved my remembering the name and address of someone after I counted backwards...
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