Changing a Little Equation (Note: I consulted no math book to double check my assumptions about my life’s little equation,— only for the “art.” ) A grim statistic is changing my life's little equation: Covid deaths in the USA have reached 1,000,000. COVID is spiking...
A Personal Headline Of all today’s headlines that upset me, here’s: The Queen missed the opening of Parliament . . . this is was a big headline for me! The U.K.'s Parliament opens for the first time in six decades without the queen Throughout my life she has been a...
Wokeness is a new adjective; it can be pejorative or approving. a state of being aware, especially of social problems such as racism and inequality: His latest record displays his wokeness. Cambridge Dictionary In some ways it’s like the old adjective “hip”—...
Inspiration Up Close Early days in spring are my favorite; almost as much as the later days in autumn delight me. I like the contrast between the soft colors of early spring as much as I enjoy the vibrancy of peak autumn colors. Both color palettes inspire feelings...
A recent Lenten meditation “inspired” my most recent painting. (Art & Theology: Lent, Day 20.) Then, a phrase, BASE INGRATITUDES, from a favorite old book became its name. The figure in Caitlin Connolly’s painting is carrying something — and in these past four...
Appliances are a mixed blessing; they teach me over and over the limitations of my knowledge. But where would I be without them?(!) Whether it is the TV, my phone, or, this time, a refrigerator, I do not understand what makes them work, no matter how detailed or...
These are times that make me wonder what I am wired for. It certainly is NOT the twenty-four hour news cycle! We just aren’t wired for this much information, my friend observed. A true truth: as the world enters its third week, more than a few of my wires feel...
Daily, I feel like I am watching a slow-motion rape of an independent nation by another -- even as news reports the fierce Ukrainian resistance and all nations in the world save four condemned the brutal assault. For all the Bible I say I know, why do I keep...
Sunflowers and Ukraine are big topics, I love to plant sunflowers and enjoy painting them; I did not know their connection to Ukraine. A note from The Morning Brew was an eye-opener: Good morning. Ukraine is known as the “breadbasket of Europe” thanks to its...
The serendipitous course of our small Bible study delights and disturbs me. The readings have been surprisingly pertinent in what feels like a new watershed moment. First, we studied the book of Hebrews; its message was timely: don’t let increasing troubles shake your...
Finally, I finished The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History, learning dimensions of WWI history that Upstairs Downstairs and Downton Abbey left out. Given, what J.M. Barrie reported about what led up to the Great Influenza, and all that...
I know it when I have it: serenity — and I know when I am losing it. And everybody around me knows when I have lost it. But serenity is recoverable — available for the asking. (The Serenity Prayer) Serenity’s definition is the state of being calm, peaceful, and...
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