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Gardening & Housekeeping
I love gardening – especially in an autumn garden – my enthusiasm is not matched by ability. Both are excellent tutors . . . and here are the lessons I am learning.
painting & writing
I may not yet be a Grandma Moses, or a Eudora Welty, but while there’s life, there’s HOPE. And every day I can paint or write is a good day!
understanding the times
The men of Issachar understood the times — understanding ours is no less crucial. (1 Chronicles 12:32)
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Paintings From the Porch
During the pandemic our sun porch became a wee refuge; I painted and listed to my classical music stations, or books on LIBBY. (An apt worth downloading, as is the required LIBRARY card)
I rediscovered painting in 2007when Doug’s sister invited me to come to a class on Monday nights in Dallas at Pigment School of the Arts.
Some great women and artists welcomed me; especially the wonderful artist and entrepreneur, Tori Pendergrass. For the next nine years, Monday night art class was a given; if you visited from out of town, that’s where we went. Betty, Tori, Amelie, Aimee brought out the best in me.
Tori got me started in acrylics — a much more forgiving medium than water-colors, which Joanne Scott taught in the 1970’s.
Joanne and her first husband, David Scott were some of our first friends when we moved to Annapolis: creative, KIND, cultivated and personable artists and craftsmen —memories of their home on Mill Creek, and her studio are treasured memories in my imagination.
Following are pictures of pictures, watercolors, acrylics and pottery.
From the Blog
Fifty Years Ago — What Was Your Song?
Fifty years ago, what was YOUR song? You know that little tune that just captured your romance? OK - maybe you weren't...
You’d Think I Would Have Heard
You’d think that after fifty years living with Doug, I would have heard about his disrupted musical stage career. But no. Watching an Antiques Roadshow Recut from the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento CA, another person’s treasure opened the door to a funny twist of his theatrical fate. Here’s what happened. As we watched the evaluation of […]
Looking Back: Lessons Learned from COVID
Looking back, before COVID erupted in March 2020, Doug and I may have had it! Something fast and harsh knocked us...
Feeling Wobbly Today?
Two editorial headlines this morning captured why I often feel so wobbly nowadays: Homeless Encampments No Longer...
A Reason to Look Up!
TV news, handheld devices limit my focus; so, sometimes it’s just good to have a reason to look up. (NASA: Landscape...
Sunflowers from Seeds and other Surprises.
I had hoped I would have many sunflowers from seeds this year. Not only have we enjoyed them in previous years, this...
Exhaustion is No Excuse Not to Make Our Beds
Exhaustion Exhaustion is not an uncommon companion at my age and stage. While this feeling of fatigue reminds me of...
Yes, I Have a College Degree . . . Somewhere
I Have that degree Somewhere For somebody with a college degree, I am one who understands very few of any of the...
Other People’s Wisdom
Cogitating on things this glorious morning in June, enjoying perhaps the last drier day for a spell, I am soaking up...
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Who am I? I am a wife, mother, mother-in-law, and grandmother, aunt, sister and cousin, and friend. And I am a recovering English major. I enjoy writing, painting, and reading – which when combined with all the wonderful people God has permitted in my life, I have much for which I am thankful. And I am grateful for the freedom to express my thanks.