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"New Year's Day is every man's birthday" (-Charles Lamb) 30 Dec 2011 | 12:23 pm
It's hard to believe that this year is so rapidly drawing to a close: I always find it a bit poignant to realize that once again-- after all the stockings were hung, the toasts were made, the gift....
"All cats love fish but fear to wet their paws." (--Chinese proverb) 6 Nov 2011 | 11:12 am
I am finally home for a short weekend, and I'm most definitely feeling the urge to paint. As usual, Joe put pretty little floral arrangements all over the place, which gives me immediate sketching m....
"I haven't been anywhere, but it's on my list" (-Susan Sonntag) 19 Oct 2011 | 06:01 am
I landed in Seattle last night at sunset, and this was taken from my seat on the plane while we were passing Mt. Rainier. I've traveled many times to Seattle, but this trip will be very quick, so I w...
"Autumn, the year's last, loveliest smile". (--William Cullen Bryant) 3 Oct 2011 | 06:04 pm
It's definitely starting to feel like Fall here in Michigan this week. I collected some leaves that have not only begun to change color, but have fallen from trees already. I'm still figuring out how...
Testing a post from iPad 2 25 Sep 2011 | 03:43 pm
Image from Top Camera, a photo by loveitaly on Flickr. Guess who got a wonderful new ipad2 , but is having a hell of a time figuring out how to import, edit, and get photos to my blog! I finally got ...
"Choosing Shoes" (--Frida Wolfe) 21 Sep 2011 | 04:13 pm
"New shoes, new shoes, red and pink and blue shoes. Tell me, what would you choose, If they'd let us buy? Buckle shoes, bow shoes, Pretty pointy-toe shoes, Strappy, cappy low shoes; Let's have....
"Art is the proper task of life" (--Friedrich Nietzsche)) 15 Sep 2011 | 03:33 pm
When my siblings and I were small, my parents went to great pains to expose us as often as possible to art, literature, theatre, music and ballet. They would frequently whisk us all off to Shakespea...
Onions 13 Sep 2011 | 03:50 am
Onions How easily happiness begins by dicing onions. A lump of sweet butter slithers and swirls across the floor of the saute pan, especially if its errant path crosses a tiny slick of olive oi...
10 Years... 10 Sep 2011 | 08:50 am
Can it really be 10 years since those events that changed and shaped us all forever as a nation? Each of us is individually more cautious, or perhaps more jaded. We're all certainly more aware of...
"Three for the Mona Lisa" (-John Stone) 9 Sep 2011 | 04:00 pm
This is an old post, but I'm hoping that maybe I can visit the Allen Art museum at Oberlin College again today, after I finish up at the school. I thought I'd share a wonderful poem and some images f...
