A journal of art, photography, spirituality, ideas, books, movies, food, poetry & hope
Do We Perceive Everything? (Alan Kay Quote)
Read moreA frog's brain is set up to recognize food as moving objects that are oblong in shape. So if...
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Hans Hofmann Show at the Yale Art Gallery
Read moreI have long appreciated Hans Hofmann's work as both an artist and an influential teacher to an early generation...
Blue Zone Minestrone Soup (Recipe)
Read moreThis has a lot of ingredients but comes together quickly and easily, and you'll have lots of leftovers for ...
The Devil Wears Prada 2 (Movie Review)
Read moreAndy (the writer played by the likable Anne Hathaway), who at the end of the first movie left the...
The Perfect Loaf (Cookbook Review)
Read moreAfter reading the rather extensive explanations in this book, my husband made the best bread I've ever eaten.
Goal Achieved: Master Pastellist Status!
Read moreI am delighted to report that since I have just gotten my fifth painting juried into the elite IAPS...
Bits and Clips for April 2026
Read moreI hope you find something among all this artwork, photography, memes, links, and quotes that spurs you on, informs,...
Maximum Strength (Poem by Rosemerry Whatola Trommer)
Read moreStarting the long drive home, I do not turn on the radio to hear news of the broken world...
Grace Notes #62 (with Photos)
Read moreI am furthering my ongoing goal of appreciating such a continuous, overflowing abundance of random good.
In the Fairy Wood (New Pastel Painting)
Read moreThis painting is of early spring in Huntington, in a different color way that makes it look like out...
All Around Us is Holy (Quote by Teilhard de Chardin)
Read moreBy means of all created things, without exception, the divine assails us, penetrates us and molds us. We imagined...
Hike Photos from Huntington State Park (April 2026)
Read moreI am so grateful to live so close to this wonderful place and to have gotten to know it...
