Fostering a new renaissance through creativity, authenticity, spirituality, and art
I had a pleasant Friday evening last night interspersed with intervals working in my office, making a Lemon Cake and reading a wonderful anthology of American Poetry. The cake was made from a “Lemon Yogurt Cake” recipe in The Barefoot Contessa’s At Home Cookbook. While my family are definitely not cake people, I was after … Read more
This sounds like heresy and sacrilege in our society. But it is a foundational Christian concept that if correctly adopted would go a long way to solving all the ills that confront us, not only individually, but societally as well. I always thought Jesus sounded harsh asking people to follow him when he wouldn’t let … Read more
This book was a masterpiece. I give it five stars even though when I tried to read it in print a long while back I gave it up as impossible due to all the colloquial language. Listening to it on CD in the car was the ticket for me. The voice-over for this text was … Read more
I have a homeschooling friend that is frustrated. She said recently , “I don’t have enough creative time for me.” She is overwhelmed with responsibility, obligation, and admirable personal goals, but meanwhile, she’s running dry. This is not an unusual thing from what I hear over my spiritual healing practice line. The “shoulds” take over … Read more
This lasagna was delicious. As a base recipe, I used this one from Martha Stewart (click here for the recipe) but I substituted the individual dishes for one pan as seen above. I also substituted Gimmelean veggie sausage for the Italian sausage, rainbow chard for the Swiss chard, and whole wheat lasagna noodles for the … Read more
I frequently doodle. It helps me concentrate. I’ve always known this to be true but have read recently that this has been confirmed by official research. I often doodle in church to capture phrases that inspire me, but mostly to help me focus. I am delighted that this official research vindicates me in the face … Read more
Think of these pictures as abstract compositions in earthen tones that spell the relish of spring! Doesn’t it look wonderful? Enjoy!
It was the first real balmy day today, with sublime air, pungent with pine needles and the promise of spring. I painted on an oil painting on my front stoop, breathing in deeply the wonder of the day. That painting is far from finished; today I did layer two out of about twenty. (The first … Read more
Sheep-feeding “Lovest thou me?”… then … “Feed my sheep.” He was emphatic about it — repeating it three times — to stress the imperative directive. How do you do it? I feed sheep when I heal someone through prayer when I listen to a friend when I cook for my husband when I homeschool my … Read more
This page in my Box-a-Day Art Journal represents February 20 through March 3, 2009. Below are some close up photos.
My Pastel Class started today. The teacher said if you skip one meal a day for a couple months you could afford to buy some pastels!
Alexander Graham Bell was attempting to invent a hearing aid. Columbus was trying to get to India. Post-its were born out of glue that didn’t work right. Velcro was invented from pondering annoying burrs stuck to the pants from a walk. Steve Jobs applied what he learned about movement and perception while ballroom dancing to … Read more
Nipping it in the Bud? love an opening bud tentative, unsure is it safe? trust experience: so disappointing, so discouraging or invest in hope: so sanguine, so easily jeopardized, vulnerable and perishable or steel oneself instead: instigating inevitable disillusionment by pushing away – hard fleeing or walled off — disquieted, blighted, to wither alone plagued … Read more