Bits and Clips for September 2016
This is a monthly feature on this blog where I share the best that I read, listened to, watched, or saw on the internet during the month.
Month: September 2016
Why I Don’t Drink Alcohol
Once you’ve experienced the clean living high of a well connected bliss, you will not trade it for anything. Try feeling under the influence of the Creator of joy itself.
Book Review: House of Thieves
Full of high society on the one hand, and squalor, poverty, and depravity on the other, it is this high contrast is that makes this book interesting.
New Poem: Being the Mother of Adult Children
I think now what I would want my kids to do in my situation, and then go and try to earnestly do that myself. It is so much better for everyone than me thinking what I would have them do if I was them.
New Plein Air Oil Painting: Morning on Chaffinch Island
I enjoyed painting this on location on Chaffinch Island in Connecticut with a limited palette.
Mid Maine Botanical Gardens
Highly recommended for its beauty, and a great place to play with a child!
Write Your Own Response to a Psalm
In God’s grace there are no “ifs” or “buts”, no expiration dates, no measured share, no price to pay
24/7, in plentiful supply that never ends, God’s love abides. We need do no more than accept it.
Guilford Arts League Juried Show
The painting above is by friend and blog reader Anne Merriam, and it was my favorite of the show.
Book Review: The Interestings
I have just now slogged through it and do not recommend it, giving it only three stars. The bottom line is it is not really that interesting.
What a Good Decision Feels Like
“When something is right for me, I always have an indescribable sense of peace about it. Knowing that this sense of peace is available as a guide and criterion gives me a great sense of confidence regarding decision.
My Husband and the New Pond Farm Harvest Dinner
I’m so grateful such a wonderful place as New Pond Farm exists, and I’m proud of all my husband’s hard work that helped make this supportive event a success!
Ropes and Traps
These ropes and traps from Little Cranberry Island are a medley of line and anticipation. What are you walking past that would improve and expand on closer consideration?
Sunsets from the Islesford Dock
The sunsets as seen from the Islesford Dock are a kaleidoscope of beauty. Several times I interrupted my dinner to go and take yet again another photo of it as it morphed and transformed. Here are some of those shots…
Food at the Islesford Dock
They have built something wonderful here. They pampered us with spicy ginger brew, appetizers, and three delicious meals a day.
Islesford Workshop: The People and Their Work
It was fun to discover what we had in common, and to see the different approaches and styles to each one’s art. We all learned from each other, and the warm fellowship was certainly an added bonus to the class.
Henry Isaacs / Ashley Bryan Workshop Notes
A powerhouse group, their advice was gentle and encouraging, freeing and supportive, and blissfully without prescription. If I taught, this is the way I would teach.
Featured Artist: Ashley Bryan
I will never forget this man’s energy, love of color, excitement for the creative process, his great attitude, and how animated and lucid he is. His youthfulness at 93 is truly the greatest art of all.