Fostering a new renaissance through creativity, authenticity, spirituality, and art
Yesterday our daughter graduated from Sunday School with her friend…see photos in this post of our graduation celebration, complete with photos of their Sunday School teachers, with their parents…
..and by aspiring to be self-sufficing, he fell away from him who truly suffices him.”
…convoluted matrix
of time, place,
fickle appearances.
and ephemeral light,
all converging to seem
so regal– monolithic and
impossibly out of reach…
I thoroughly enjoyed this 2017 Newberry Award winner that many said was the best book of 2016.
Many of my blog readers have asked me for some Whole30 meal ideas, knowing that I generally eat that way anyway since before the term was coined.
She was a poet that started doing collage at the age of 57, and went on to create 400 of them. I loved her abstract compositions as well as her use of texture and layering.
Stop by this gem the next time you are in Connecticut near New Haven! You’ll be really glad you did!
We have a lovely peach crop this year with four trees laden with them. The oldest tree has so many that we’ve had to prop its branches up with 2 x 4’s to help the tree not break under the extra weight.
Go against the grain, refuse to conform, take the road less traveled instead of the well-beaten path.
I’ve served these to my vegan and gluten–free friends and what I find is I prefer them even though I am neither!
This book makes some major great points and I am encouraged that it is so popular that it is making the rounds. It’s perspective is much needed.
I had a great time painting this! See the entire painting above as well as some details below.
Butterfly wings arch
like cathedral windows
basking in the sun,
their yellow stained glass
Someone at the opening commented about this painting that I “paint energy,” and that struck me as correct.