Reading Challenge for 2018
A New Year and a new reading challenge! I hope you join me in this, either for the first time, or again!
Month: December 2017
Bits and Clips for December 2017
I hope you find something in the links below that is helpful, enlightening, inspiring, motivating, or thought provoking:
Our Marriage Bed (New Poem by Polly Castor)
Our bed is an antique “full,”
rather old fashioned, high up and hard,
with spindles at the head and foot:
it was his grandmother’s bed
that he slept in years before me.
My Art Year in Review 2017
Here is the first of a series of yearly retrospectives of my artwork and shows. This summarizes my art in 2017.
Christmas Photos 2017
All around, it was a good holiday, and we are now poised to jump into the New Year with vigor. I hope you had a great time too!
Books and Handmade Gifts We Received for Christmas
Above is the sgraffito pottery plate I made my husband for Christmas. And below that you can see what books our family received from each other for Christmas…
Merry Christmas!
I’m sending you all holiday hugs and the warmest wishes for a meaningful, joyful, love-filled day.
Christmas Bits and Clips 2017
Here are some Christmas links and memes to get you in the Spirit… Merry Christmas!
Sgraffito Pottery Commissions Completed
Here are my last sgraffito pottery commissions completed for 2017. Let me know if you want me to make something for you or for gift gift giving in 2018!
Appalachian Carol
When Mary birthed Jesus ’twas in a cow’s stall
With wise men and farmers and shepherds and all
But high from God’s heaven, a star’s light did fall
And the promise of ages it then did recall.
Solstice Poem (by Polly Castor)
The longest night
of the year
pivots, turns,
and tends
towards more
expansive light…
2017 Reading Challenge Complete
I exceeded my goal of 52 books and read 67 instead. Below you can check out what I read for each category.
Sam Friedman (Featured Artist)
Sam Friedman is a contemporary artist living in Brooklyn. I’ve been enjoying following his Instagram feed and thought you might want to see some of his art.
The Wisdom of Sundays (Book Review)
This five star book is one of my favorite books this year. It is the best bits and nuggets from Oprah’s Super Soul Sunday program. And it is beautifully laid out with photographs, making the whole experience of reading it meandering and thoughtful.
As Often as Wisdom Furnishes Enlightenment
We cannot hope to work out of this human sense of existence without making mistakes. We may make many, but will profit by them all.
We Have Just One Moral Duty
“Ultimately we have just one moral duty: to reclaim large areas of peace in ourselves more and more…