Bits and Clips for January 2021
I hope you find these links, photos, paintings, and memes worthwhile too.
Month: January 2021
Asian Shrimp Veggie Bowl (Recipe)
This is light and fresh, similar to Pho, but cleaned up with shrimp as protein, all veggies instead of noodles, and no bogus ingredients.
Four Small Works from January
If you are too busy to paint, keep painting, just go smaller. Here are some recent examples of that from this month.
Photos from January Walks 2021
Here’s what I had fun paying attention to on my chilly walks this month.
Landscape Painting Inside and Out (Book Review)
I took copious notes from this thorough book and have copied them down here, both for my reference and yours.
God Takes Care of the Details Too (Deep Think #15)
Nothing is too small for God to affect, and no person or situation is ever separate from God’s intimately close, attentive care.
Grilled Salmon with Lemon Garlic Sauce (Recipe)
This quick and easy recipe is succulent and delicious and done entirely on the stove top.
The Hill We Climb (Amanda Gorman’s Inaugural Poem)
For there is always light,
if only we’re brave enough to see it
If only we’re brave enough to be it
Recent Black and White Photographs
As an artist noticing value ranges in a mostly gray world, these instances of clear juxtaposition jump out at me, especially in nature and in light.
Entire Letter from the Birmingham Jail (by Martin Luther King)
This is long but on this day or remembrance, please read this and consider it’s application to today:
All Creatures Great and Small (Movie Review)
It is so good to spend some time in simpler, rural days, helping animals to thrive, when morals are clear, where the natural environment is breathtaking, and communities are strong.
Savory Tuna Burgers with Sriracha Mayonnaise on Portobello Mushroom “Buns” (Recipe)
Wow. This is the best thing I have eaten in a long time. So flavorful and satisfying!
A Woman of No Importance (Book Review)
Wow. Here’s a story of WWII’s most dangerous spy. She was a handicapped woman!