Bits and Clips for May 2025
I hope you find something among all this artwork, photography, memes, links, and quotes that spurs you on, inspires, supports, educates, or motivates you.
Month: May 2025
Jean Gumpper (Featured Artist)
Jean Gumpper’s printmaking is soothing and comforting, while honoring those overlooked slices of life we would all do well to be more mindful of.
Spring at New Pond Farm (Photos)
I was so glad to be again on these old stomping grounds, and thought you might like a photo tour too.
Tuscan Doors (Photos)
I found the doors in Tuscany fascinating, so varied and different than what we see here. I started collecting photos of the ones that caught my eye, and I’ve pulled them together to show you in this post. These doors stimulate my imagination of what is behind them, and the stories they could tell over … Read more
American Journey (Book Review with quotes by John Burroughs)
American Journey gives an inside, personal look at the lives of Henry Ford, John Burroughs, and Thomas Edison. This is non-fiction about how they road-tripped together, camping along the way.
Grace Notes #59 (with Photos)
I am furthering my ongoing goal of appreciating such a continuous, overflowing abundance of random good.
Recent Pages in my Bible Lesson Journal
I find the process of journaling while I study really helpful for making it my own. Plus it makes it more fun.
Thoughts on Envy
One of you blog readers has asked me to write about envy. I’m not a very envious person, which I guess is why this hasn’t come up. This I attribute mostly to my attitude, since I learned early on that comparison is the thief of joy. Sure, I’d like a slimmer figure, more financial liquidity, … Read more
I Have a lot Going On (New Painting in Pastel)
I wanted to paint a feeling that was based on the happy juggle of disparate parts.
Spring Morning After Rain (New Poem by Polly Castor with Spring Flower Photos from our Yard)
The air is moist, and the almost sultry breeze is laden with the fragrance of soil so scrumptious, it invites gestation…
Tuscan Textures (Photos)
I enjoy collecting images of textures, as well as incorporating some of them in my artwork.
Your Treasure in Heaven (Deep Think #29)
As we regularly seek and earnestly treasure only our spiritual status, as God’s perfect creation, which is not included in any material selfhood, we’ll experience heaven’s blissful harmony right where we are.
The Art of Stillness (Book Review)
Movement makes richest sense when set within a frame of stillness.
Old Age (Quote by Simone de Beauvoi)
One’s life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation, compassion.
