Month: October 2026
Bits and Clips for October 2026
I hope you find something among all this artwork, photography, memes, links, and quotes that spurs you on, informs, inspires, supports, educates, encourages or motivates you.
Hike Photos from Huntington (October 2026)
What is the same becomes so different in this season of change. I’m so grateful to live in a place that has all this glory on display, free to be immersed in.
Range (Book Review)
This book is highly vindicating to anyone who has a breadth of interests and abilities and has been repeatedly told to narrow their focus and specialize.
Abstracted Sunflower (New Painting in Pastel)
After painting sunflowers on Monhegan, I wanted to try my hand at abstracting some.
Allowed to be Ordinary (Poem by James Crews)
When I stop comparing and allow myself
to be ordinary—folding tea towels
and T-shirts into neat squares
Grace Notes #65
I am furthering my ongoing goal of appreciating such a continuous, overflowing abundance of random good.
Two Cookbooks I’ve Been Enjoying Lately
I’ve been enjoying these two cookbooks lately and have put them on my Christmas wish list.
What to Pack (New Poem by Polly Castor)
What to Pack Pack not only your prayers, and your willingness to be open to remarkable good, but bring a great attitude as well as your stamina, patience, flexibility, and strength. Toss in a whole lot of awe, bundled up in alert curiosity and a healthy thirst for the assorted smiles of strangers. Tie that … Read more
Heaps of Windblown Dried Grasses at Christmas Cove (Landscape Painting in Pastel)
I liked how the directional lined grass marks in the foreground contrasted with the chunky rock marks in the distance.
Recent Food Around Here (with Photos and Recipe Links)
Here is what we’ve been eating lately. A lot of it are old favorites, but I’ve also tried some new things.
I’m in this National Show at Eastern Connecticut State University
I was delighted my large piece had pride of place as the first on you saw as you entered the show.
Floodwood Pond (Poem by Danny Dover)
And if you pray to stars then here is the infinite dance of light upon a shrine of rippling water.
Church Tomorrow (Book Review)
This book interviews ‘nones and dones’—people who do not attend church—about their spirituality, as well as their sources of community and meaning.
My Brilliant Career (Movie Review)
We enjoyed this six part miniseries re-adaptation of both a classic film and book on Netflix.
Jackie Leishman (Featured Artist)
Her work reads from across the room and rewards sustained looking.
New Blog Design is Now in Operation
This blog has now switched over to its updated design that will support it going forward.