Grace Notes #61
My hope is that this practice will make me and you more aware of the constant flow of amazing good we are perpetually steeped in, which we are surrounded by all the time.
Year: 2026
Connecticut Women Artist’s Member Gallery 2026
In this post are my favorites from the Connecticut Women Artists Member Gallery for 2026. I enjoy being part of this talented and diverse group of artists.
Recent Pages in my Bible Lesson Journal
Lately, I’ve been writing the action items– the imperatives– I need to do in the right hand column, with everything else on the left hand side. I am really loving paying attention to this distinction, as well as focusing on implementing those injunctions.
Whole Red Onion and Carrot Soup (Recipe)
This is inexpensive, low calorie (41 calories a bowl), healthy, and surprisingly good. I was skeptical, but now I’m a believer, and for a bonus, the soup only get better as leftovers. It takes a little time simmering, but is not difficult to do.
Seven Most Recent Collages in my Artist Journals
I love using my artist journals to try new ideas, but frankly they are also great for mental health. Are you playing in one yet?
What to Do in Darkness (New Poem by Polly Castor)
Don’t despair. Be more conscious and aware. Move carefully, cautiously.
Lean on each other…
Fresh Translation of the Lord’s Prayer from Aramaic
Create your reign of unity now- Your one desire then acts with ours, as in all light, so in all forms.
Take Two Artists with Art and Creativity Quotes
Enjoy all this beauty, creativity, and heart shared in this post, focusing on fiber, mixed media, nature, and abstraction.
The Eights (Book Review)
I enjoyed this book about the friendship that grows between four smart, strong women, who are assigned to lived together in their first year of Oxford in 1920.
Don’t Quit (Poem by Edgar A. Guest)
Success is failure turned inside out. And you can never tell how close you are It may be near when it seems so far.
Happy Valentine’s Day!
You are cherished, appreciated, and loved. I am grateful you exist and that we share time and eternity. May you be happy, feel fabulous, and know you are the absolute best!
You Know All This (Birthday Poem for our Youngest with Photos)
Here’s to another wonderful orbit around the sun together. May every perfect blessing be yours now and always.
Roots over Rocks in Cathedral Woods, Monhegan (New Large Pastel Painting)
I loved these sinuous roots over the rocks in the Cathedral Woods on Monhegan and I have seen them in many different types of light
Mind the Gap (Quote by Tias Little)
Outside the buzz, clatter and clang of your daily demands, find time to commune in magnificent space. When you realize that enduring space is always with you, and that the essential nature of your mind/heart is boundless,
Untethered (Book Review)
This a work of historical fiction about a woman who is the director of a “group home for negro boys” in Alabama during the Vietnam years.
Lessons in Chemistry (Movie Review)
I always appreciate a female character owning her own intrinsic worth, and forging ahead regardless of impediments society (or life) puts in her way.
My Birthday 2026
I’m so grateful to be circling the sun with all of you. Thank you to the many well wishers on social media, through the mail, and via text. Let’s have another terrific year together!