Birthday Cookie Recipe (Cut out Sugar Cookies with Butter Frosting)
This recipe dates back to my childhood. Making them instead of cake for birthdays in the shape of numbers is such a fun and delicious tradition…
Polly Castor
Richard Rohr Quote on Contemplation
We have to find out who we were all along in God before we did anything right or wrong. This is the first goal of contemplation.
Blu Smith: Featured Artist
I have been enjoying the artwork of Blu Smith recently. We share a similar approach to painting both abstracts and abstract landscapes. I can’t look at these without itching to paint!
Amazing Caramelized Bacon Appetizer
These cartelized bacon appetizers, sweet and sticky with just a hint of heat, are intensely terrific, if a bit over the top.
Stony Creek Sunset
We parked at the marina in Stony Creek to watch the sun go down: what a feast for the eyes!
My Birthday 2017
It is always wonderful to hear from so many friends and family. Thank you to everybody for all the love you sent in messages and calls. I love you all right back!
Replicas (a New Poem by me)
Watching a class sketch
Roman sculptures at the museum
has gotten me thinking.
Madison Art Society Member Show 2017
This is a fun group of people and I especially enjoy plein air painting with them when the weather is fine. This show makes a fun way to get together during the winter.
A New Manner of Thinking Required
Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circles of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty
Comparing Yourself to Others? Look Deeper.
My husband wrote today’s religious article in the Christian Science Monitor. You can read it here online or below:
Murder at the Brightwell (Book Review)
This languidly paced novel was both undemanding and enjoyable. If you too are in need of an entertaining distraction, you might enjoy it too. I give it four stars.
New Abstract Pastel: Seven Truths
Here is my abstract painting in pastel that I did yesterday titled Seven Truths. You can see the entire work above and some details below.
Almond Cake Recipe
This is an easy to make, simply straight-forward dessert, that has depth of flavor, but no bells and whistles. It is perfect to offer on a winter Wednesday at noon.
Bits and Clips for January 2017
I hope there is something here that you find helpful, interesting, enlightening or thought provoking:
Robert Motherwell Quote: Your Heart Jumped into Theirs
What could be more interesting, or in the end, more ecstatic, than in those rare moments when you see another person look at something you’ve made
Hate No One
The present is ours; the future, big with events. Every man and woman should be to-day a law to himself, herself, — a law of loyalty to Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount…
Review of “The Crown” TV Series
The Crown is a spectacular TV series made by Netflix. It is one of the most expensive TV shows ever, and its sumptuous attention to detail shows that no expense was spared.