Yeah! Celebrating my second year of this daily blog.  It’s only missing three weeks from Sept/October which will be uploaded soon (when the best of that will also be added to this list!)

Last year I started the tradition of making a “best of” list with links, and folks (including me) have found it especially helpful to cycle back to for reference. (See last year’s list by clicking here…) Bookmarking these can be a handy help in finding that entry you will want to utilize in the future. Eventually this blog will have tags and a search feature, but even then, I’ll like this retrospective on the highlights of the year. You also may wish to forward this list to someone you think might enjoy this blog…

This is by no means an exhaustive list, even though it contains more than a small selection. These are the ones you guys responded to the most.  If you are missing one of your favorites here, let me know and I’ll add it to the list.  I’ve sorted them by category for convenience’s sake… although many cross over categories as well!

Art

• Today’s Painting (click here)
• Recent Gallery Art by Others (click here)
• My New Painting: A Tree Motif (click here)
• My New Painting: Amen-Ra (click here)
• The 12 Design Motifs (click here)
• My New Painting: Contemplating the Concept of Cleaving (click here)
• I’m in the SCAN Art Show Starting Today (click here)
• I’m Also in the Easton Library Art Show (click here)
• Some Quotes by Famous Artists (click here)
• Gallery Show: Hans Hofmann and George McNeil (click here)
• My New Painting: Fertility (click here)
• Two New Abstract Studies (click here)
• Two New Bowls Made by Me (click here)
• Where’s the Color: More Art by Others (click here)
• My New Watercolor Abstract Landscape Series (click here)
• Today’s Ocean Sunset Painting (click here)
• Two of my Paintings (click here)
• Two New Abstract Landscapes (click here)
• Playing with Yupo (click here)
• A Pear on Four Different Papers (click here)
• New Painting: Awakening (click here)
• I’m in this show at the Ridgefield Guild of Artists (click here)
• Two New Handmade Bowls (click here)
• My New Painting: Abstracted Person Playing (click here)
• Not Representational? (click here)
• I’m in “Play” at the Guild (click here)
• My New Oil Painting (click here)
• Art Quotes (click here)
• Two New Handmade Bowls (click here)
• Outstanding Kiln-Fired Glass (click here)
• Pastel Idea (click here)
• I Made a Woven Pottery Basket (click here)
• Oil Landscape Demo by Frank Bruckmann (click here)
• My First Digital Art (click here)
• My Orange Felted Bag (click here)
• My Two Mixed Media Paintings (click here)
• Recent Digital Art (click here)
• Art Glass Close-ups (click here)
• Artist: Laura Deane (click here)
• My Painting Sent to Charity Exhibit in Moss, Norway (click here)
• Opening of the American Wing at the Boston Fine Arts Museum (click here)
• Other Treasures at the Fine Arts Museum in Boston (click here)
• Christmas Home Guild Show I’m In (click here)
• I Made this Idiosyncratic Pottery Vase (click here)
• Color Poems (Poetry without Words) (click here)
• My Recent Art In Other Journals (click here)
• Pottery Vase I Made My Husband For Christmas (click here)

Photography

• Photos of Today’s Light Snow (click here)
• Photos of Ice on the River (click here)
• Photos of Church Amaryllis (click here)
• View From My Office Window (click here)
• Photos of my Valentine’s Roses (click here)
• Photos of Snowy Fields (click here)
• Photos of Fresh Snow by the River (click here)
• Winter Photos of New Pond Farm (click here)
• More Bovine Bliss (click here)
• Photos of Unusual Whitewater on Swollen Local Streams (click here)
• Photos of Flooding (click here)
• Nicole’s Photography Show (click here)
• Photos of Local Waterfalls (click here)
• Photos of Early Spring (click here)
• Photos of Crocus (click here)
• Photos of Way More Flooding (click here)
• Photos of Secular Easter (click here)
• Photos of Our Apricot Blossoms (click here)
• Photos of Forsythia (click here)
• Photos of Magnolias (click here)
• Photos of Verdant Spring Green After Rain (click here)
• Photos of our Weeping Cherry Tree (click here)
• Photos of Flowering Trees (click here)
• Tulip Portraits (click here)
• Photos of Orchid in Full Bloom (click here)
• Photos of Vibernum (click here)
• Photos of Annapolis Boats (click here)
• Amazing Water Reflection Photos (click here)
• Photos of Lupine (click here)
• Photos of Allium (click here)
• Photos at the Car Hop (click here)
• Poppy Photos (click here)
• Iris Photos (click here)
• Photos of White Peonies (click here)
• Photos of my Daughter in Kenya (click here)
• Sunrise of Africa School (click here)
• On Safari  (click here)
• Kenyan Lifestyle (click here)
• We Saw a Moose! (click here)
• Architecture of Farmington, Maine (click here)
• Antique Cars & Ice Cream (click here)
• Tubin’ 4th (click here)
• The Dock at Point Judith (click here)
• Photos of a Flying Seagull (click here)
• Block Island Sunsets (click here)
• Water Lily Photos (click here)
• Lily Photos (click here)
• Photos of People I Don’t Know (click here)
• My Son’s Service Trip to Peru: Culture Shots (click here)
• On My Son’s Service Trip They Built a School (click here)
• Machu Pichu & Goodbye (click here)
• Water Photos During Flight (click here)
• Photos of our Land From Flight (click here)
• Missouri Morning (click here)
• Beautiful Badlands (click here)
• Cowboy Boots (click here)
• Northeastern Wyoming and the Lovell Pass (click here)
• Beartooth Pass (click here)
• Mammoth Hot Springs & The Boiling River (click here)
• Canyon of the Yellowstone (click here)
• Snow in August & Old Faithful Inn (click here)
• Bison (click here)
• Geysers & Thermal Pools (click here)
• Yellowstone Caldera (click here)
• American Indian Beadwork (click here)
• Inspiration Point (click here)
• Cascade Canyon Hike in the Tetons (click here)
• Amazing Teton Water (click here)
• Photos of Swiss Chard (click here)
• Autumn Enhanced Architecture (click here)
• Boston’s Sunsets (click here)
• Photos of Annapolis Architecture (click here)
• Shadow Photos (click here)
• I’m in this Easton Photography Show (click here)
• Family Photos on my 21st Wedding Anniversary (click here)

Spirituality

• Goodbye VW (last decade); hello SAAB (next decade) (click here)
• Today’s Newspaper Article by Me (click here)
• Courage vs. Freedom and Faith (click here)
• On the Sudden Passing of a Good Friend (click here)
• Doodles (Mostly in Church) (click here)
• Lost and Found Testimony (click here)
• Doodles (Mostly in Church) (click here)
• A God I Can Believe In (click here)
• My Good Friday Sermon (click here)
• Doodling in Church (click here)
• Annual Meeting 2010 (click here)
• Clarification: I Have a Full-time Job (click here)
• My Forum on Faith Article in Today’s Danbury News-Times (click here)
• Newspaper Article By Me (click here)
• Objectivity vs. Subjectivity (click here)
• A Different Version of Psalm 23 (click here)
• My Ecumenical Friends (click here)
• Get a Life (click here)
• Today’s Newspaper Article By Me (click here)
• My Daughter’s Kenya Account Written for Her Sponsors (click here)
• 100th Anniversary of Mary Baker Eddy’s Passing (click here)
• Why Jesus Doodled in the Dirt (click here)
• New Year’s Eve… (click here)

Ideas

• My Son’s Flow Chart of How a Bill Becomes a Law (click here)
• What Oprah Knows for Sure (click here)
• The Optimist’s Creed (click here)
• Homeschooling Plans for Next Year (click here)
• MassHOPE Homeschooling Conference (click here)
• Water Crisis Facts (click here)
• Today’s Homeschool Science Fair (click here)
• Great Recycling Idea: Everyone’s Resource Depot (click here)
• Homeschool High School Meeting Here (click here)
• Annapolis Shopping (click here)
• Great Gift Idea for Yourself: Journal 10+ (click here)

Books

• Book Review: Watercolor By Design (click here)
• Book Review: Cleaving (click here)
• Book Review: Water for Elephants (click here)
• Book Review: Sweetgum Knit Lit Society/ Knit for Love (click here)
• Book Review: The Food of a Younger Land (click here)
• Book Review: Little Pink House (click here)
• Book Review: The elegance of the Hedgehog (click here)
• Book Review: Celebrate Your Creative Self (click here)
• Andy Goldsworthy Books (click here)
• Book Review: One Thousand White Women (click here)
• Book Review: Half Broke Horses (click here)
• Book Review: Deep Blue Sea for Beginners (click here)
• Book Review: Madeline L’Engle (Herself) (click here)
• Book Review: Blue Planet Run (click here)
• Book Review: The Good Thief (click here)
• Making and Keeping Creative Journals (click here)
• Book Review: Food Rules (click here)
• Book Review: Remarkable Creatures (click here)
• Book Review: The Possibility of Everything (click here)
• Book Review: The War of Art (click here)
• 1001 Children’s Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up (click here)
• Book Blogger’s Convention (click here)
• Book Review: The Language God Talks (click here)
• Book Review: Picture Puzzle (click here)
• Book Review: The Season of Second Chances (click here)
• Book Review: The Rodale Whole Foods Cookbook (click here)
• Book Review: Collage Lab (click here)
• Book Review: Olive Kitteridge (click here)
• Book Review: The Lacuna (click here)
• Book Review: Backpack Gourmet (click here)
• Picture Books Are Important (click here)
• Book Review: The Makers (click here)
• Book War Over for Another Year (click here)
• Book Review: Priceless (click here)
• Book Review: Letter to my Daughter (click here)
• Book Review: World Art (click here)
• Book Review: 100 Ways to Simplify Your Life (click here)
• Books Received: A Non-Fiction Christmas (click here)

Movies

• Movie Review: Sweet Land (A Love Story) (click here)
• Movie Review: Cranford (click here)
• Movie Review: Leap Year (click here)
• Movie Review: Up in the Air (click here)
• Movie Review: Rivers and Tides (click here)
• Movie Review: Runaway Bride (click here)
• Movie Re-view: Out of Africa (click here)
• Movie Review: FLOW (For Love of Water) (click here)
• Movie Review: Seraphine (click here)
• Movie Review: Letters to Juliet (click here)
• Movie Review: Catch Me If You Can (click here)
• Movie Review: The Dead Poet’s Society (click here)
• Movie Review: The Blind Side (click here)
• Movie Review: Eat, Pray, Love (click here)
• Movie Review: On the Other End of the Line (click here)
• Movie Review: Morning Glory (click here)
• Movie Review: City Island (click here)
• Movie Review: The Tourist (click here)
• Movie Review: Tangled (click here)

Food

• Recipe: Great Raw Slaw (with Kale) (click here)
• Recipe: Watercress and Cauliflower Soup (click here)
• Recipe: Apple Muffins with Oat Bran and Dates (click here)
• Recipe: Wild Rice with Bacon, Almonds and Mushrooms (click here)
• I’ve started Making Homemade Bread (click here)
• Recipe: Our Favorite Green Soup (click here)
• Recipe: Sea Scallops on a Bed of Leeks (click here)
• Recipe: Smoky Black Bean and Rice Stoup (click here)
• Food Growing in Our Garden (click here)
• Recipe: Roasted Asparagus (click here)
• Spring Meals (click here)
• Recipe: Great Guacamole (click here)
• Recipe: Roasted Garlic Vinaigrette (click here)
• Recent Meals (click here)
• Recipe: Crab Salad (click here)
• Recipe: Warm Tomato, Olive and Arugula Salad (click here)
• Recipe: Whole Grain Apple Waffles (click here)
• Tomato Harvest (click here)
• Ranger Katy’s “Puffy Oven Pancake” (click here)
• Recipe: Heirloom Tomato Bisque (click here)
• Recipe: Roasted Brussels Sprouts (click here)
• Recipe: Pumpkin Bread (click here)
• Recipe: Chow Chow (Green Tomato Relish) (click here)
• Annapolis Food (click here)
• Recipe: Caramelized Butternut Squash (click here)
• Recipe: Multigrain Pancakes with Berry Maple Syrup (click here)
• Recipe: Lentil, Sweet Potato and Coriander Stew (click here)
• Recipe: Julia Child’s Tarte Tatan (click here)
• Recipe: Gougere (click here)

Poetry

• Poetry by Wislawa Szymborska (click here)
• My New Poem: Dull (click here)
• New Poem by Me: Life Goes On… (click here)
• Poem: Easter Morning (click here)
• Poem: Motherhood is a Gift (click here)
• New Poem by Me: The Power of Editing (click here)
• New Poem by Me: Sexuality Can Be Beautiful (click here)
• New Poem By Me: Coming Up for Air (click here)
• New Poem by Me: God Never Martyrs One Idea in Favor of Another (click here)
• My Daughter’s Poem: Emmanuel (click here)

Hope

• Motivation, Desire, and the Miracle of a Clean Refrigerator (click here)
• Frog Green Day (click here)
• Freshman Year Over (click here)
• Happiness Quotes (click here)
• Memorial Day: An Empathic Response (click here)
• A Nice College Room (click here)
• Five Top Ribbons (click here)
• A Day of St. John’s Classes (click here)
• College Waltz Party (click here)
• Not Black Friday (click here)