Featured Artist: Erin Hanson
Erin Hanson is one of my favorite living artists. If I had money and wall space I would be investing in her work. I absolutely love it.
Poem by Alison Luterman
Consider the Generosity of a One-Year-Old who has no words to exchange with you yet, and instead offers up her favorite drooled-on blanket, her green rhinoceros as big as she is, her cloth doll with the long blonde pigtails, her battered cardboard books, swung open on their soggy pages, her limitless heart.
Energy Instead of Mass
We usually consider matter as solid, but it is far from it. The closer you get to looking at matter, the less material it seems to be.
Resources for Teaching Poetry
A homeschooling mother with a daughter in early high school asked for some recommendations from me for how to teach poetry. I figured others might be interested too, so I am including you all in my response.
Recipe: The Perfect Snowy Day Soup
This is a heart-warming, easy to make soup that is great to warm up the toes of shovelers and sledders alike, or to eat fireside for dinner followed by a good book. Give this quick and cozy soup a try!
Amaryllis Photos
I can’t help myself. Every year I have a post of these glorious flowers that are made all that much better because they bloom inside during the winter
Now Comes Quiet
Now is the season of snuggling under downy covers. Now is the season of cuddling in our warm woolies with a thick book. Now is the time for settling next to the fire with a dear friend and a steaming mug of tea.
Book Review: Realistic Abstracts
This book is better than most of its kind. I give it 4 stars. You can see below both paintings and instruction in it that I thought worth considering.
Recipe: Quinoa Granola Bars
These are good and we like them even though my husband calls them “Bird Seed Bars.”
Bits and Clips for January 2015
Here are the articles, blogs, podcasts and videos from this month that I felt were worth sharing. I hope you find something enjoyable, inspiring, intriguing, or
Prayer in a Blizzard
Given that we are expecting anywhere from 16 to 36 inches of snow in the next twelve hours, I thought the prayer below by Father James Martin was pertinent.
Book Review: And The Dark and Sacred Night
Well, unless you were a reader of Three Junes, and you want closure on that story, I don’t recommend taking the time to read this one.
TV Series: The Paradise
We really enjoyed this two-season TV series, The Paradise, a BBC costume drama put out on PBS’s Masterpiece Theater.
New Poem: Grass Underfoot
And looking up, I shiver as I wonder
for whom am I the tiny cold blade of grass?
At whose mercy could I be laid low?
Saul Bellow Quote
“I feel that art has something to do with the achievement of stillness in the midst of chaos. A stillness which characterizes prayer, too, and the eye of the storm.”
Recipe: Carrot Gingerbread Muffins with Coconut Flour
I’ve been wanting to try coconut flour (readily available at Trader Joe’s) and these muffins were a delicious start. They are remarkably good and you’d never know they are wheat free. If you try these for your gluten-free friends, you’ll find you make them next time for yourself!