Yesterday I enjoyed working on
some new techniques in these two studies…
Recent Winter Meals
When I featured our meals last summer here and here, people liked it. Here is a sample of our “winter” food; it’s seasonally different; this time of year we’re enjoying tangerines and comice pears instead of watermelon and berries!
Book Review: The Food of a Younger Land
Mark Kurlansky has a definitely different take on food writing, more steeped in history and culture and macro-cosmic trend than most. Having enjoyed his two previous history-of-food titles, Salt and Cod, I was interested in seeing his views of 1930’s era food in this country,
Photos of my Valentine’s Roses
These are the roses my valentine gave me. He was buying them from Trader Joe’s right when I was writing that needy poem a week ago (see here) and I think there is a lesson in that. There is always more good going on than we see. Intermittently this week I’ve tried to photograph these … Read more
View from my Office Windows
This was the view from my office windows Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. I live right downtown but you’d never know it to look out my office windows. My third floor office, in our former attic, looks out on these glorious treetops.
Lost and Found Testimony
I do a lot with the inter-library loan system both for myself and my homeschooling kids. It’s great! I can “shop” for books from my home and they come in from all over to my Bethel library two blocks away. Right when I read reviews online, I can ask for the book without even getting … Read more
Photos of Church Amaryllis
I am the “flower committee,” so here are some photos
of the Amaryllis that we grew for church.
Isn’t it lovely?
Enjoy…
Fourteenth Page Done in My New Box-A-Day Art Journal
This page represents February 3, 2010 to February 14, 2010.
See close-ups of recent entries below.
Enjoy!
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Above and below see what my Valentine’s cards look like this year.
(I was intrigued with the idea of hearts woven…)
Anyway, I made this one for all of you!
I hope you have a great day full of LOVE!
My Youngest’s “Golden Birthday”
A “golden birthday” is the one birthday when you turn the number you were born on. So since my youngest turned 13 today on the thirteenth, it was her “golden birthday.” As of today, all three of my children are teenagers; it hardly seems possible! We had a wonderful day… Last night, our daughter saw … Read more
My New Poem: “Dull”
Dull I feel pathetic poor and covetous surrounded by affluence and the freedom it affords. Pressing my nose against the window standing empty on the outside wallowing beyond desire – bleak and inadequate, ponderously paltry… I senselessly strive to be legitimate in the face of self satisfaction wanting to be generous with only immateriality to … Read more
Movie Review: Rivers and Tides
Am I alone in not having heard of Andy Goldsworthy? What a delight. I’m SO inspired! This documentary of this Scottish man’s sculptural art in (and with) nature is wonderful. What he did in this movie with dandelions, and then later with sheep’s wool was so jaw-droppingly gorgeous, it left me feeling somewhat stunned.
Doodles (Mostly in Church)
As I’ve said before… doodling helps me concentrate. Here are my latest ones, mostly done in church…
Recipe: Wild Rice with Bacon, Almonds and Mushrooms
Looking to eat more whole grains? This wild rice is a good wintery dish. Sightly heavier than I usually go for, this is hearty rib-sticking fare for cold days. Wild Rice with Bacon 2 thick slices of bacon 1 medium onion, finely chopped 1/2 pound oyster or Shitake mushrooms, washed, patted dry and coarsely … Read more
My New Painting: “Fertility”
Here is my newest painting titled Fertility. It’s a bit of a departure from the other paintings I’m working on. I hope you like it.
So Today was my Birthday
So today was my birthday. There was no fanfare, no surprise parties on yachts encircling Manhattan, no two-seater, bright orange Porsche convertible sitting in the driveway with a big bow on it, no dazzling diamonds, nor all expense paid tickets to Switzerland or New Zealand. Which of these things would I have preferred?
Movie Review: Up in the Air
I went to this move on the strength of my pottery teacher’s recommendation, and the fact that I like George Clooney. In this film, Clooney is a frequent flyer for a firm that lays people off, and in one year he clocks more miles than it takes to get to the moon, flying 325 days of the year.