Fostering a new renaissance through creativity, authenticity, spirituality, and art
We are finally off on our westward adventure. As a kid, when we drove out west on similar trips, my dad would vehemently declare “Westward Ho!,” affectionately slapping my mother’s thigh for emphasis. So I duplicated that tradition for my daughter who was delighted to anticipate me, jumping out of the way so that I … Read more
I’m going on vacation, camping in Yellowstone National Park and the Grand Tetons National Park, with my thirteen year old daughter. My husband and sixteen year old son are staying home, and the latter will start his homeschooling online classes without me. My daughter and I are taking three weeks to drive out west to … Read more
I returned today after three jam packed days away; check out my flight photos here of our land from above. I love the bottom one!
I flew to Chapel Hill, North Carolina to see my family and to be of help to my parents. Here are some photos from the sky… The above photo is of Long Island, and several below include shots of the Atlantic shoreline.
My son’s group took the time to see Machu Pichu, which was also inspiring. Below see their photos of that excursion and their leave taking for home…
As I discussed yesterday (see here), my son, along with 20 church teens, went on a service trip to Peru to build a school. They also spent time with the school kids while they were there. If you want to read the blog of their experience you can see it by clicking here. They were … Read more
My son went on a service trip to Peru in July with 20 other church teens. (He’s the tall one in these photos with the black hat on.) They went to build a school there, which I’ll post about on my blog tomorrow. My son did not take a single photo (can you imagine?) Fortunately … Read more
I’ve just started discreetly taking candid photos of people I don’t know out in public. I’ve tried to be respectful and only capture something meaningful. Just like anything, when you start looking, you see it more everywhere. And you can tell so much from a face. So ponder these and enjoy. I’m likely to do … Read more
The other day, I posted my recent water lily photos, so it is only fitting to now post my recent photos of land lilies…
We assemble to watch the sunsets, like we have pricey tickets to a Broadway show. And we are not disappointed by the drama and amazing display prepared for us…
We had a lot of fun playing in the waves. These Block Island beaches are varied and world class.
The houses on Block Island are lovely in all their shapes and sizes. We stayed in the tiny one at the bottom which belongs to my pottery teacher’s husband’s family;
