Random Interests
In the interest of getting a post out, this is going to be a random post. How can it be November and just a week or so to Thanksgiving? I think that means December and then January, which is a …
In the interest of getting a post out, this is going to be a random post. How can it be November and just a week or so to Thanksgiving? I think that means December and then January, which is a …
Coming back to real life after my exciting PARIS! trip took a couple of weeks. Last weekend I finished up my planned blog posts and looked around. “I guess I should paint?” I thought, rather weakly. So, I sketched out …
Hello all. I apologize for the radio silence. I got a little discouraged with the low response to my last post, which made it easier to just procrastinate. The good news is that I have a few things to report. …
The grumbling began when I began the decennial pruning of my mom’s rhodies. Mom loved rhodies, particularly the big red-flowering ones that bloom spectacularly each May. I like rhodies, too. They are a fine plant. But let’s face it, they …
Howdy, folks. Well, I had a nice, productive weekend. Yard work, house maintenance, food prep, laundry. I managed to sneak in some painting time, but the results are not new; instead I worked on finishing three paintings from the coastal …
Hello, friends. Apologies for the radio silence. It’s been hectic. As I posted two weeks ago, the last couple of weeks have been focused on the 2nd Annual Coastal Plein Air and surviving. More about surviving later. Last weekend, Sandra …
Doing a bad painting is very discouraging. You started with such high hopes, and suddenly you are looking at a piece of paper with some squiggles and blotches on it. Not what you had in mind at all. I’ve heard …
It’s so sad when the mind starts to go. I called a friend on Thursday (the 6th) night, completely panicked. “The NWWS deadline is the 9th!” She agreed. “That’s tomorrow!” I said. Long silence. “That’s Sunday,” she said. “No, no!” …
A friend and I have an ongoing conversation that starts like this: “Should I enter the _____ show? I mean, even if I get in, the shipping will eat up any profit.” Then the other person says, “Well, how close …
Two years ago (specifically October 2021), I wrote a post about cows. In January 2022, I was notified that my design ideas had been accepted. In the last 18 months, not too much has happened. I was paid for my …