2026 Goals
2026 We are now more than halfway through the third decade of the 21st century. And there are still no flying cars. Or anything else like the futuristic television shows…
Tara Choate 2025 Goals – Recap
In my goal-setting post for 2025, I said this: “2025 looks to be a very different year for me… I am trying to pursue a goal (authorship) that I hope…
The Birds
Hitchcock I only started watching Hitchcock movies as an adult. I watched To Catch a Thief in my twenties because I saw a reference in a book. I believe I…
The Absence of Apricity
apricity (n): The warmth of the sun in winter Oregon has rolled into rainy darkness. This is fine with me; heat, sunshine, and all the rest are overrated. On the…
Shifting Gears
Whenever I go to a painting workshop, someone will inevitably comment on how fast I paint. It is not uncommon for me to have four paintings “going” at a time.…
Charge Your Brushes
This weekend I attended the always excellent Watercolor Society of Oregon Convention and Exhibition in The Dalles, Oregon. I attended with Catherine Hingson. She was new to the club, so…
Plein Air Production
The last couple of weeks have been busy. The Pacific Artists Co-Op Gallery has been a little short-staffed, due to two artists being out for medical issues, so I have…
Ten reads to a belief in meliorism
Meliorism: the belief that the world can be made better by human effort. (Alternate definition: the belief that the world tends to improve and that humans can aid its betterment.)…
A: Rainy Days and Fridays
Q: What are two of Tara’s favorite things. If I was running the world, I would add weather holidays to the agenda. The first fine day of spring, the first…