2021 Goals in Review
Area 1: Health and Fitness Fiasco, fubar, snafu, and disaster seem to cover this year in retrospect. Let’s move on. Area 2: Mental Health Find a source for yoga and/or…
Tara Choate How’s the blogging going – 2021 version
Eight years, going on nine. That’s how long I have been doing this blog. Sometimes I read something about how a blog just “takes off” and I laugh and laugh.…
The Frozen Shore
In the 52 years the beach house has been standing, and the (insert less than 52 value…) I’ve been hanging around in this location, I’ve seen snow here a handful…
A new thing called “subtle”
This week was busy (I had to work five whole days! It was awful!) and I was tired at the end of it. My list of goals was small, which…
Important
“We must paint only what is important to us, must not respond to outside demands. They do not know what they want, or what we have to give.” – Robert…
Golden Winter
I love winter in Oregon. While it doesn’t have the snow and low temperatures that most people associate with the season, for me, the cooler temperatures, ample rain, and return…
pareidolia
pareidolia: the perception of apparently significant patterns or recognizable images, especially faces, in random or accidental arrangements of shapes and lines. pareidolia: the human tendency to find patterns in experiences…
A Different Sort of Art
I am the (volunteer) webmaster for the Watercolor Society of Oregon. It’s not a big deal, except when it is. And the last couple of years, with the increased demands…
Home again, Jiggity Jig
Tonight will be a short post because I’m tired and I don’t have a lot to say. Obviously, we are all home again from our time at the beach house.…