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Hope you’re all healthy and continuing to be safe. It looks like several places throughout the world are opening up…not fully, but at least it’s a hopeful start. My wish is that we won’t be far behind… Strange title for a blog posting…I know. But those two things are what the post is about. My […]

The days seem long and there’s little variation from one to the next. Is that how it is for you as well? For me, art heals all…as does getting lost in a good book, some good music, some conversation with my honey…the truth is I don’t mind being home as long as I can go […]

Eyes mesmerize me peeking over our masks Incomplete faces… This week’s challenge from THE THREE MUSES (https://thethreemuseschallenge.blogspot.com/) is all about FISH. This is the whimsical piece I submitted… Take care of yourself and do think to reach out to those who are dear but far away and those who are alone in their struggle to […]

We’re fighting a different kind of war now…all over the world…a world in quarantine. Keeping busy, doing meaningful things that are constructive and feel good are key for me. I’ve spent some time learning of an art movement about which I knew little. Born out of World War 1, the DADA Movement reacted against the […]

With Easter right around the corner, hats are a topic of discussion in some circles. In two of my art challenge groups, THE THREE MUSES CHALLENGE, (https://thethreemuseschallenge.blogspot.com/) and SUNDAY POSTCARD ART, (https://sundaypostcardart.wordpress.com/) they’ve declared their theme this week to be HATS!! Here are my entries… …and, HAPPY EASTER to you and yours, dear ones!! Perhaps […]

It’s such a pleasure the have the luxury of time, to once again create art with my favorite art challenge groups. This week’s challenges were fun. I had the opportunity to look back at a past journey (to Mongolia) for TAKE A WORD (https://takeaword.blogspot.com/) who’s theme was JOURNEY. The nomadic people who hunt with eagles […]

In response to the Trump administration revoking reservation status to Massachusetts’ MASHPEE WAMPANOAG tribe, I opted to make this my entry for the Sunday Postcard Art Challenge (https://sundaypostcardart.wordpress.com/) this week. In 2015, President Barack Obama bestowed special land designations to the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe. In taking this action, Trump is undoing yet another piece of […]

With travel wings clipped, there’s lot of time for the gentle side of life. For me, that’s reading, writing, listening to music and creating art. I’ve happily rejoined some of my old art challenge groups and below are some of my creations. For SUNDAY POSTCARD ART (https://sundaypostcardart.wordpress.com/) they challenged participants to create art with the […]

OUT OF MULBERRY STREET by Jacob A. Riis STORIES OF TENEMENT LIFE IN NEW YORK CITY Imagine it’s 1880. The Lower East Side of New York City is the most densely populated place on earth…block after block of tenements house the working poor as well as unemployed immigrants of the city, including Italians, Irish, Germans, […]

Searching for new home… Freedom across the ocean- Tears flooding the seas Michael and I visited New York City recently…before the Coronavirus scare exploded…and we spent quite a bit of time exploring the Lower East Side of the city…the area where most immigrants coming to our shores settled, at least, for a time… Note: Click […]