‘Tis the beginning of the holiday season. It started (for me) with our first real snowfall… With Thanksgiving on its way, I’m starting to count my blessings yet again…or should I say “still?” In these very difficult and challenging times, it’s important to remember all the good in our lives. In addition to dear family …
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SPOOKY AUTUMN
Good Morning, dear family and friends. Well, today’s the day that we cast our votes for the future of our country…our democratic way of life. Hope and pray for the best! Continuing working on my favorite way to pass the time…participating in the online art blog challenges…(keeps my mind off the fate of our homeland.) …
HALLOWEEN EDITION
Creeping closer to All Hallow’s Eve…and SNOW at the end of the week as well! Hope to enjoy both…and you? Hope this posting finds you and yours COVID-free and doing your best to enjoy this journey through a very unusual time in our lives. I’m back to passing some of my time creating art. Here …
ARTFUL READERS CLUB: A Ladder to the Sky by John Boyne
Maurice Swift is one of THE most devious protagonists I can ever remember in my readings. His goal is to be a great writer…to win the most prestigious literary prize. Unfortunately, he has no imagination, can’t decide on a theme or plot, and he’s unable to create interesting, believable characters. So, he uses his charm …
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DANCE and DIGITALMANIA
DIGITAL WHISPER’s art challenge group (digitalwhisper.blogspot.com) is hooked on a DANCE theme for this week’s task. Here is my work for art-in-motion…DANCE. Nick Bantock, this week’s inspirational artist at Flicker’s DIGITALMANIA art challenge group (https://www.flicker.com/groups/digitalmania) began his career as a 23 year old freelance artist, producing 300 book covers in 16 years. Schooled in England, …
SHIPS, CANDLES and A SPECIAL VISIT
So many of us have been missing our dear ones because of COVID-19. We can’t travel to where they are, nor can they come to us. In my case, we have our most dear ones in Canada and the Canadian border is closed. But, since our daughter has dual citizenship, she finally felt safe enough …
EDUARDO RECIFE: DIGITALMANIA
EDUARDO RECIFE, this week’s inspiring artist for art challenge group, DIGITALMANIA, (https://www.flicker.com/groups/digitlmania,) is an artist, illustrator and typographer from Brazil known for his distinct collage style combining vintage imagery, magazine cuts, textures,, stains and many details and symbols…very interesting art. He’s actually one of my favorites. I had fun trying to emulate his style. Here …
SECRETS, TRAINS and LAYERS
POST SECRET is an ongoing community mail art project, created by Frank Warren in 2005. People anonymously mailed in their secrets, written and illustrated on a homemade postcard. It’s a fun idea that DIGITALMANIA’s challenge group (https://www.flicker.com/groups/digitlmania) has decided to make their theme this week. Loved doing this… SUNDAY POSTCARD ART’s art challenge blog (sundaypostcardart.wordpress,com,) …
ARTFUL READERS CLUB “An Elephant in the Garden” by Michael Morpurgo
It’s no secret that I love elephants, historical fiction and adventure. This book, “AN ELEPHANT in the GARDEN” satisfied all those loves. Not a typical WWII story, it’s a sweet tale that touches only lightly on the horrors of the war. Instead, we learn the perspectives of non-Nazi German citizens and their struggles with becoming …
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BUDDHA, ASIAN and the WRITTEN WORD
Buddha was a philosopher, spiritual teacher and religious leader who lived in ancient India 2,600 years ago. Not a God, he’s revered as the founder of the world religion of Buddhism. Buddha is not a name…his name was Siddhartha Gautama. Buddha is a title. It’s a Sanscrit word that means “a person who is awake.” …
