Under The Knife

Yesterday I was surfing YouTube for a new painting project. I happened upon one that involved painting roses in oil with a palette knife by Ahuva Shweiki. Since the palette knife on my ArtRage app was still beyond my understanding, I decided that was a good place to start.

You know those "duh" moments? . . . → Read More: Under The Knife

Holy Holy Holy….

…Lord God almighty….. How many of you Catholics out there remember that little song from mass on Sundays? It still rings in my head after all these years. While still feeling allegiance to the catholic faith, I have bounced from holy building to holy building trying to find a peaceful home now for many years. . . . → Read More: Holy Holy Holy….

Be Yourself…and..

This blog challenge is just the thing for January, which is usually a long, cold, uneventful month. I've met so many wonderful, creative souls who have gone out of their way to encourage me. I sit at night until the wee hours of the morning reading all the wonderful blogs on the Ultimate Challenge Facebook . . . → Read More: Be Yourself…and..

Where I Am

Melody Beattie knows more about life and what makes us do the things we do than any other writer on such things that I have ever read. When you read her work, you just nod your head and keep repeating things like, “I know! I know!” and “That’s me! That’s me!” She has done an . . . → Read More: Where I Am

And Now, What?

Waking up to the morning news, for me, and I’m sure for you, began a day of processing unthinkable tragedy. I read a lot of Facebook posts, in addition to what the news stations offered. The one that held a beautiful message was by Jennifer Boykin, author of a blog I follow, Life After Tampons. . . . → Read More: And Now, What?

Unimaginable…Or Not

Today is unimaginable, and yet, for me, totally imaginable. I was a kindergarten teacher. My classroom was the very first one inside the lobby door. Many times our lockdown drills made me aware that my room was the first place a gunman would go. Each time I covered the windows, locked the door, closed the . . . → Read More: Unimaginable…Or Not

Dec 12, 2012

12/12/12. The day, once again, the world was supposed to end. How could I have missed this?

It could’ve ended as I was driving up 6A to bible study this morning. But it didn’t.

It could’ve ended when my prayer ladies and I were giving praise for the things God has given us. . . . → Read More: Dec 12, 2012

It’s A Good Marriage

It’s been seven weeks now integrating Bikram yoga with Koko fit club. The first four weeks the two just did not get along and there were many nasty days in the sandbox. These last three weeks have been quite uneventful. They are playing nice together. I do think it’s going to be a good marriage. . . . → Read More: It’s A Good Marriage

Nobody But Me

This morning I was listening to Ryan Seacrest’s Top Forty on the radio as I was driving. I like the interviews with the artists interspersed between the songs on the countdown. I was negotiating my parking spot at The Christmas Tree Shop and caught the last sentence of someone’s interview. I didn’t get the name . . . → Read More: Nobody But Me

Throw It Out To The Universe

Tonight I’m reading “Charming Lily” by Fern Michaels. It’s not very well-written, but I am enjoying the storyline. One character, in the midst of his conflict, is very spiritually oriented and uses the phrase “Throw it out to the universe and see what comes back to you.” The two times so far, when his back . . . → Read More: Throw It Out To The Universe