THIRTY DAYS OF THANKS AND GIVING. DAY 6: FINDING BEAUTY IN BARNS I love old barns. I love to paint pictures. I love to paint pictures of old barns. With the arrival of fall weather, my husband and I have been going on drives along nearby country roads. The leaves are changing color, the sky’s … Continue reading FINDING BEAUTY IN BARNS
THIRTY DAYS OF THANKS AND GIVING. DAY 4: MAGNIFICENT MIRROR I had cataract surgery earlier this year. It fixed my nearsightedness but no surgeon's scalpel can truly reverse age. I still need “cheaters” (old folk’s name for reading glasses). Before my cataract surgery, I would hold small stuff right at the tip of my nose … Continue reading MAGNIFICENT MIRROR
THIRTY DAYS OF THANKS AND GIVING. DAY 3: SOAKING SCISSORS Yesterday, I was still in the Art Class pits of plaster. I tried relentlessly and failed miserably to keep the classroom from looking like some kind of Narnia snow dusted dungeon. The students had transitioned from forming their artwork to covering it in the plaster … Continue reading SOAKING SCISSORS
THIRTY DAYS OF THANKS AND GIVING. DAY 2: SPIROGRAPH This is what I call my Spirograph necklace. I bought it in one of those awesome boho hippie stores. The design, and probably the price, appealed to me. It’s soothing. It’s often referred to as a mandala which is associated with meditation. I can see the … Continue reading SPIROGRAPH
THIRTY DAYS OF THANKS AND GIVING DAY 1: PAPIER MACHE Yesterday I subbed in Art Class. My sweet friend, the Art teacher, trusted me to lead her sweet students through the much anticipated introduction to papier mache. Blow up a balloon, tape some aluminum foil ears and eyebrows to it, and cover it with “plastercraft” … Continue reading PAPIER MACHE
Yesterday I cried. Not constantly, just several times throughout the whole day. The kind of cry where the tears come and I can’t stop them but I do. I didn’t reach the ugly cry. My eyes weren’t puffy and purple and burning. I wiped just enough tears off my cheeks to smooth out my makeup … Continue reading YESTERDAY I CRIED
When you see an exit sign, it indicates a way out. But do we ever think about it as a way in? After all, there are two sides of an exit. When you push that door open, you enter something else. Maybe another room or a hallway lined with doors of other possibilities. Often it … Continue reading EXIT
This is how I’ve seen his face for the past three weeks: a screen between us. But today I saw THIS! A smile. A genuine, eye-sparkling, teeth showing, leaning in smile! You know what he was smiling at? Not another YouTube video. Not a win on a video game. Not even a friend’s message on … Continue reading ZOOM IN ON A GRIN
This morning I was on the phone with a friend while she was shopping at WalMart. I don’t go grocery shopping when we AREN’T in a national crisis that requires emergency storehouses for toilet paper. I’m certainly avoiding it now! I’ve looked through my fridge and cabinets and assessed - It won’t be comfortable but … Continue reading THE VESSEL
The last twenty yards, the distance that brings victory within your grasp but still out of reach… the red zone. Wondering why I haven’t posted about the clinical trial in awhile? Because it’s BORING! We have been knee-deep in a wonderfully welcome routine rut. We started the year with what was probably my best and … Continue reading THE RED ZONE
Riverbrat 