One morning when I shuffled carefully down the driveway by flashlight in the dark toward my neighbor waiting with her flashlight, I asked her, “Tell me again: why do we do this?” She said, “They say it’s supposed to be good for us.” I asked, “Are ‘they’ the same people who told us margarine was […]
Looking Out My Windows in February
Anne Lamott Makes Me Laugh
Have you heard of her? Read any of her books? She writes both fiction and non-fiction and is an odd combination of being very politically liberal and outspoken about her Christian faith. Her thoughts are oh so relatable, shocking, irreverent, vulnerable, infuriating, and at times, highly entertaining. The books she might be most known for […]
When Not Making Art…
What is editing? You mean you get paid to just sit around and read?? … I’m either tending to the logistics and administrative duties of a microscopic art business* or I am editing. IF I am actually working, that is. Yes but it isn’t the same as reading for escape or to learn. Instead, you […]
Mental Meanderings
A dear friend told me that she really enjoys my blog posts when I write about thoughts. Here, this is what she said: Maybe it’s because I’m a worker of words, but I really enjoy your entries that describe your central valley world, your life in it, and your feelings. The reader responses you receive […]
This and That: Wandering Around Three Rivers
There is an excellent museum in Three Rivers, and parked in front are some old fire trucks plus this tow truck. I had to wait for a couple of friends stuck at one of the many ongoing lengthy roadblocks, so I wandered around with my inferior phone camera. On a recent walk, I took this […]
Learned Almost Nothing in January
There must be a few things that I learned in January. Thirty-one days of nothing seems a little out of character here. As Winnie-the-Pooh said, “Think think think!” January was occupied with relearning, persevering, and never quitting. (If I was a smoker, I would have really done a number on my lungs in January.) 2. […]
Walking in Nice Places
Let’s just enjoy some photos today, no chitchat about going to town, no stressing over prices, no struggling with plein air painting. Another walk, another lake, in another town.
A Country Girl Goes to Town
This post is just to vent my thoughts about a day spent in Visalia. It might fall into the categories of “Why is She Bloviating Again?” or perhaps “Too Long, Didn’t Read”. I headed down the hill to Visalia one morning and was tailgated around the lake. What does tailgating accomplish when there is no […]
Sunny January Day in Three Rivers
On a sunny January day, we went for a stroll, and I took a few photos with my inferior phone camera. I really don’t need any more photos, but one never knows if the light will be the best it has ever been. If I was more motivated, I would have taken some paints, a […]