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Blog Posts
I’ve kept an online journal since 2009. These are just the last 9 posts I’ve made. There’s a lot in here about art, garden and life. Use the search bar to look for a specific subject or go to my archive page to see all of the posts organized by year or by category.
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Hurricane Helene Damage
I don’t know what we’ve done to upset Mother Nature, but we’ve had yet another tree incident. The third in five years I think it is. Hurricane Helene made her way all the way up to Indiana a few weeks ago. The first tree incident was in 2019 and that was a massive maple that…
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Art Exhibit & Artists Priced out of Towns and Cities
Thursday, I hung up my abstract art exhibit at Alexandrian Public Library. It’s been a while since I’ve exhibited there. They have such a nice exhibit hall and I’m glad to have the last week of September and the entire month of October to exhibit my work. I’m not sure how it is for many…
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Spring scene painting class
At the end of this past May, I had another painting class at Owensville Carnegie Public Library. It was for a Spring scene painting class. I had a great turnout. I’ve mentioned before when I had a class here last fall, that the set up is just ideal for teaching a painting class. There’s a…
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Move in Day and New Beginnings
Last Friday was Move in Day for college for my son Asher. It’s was bittersweet for me. I’m excited for him on one hand and his new beginnings, but I can’t help but feel loss at the absence of his presence at home. I suppose this is what is meant by Empty Nest Syndrome. The…
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And then there were three RIP Sandy Dodd
I don’t like writing these kinds of posts. Posts of loss. But I think I owe it to my friend Sandy Dodd to honor her and our friendship forever on my blog. To share with the world what a sweet, compassionate, fun loving free spirit she was. It’s not as good a place now that…
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Book Signing at Caper’s Emporium
Tomorrow, June 29th, 2024, I’ll be at Caper’s Emporium at 2:00 pm CST in New Harmony Indiana for a book signing! I’m pretty excited about it. I’ll be signing (and selling) copies of the book that I created along with seven other artists. (it’s just me at the signing though) Caper’s is celebrating their 6th…
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Painting poppies
Lately I’ve been painting a lot of poppies and tulips. I was given a commission to paint red tulips and red poppies on separate canvases by a collector of mine, really sweet lady. Poppies are something I’ve painted often in the past. I’ll also mention that my friend Amelia, let me dig up some of…
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Mother’s Day memories
Mother’s Day is this weekend and I hope you get to make some memories with friends and loved ones. I wanted to share some memories that Mother’s Day conjured up for me today. Other than me being a mom on this upcoming special day, I usually just think of my mom, not me when it…
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Painting red tulips
Recently, I’ve had flowers on my easel. I’ve been painting red tulips and poppies plus other stuff but today I’ll just share the progression of the red tulips. First, I’d to thank anyone who has sent good vibes or prayers for my surgery. It was last Friday and this is Monday. The surgery went well…
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