Near the Hudson River, I sit beneath a tree that has flowers like a dogwood, pale, soft lit by the sun, a creamy golden white. They waver in what can only be called a gentle breeze. Bird cries fill the air, harsh and pointed. It is spring. The birds search for mates and want to [...]
Archive for April, 2009
By the Hudson River
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, On the Road on April 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
At Last … Full-fledged Spring!
Posted in Branches, Nature Notes, On the Road on April 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Traveling Light
Posted in Books I Love, Inspiration, On the Road on April 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If I were to travel light, for a day, I would pack:
1 sketch pad
2 pens
1 pencil (plus sharpener)
Trail Mix
a bottle of water
Funny that I do not immediately think to pack my camera. What would you pack?
A Childhood Memory
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes on April 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
… a spider’s web dotted with rain, stretched between the porch column and roof. The balls of moisture catch light, like neon bulbs, highlighting the web in sunlight and moonlight, streetlight and flashlight. The adults around us don’t notice or at least they say nothing. But all of us children, we just stare up [...]
An Unfinished Prompt: Color Sense
Posted in Uncategorized on April 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
So the writing prompt is to describe a scent. Okay. Let’s see. There are things that I wonder if they have a scent like cotton still on the vine, or beeswax candles, freshed formed and still dripping. Cherry leaves all bereft after their cherry children have been picked. Hay! I know hay must have a [...]
“Recycled” Butterfly Cards
Posted in Uncategorized on April 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Step 1: Use stencil to cut butterfly images from old catalogs.
Step 2: Adhere butterflies to card stock with glue or double-sided tape.
Step 3: Use glitter glue to decorate and embellish (optional).
Step 4: Let everything dry.
Step 5: (This is most important!) Write note inside card and send to a friend.
Finding Calm: Mary Oliver’s Thirst
Posted in Books I Love, Inspiration, Nature Notes on April 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Mary Oliver is one of America’s most prolific and successful living poets. In 2006 she produced a 71-page book of poetry that changed my life. Thirst, like many of her previous works celebrates nature, but the poems also give voice to her love and loss of her partner, Mary Malone Cook. When I first read [...]
Southern Comfort: The Art of Jonathan Green
Posted in Inspiration on April 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I did not discover the bright images of southern artist Jonathan Green until I moved to Boston. I was walking through Bob Slate’s in Harvard Square. The images spoke to me in a deep and familiar way, depicting southern people in all their varied hues and body shapes, adorned in big broad hats and voluminous [...]
Divine Inspiration or the Art in Spirituality
Posted in Uncategorized on April 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The story I believe is this: In 1920s Florence, a competition was held to portray the Madonna and Child. This is one of those works, a tryptich unsigned, that was created for the competition. The Madonna and Child reside in the central panel, while angels, one is rose and the other in blue, are located [...]
Inspired by Sunlight Through A Kitchen Window
Posted in Uncategorized on April 5, 2009 | 1 Comment »
