Archive for May, 2009
A Collection of Old Calendar Images
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes on May 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Giving Thanks: The Postcard Project
Posted in Inspiration, Uncategorized on May 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It was a delight to chance upon the website of Damaris Pierce, an artist based in Asheville, North Carolina. In 2007, she launched a project that encourages people to show their thanks, literally, on a postcard. Postcards are mailed to Ms. Pierce who then posts them on the website: www.iamthankful.com/postcards
I was drawn in by the [...]
After a long day, a nice visual calm
Posted in Uncategorized on May 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“View from Saihouji (kokedera) pond. Taken during holidays trip” a picture posted on Wiki Commons by Ivanoff
Words + Images by … Guest Contributors!
Posted in Guest Contributor, Inspiration, tagged guest photographers, guest writers on May 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This blog is a place where I can explore all those things that inspire me to be creative in my writing and in my photography. Nature is a major inspiration, and so are the friends and family around me. They have helped me expand my appreciation of the world and of different types of creative [...]
What Words 1
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes on May 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What words are evoked for you by this image?
Where I Work or Scenes from Home
Posted in Inspiration on May 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Lemon Thyme in the Morning
Posted in Branches, Nature Notes on May 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Dover Publications “Little Books”
Posted in Books I Love, Inspiration on May 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My love affair with Dover Little Books began with stickers. Over the years I have purchased 4-page booklets of butterflies, dragons, frogs, and even Victorian kittens. Eventually I branched out to buy art stickers and postcard booklets as a way of introducing myself and young friends to fine art from around the world. The cost: [...]
Storm Clouds Over Somerville
Posted in Uncategorized on May 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Inspiring Words: Langston Hughes
Posted in Inspiration on May 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Negro Speaks of Rivers
I’ve known rivers:
I’ve known rivers ancient as the world
and older than the flow of human blood in human veins.
My soul has grown deep like the rivers.
I bathe in the Euphrates when dawns were young.
I built my hut near the Congo and it lulled me to sleep.
I looked upon the [...]
