Archive for November, 2009
Make your hotel room your own!
I’m in Squaw Valley, California at the Rigpa (my Buddhist group) fall retreat. We’re staying in luxury at the Squaw Creek Resort.
When I arrived, I felt overwhelmed. It was just too big. Just too fancy. When I came into my room, I immediately set to work. All six pillows were immediately tossed to the [...]
Gratitude Short List for Thanksgiving
Here’s my gratitude short list:
Mainly, grateful for continued connections with friends across the U.S. and all over the world. Continuity is sweet in a life on the move.
How good it is to come back to Lake County…to see it’s beauties…and have friends who still want to see me. So often a move has meant an [...]
Single Tree: a collection of stories (R.V. Schmidt) reviewed by Fran Ransley
WHAT MAKES REAL MEN TICK?
When I was a college student back in the 1960’s, my roommate and I decided, after a series of disappointing love affairs, that we were going to study men and try to figure out what made them tick. We were tired of the insipid [...]
A Clear Day on Clear Lake: Birdwatching Heaven by Janet Riehl
I arrived in Lake County a few days before Thanksgiving in order to visit friends and one of the landscapes of mountain and water that hug my heart. The weather was unseasonably warm with blue skies and intense light. My host loaded up our kayaks into his truck. We paddles from the county park over [...]
“The Sid Series,” a book for spiritually gifted children, by Yvonne Perry
Photo: Yvonne Perry with Grandson Sid
It’s a blog tour!
Yvonne Perry is a freelance writer and editor who owner Writers in the Sky Creative Writing Services based in Nashville, Tennessee. As a ghostwriter, Yvonne has written books for many clients. The Sid Series is the fourth print book she’s published. She’s written fifteen e-books, [...]
Lonnie Powell: Masterful drawings at Portfolio, STL
Click here for Lonnie Powell’s bio and more details about his Porfolio exhibit.
I just came back from viewing Lonnie Powell’s show at the Porfolio Gallery and Education Center in St. Louis. Powell works in a variety of styles and media in his show “Still All Over the Place” that will be up through January 8th [...]
Celebrating Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address: 146th anniversary with a Poem by Genie Keller
THAT DAY AT GETTYSBURG
The date was 1863, at Gettysburg
This day, I stand upon the quiet field
Now all is silent,
All eyes upon the purpose here.
It was a fragile moment
In a meadow lost in thought
And then the words were spoken
With care and watchful heart.
His words became the paint brush
As it gently left its mark
This is the object [...]
Lillian Sizemore, Mosaic Artist
Hi Mosaic enthusiasts! Check out Lillian Sizemore’s work. She did a wonderful mosaic project in Ghana!
Lillian is a mosaic artist and gifted educator. She jurored a show in which Karen Silton’s mosaic “Miriam’s Well” was exhibited. The show was “The Art of Tesserae” at Second City Gallery in Long Beach.
Classic Car Restoration Video Starring Nathan Newberry
My younger cousin Nathan Newberry is an ace at restoring cars. Here is one of a series of videos letting us in on his process with a 1971 Olds “S71″ Color Test Panel. This is Nathan’s longest video at 7:12 minutes.
Author Dempsey Video Interview
Our Man from Pakistan Karim Khan/Ernest Dempsey talks about his book The Blue Fairy and other Tales of Transcendence in this short video interview with Victor Volkman.
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