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When I saw this Hot Wheels Postage Stamp design, I was delighted by its playfulness! It also reminded me of my mother who collected new USPS stamp offerings for her letters to family. She especially liked cancelled stamps (a hobby she picked up from her brother, Bill, she once told me). Each letter sent out…
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Studies have shown that when we work on a jigsaw puzzle, we use both sides of the brain. Even if that isn’t true, puzzles are useful for the enjoyment and relaxation they can bring. My siblings and I started young and did lots of them while we were growing up, beginning with a Zorro puzzle…
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This is our 5th day of cold and clouds and not melting snow. The days and nights of December need lights, and I’ve never realized it more than during this cold spell! Staying inside a lot, I catch myself looking out, and glimpsing, (or staring at) the simple clear, and lush lights of Turner Park,…
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What do you think of when you see a pigeon? Is it the beautiful deep blue/gray coloring? Is it the way they gracefully fly, and then perch lightly on a railing? Is it the way they tend to pair up and/or congregate? I think of the cities I’ve visited with great plazas and fountains. The…
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A few years ago, Leigh and I were on a trip together. She was working on a crossword puzzle, in ink, as I do. I thought it was just so interesting because she also crossed off each clue as she answered it. That’s what I like to do. Her dad uses only a mechanical pencil.…
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I found one sheet of this fabulous drawing paper (Rives?, Arches?) in my supplies from my days at the University of Nebraska Omaha, studying art. The Berol prismacolor pencils and drawing board were there also. This drawing, “Clara in the Boat” was started in August 2018, while I was staying solo at the lakehouse. The…
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Yesterday afternoon, if you were to look into my heart and soul as I sat on our balcony overlooking the now closed city park, you would have seen a mellow, sympathetic, confused COVID 19 world inhabitant. I understand why the mayor closed our parks. Too many people were gathering, sometimes in the hundreds, even at…
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”Embrace your imperfections” is a quote that I’ve had on my bulletin board for years. I like to think of it as a way to be/stay humble, or, as a way to be more human, acknowledging our flaws, be they physical, mental, or emotional. Today, I’m thinking about teeth and dental work. We go to…
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Today, as I look out over the windy city of Omaha, NE, I’m reminded of how I felt in the early days of living in Midtown Crossing, loving the views. We’ve now been here for 9 years. Here is something I wrote on February 25, 2011, about those beginnings: Actually, this moving day should be…
On Writing, On Life 