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• She Moved Through the Fair

  

  I find the best things at the library sales. This week there was a cd of Loreena Mckennitt's, "Elemental." I have other cd's of hers, but not this one. Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2020 CREATIVITY, CULTURE

• Inside and Outside

  

  Bushy Park in Winter by Dave Potts As the days go back to being just a little longer and you can look out the window and still see twilight for enchanted... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2020 CREATIVITY, CULTURE

• Movie Stills

  

  Classic "Little Women" from 1994. I just adore seeing new {and old} classic movie stills. It's the first view you get of a film that you hope will match the... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2019 CREATIVITY, CULTURE

• She Found Herself

  

  Look what I came across the other day. I am so getting one of these canvas prints from here. Follow the link, there are 3 different versions. Where do you find... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2019 CREATIVITY, CULTURE

• Tis the Warm Season

  

  You might wonder why I would call December the warm season and you might not. For December is not, of course, considered warm. But the warmth and love that... Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2019 CREATIVITY, CULTURE

• Life Has Grown Me

  

  These words from Brooke Way are really resonating with me right now. Sometimes while we grow, it's painful, and we don't want to go there. Sometimes there is... Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2019 CREATIVITY, CULTURE

• My Library is Growing

  

  Just bought this 1967 Washington Square Press edition of Longfellow's Evangeline. I have been buying and buying old books a lot lately and my library is growing! Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2019 CREATIVITY, CULTURE

• The Memory Remains

  

  I don't know about you, but for me, summer swiftly sped off and slipped subtly and slyly away before I knew it. Yet the memory of her remains. Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2019 CREATIVITY, CULTURE

• Howard's End ... The Whole Thing

  

  Howard's End is not necessarily a happy story line. In fact, I never did read the book and I did not like the 1992 version with Emma Thompson and Anthony Hopkin... Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2019 CREATIVITY, CULTURE

• Sudden Storm

  

  "SUDDEN STORM" By Scott Heaton This spring has been like living in Seattle, lots of wet storms coming through resulting in beautiful greenery everywhere. Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2019 CREATIVITY, CULTURE

• Stacked High

  

  Sometimes you find little gems at the used bookstore that you never expected to find. There was this gorgeous (what I thought to be vintage) French paperback... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2019 CREATIVITY, CULTURE

• If These Walls Could Speak

  

  I find myself looking at the art I've collected for the gallery wall, ...like this. Like I'm in a museum. Most of the pieces I have come to love, while one or... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2019 CREATIVITY, CULTURE

• Two Stories

  

  I love the two stories behind these images. I bet you know them both. Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2019 CREATIVITY, CULTURE

• Two Months To Go

  

  My breath still comes out puffy white, An ethereal, airy, lovely sight, My skin feels frosty, nippy blows That redden my runny, frozen nose, There's still a foo... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2019 CREATIVITY, CULTURE

• Curating

  

  We are all curators it seems. Curators for our homes and what we bring to them. Searching for just the right painting for a gallery wall of original vintage... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2018 CREATIVITY, CULTURE

• Thankfull

  

  Are you full of thanks this Thanksgiving week? Here is a freebie that you can print off at home and hang on your wall this week. It is an 8x10. Just right... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2018 CREATIVITY, CULTURE

• For the Eyes

  

  Art by French painter Elisabeth Sonrel Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2018 CREATIVITY, CULTURE

• The Place Where Evening Gathers

  

  I cannot tell you how simply stunning the October Sky was tonight. Nearing twilight, I looked up and saw a gathering of evening coming together as sure as you... Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2018 CREATIVITY, CULTURE

• I Found Walden

  

  ...and crows, at the library sale last week. The crows did not cooperate with taking photos. They kept inching away from me as if they knew I wanted their... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2018 CREATIVITY, CULTURE

• Off Her High Horse

  

  my bones ache for the changing, for the shift in seasons that is taking longer than it should. while there is a slight color change, and nights are now cool, th... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2018 CREATIVITY, CULTURE