Elizabethwix

LATEST ARTICLES ( 859 )

• Summer in the City

  

  Lots and lots of new construction on the West Side.....nowadays you can only just see the river...Lots of workers busy in construction.This building near the do... Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2014 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Ruth & Gisela by Elizabeth Wix

  Danielle of A Work in Progress has written very kindly about my work. Hit the link at the bottom of the opening paragraph to see the whole post! I have a book... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2014 CREATIVITY, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Ruth & Gisela: The Story Behind the Story

  Ruth & Gisela is the sort of book I was sad to have finished and as much as the story played itself out just perfectly, I wanted to know more, to have the... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2014 CREATIVITY, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Children

  

  The grandchildren keep themselves very busy. playing with yoyos painting abstractmasterworks building cities inspecting the bricks in the patio filling the... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2014 CREATIVITY, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Why I Write/Summer Reading

  

  In May, Cait O'Connor invited me to join a group of other writer/bloggers including Pamela of The House of Edward in doing a post entitled Why I Write. I was... Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2014 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• First Robert Moses Beach Day of the Year

  

  Finally got to the south shore of Long Island early in the morning on an overcast day.The sea was gray.Very few people were there - a father and son were... Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2014 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Community Garden

  

  The community garden belongs to people who live in the Penn South complex of buildings which our building is right next to.So I have lots of friends with... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2014 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Fun in Black and White

  

  So it's the summer solstice and everything is lovely and bright and breezy.Obviously the moment to go mopey and gloomy and black and white.Here is the Flatiron... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2014 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Happy Summer

  

  Today is the longest day of the year which means it will be light a lot.This is what I did today.I went to the park and there was a tennis ballthat was very... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Urban Gardening

  

  I got terribly bored of looking at the previous nasturtiums... anyway, the roof garden and the tree pits are flourishing -unlike my writing or blogging... I hav... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2014 CREATIVITY, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Union Square

  

  I haunt Union Square in the same way some people might go to pubs or car showrooms or department stores.I pursue the natural and seasonal and things that won't... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2014 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• The News from Round Here

  

  I see it is a long time since I have done a blog.That is because Mum is lazy.Anyway, now the weather is better, we have been to the park a lot. Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Greenpoint

  

  Last Thursday was a very gray day. I went with the artist Patty Bouley to visit her studio in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.Greenpoint is very near Queens - a wonderful... Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2014 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Flowers in the City and Creating Things

  

  WhenI look out of the window I see yellow taxis.I'm in the middle of my seasonal pansy-bashing experiments when I make a lot of noise and a small amount of... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2014 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Black and White Chelsea

  

  A walk around the neighborhood with new phone photo filters.Lots of Citibike users now the weather has improved.Lots of children going for field trips...Fewer... Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2014 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Downtown Art Fair/Lexington Avenue Armory

  

  Enough of the weather and things horticultural.What on earth else do I spend my time doing? Well, thinking about art for one thing. Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2014 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• A Wet Walk

  

  The dog goes for four walks every daywhatever the weather. This rather makes me regret the days when we lived in the country and the dog could take himself for ... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2014 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Flowers and Things

  

  The usual foray up to the green market at Union Square. The bliss of nasturtiums and the similarly colored micro mesclun. Ate it for supper and it tasted like... Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2014 CREATIVITY, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Spring Has Sprung

  

  As you can seeI am jumping with joyand enjoying the paddling pool.I'm drooling with happinessand running aroundwith my chums.Here I am looking pensive at... Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lori's Garden

  

  Spring unfurls at the Jarvis Housein Huntington, Long Island.I've known this garden for over thirty years - a perennial delight both literally and... Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2014 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL