Today is the 50th anniversary of the death of my brother John Kevin’s death. He was 16 at the time and drowned in an accident at a public pool where he served as a life guard. I had the desire to work on some sweet, light and joyous. How’s this?
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Benefit of the Doubt.
I’ve got a boss at work that has a truly decent policy: give everyone the benefit of the doubt. I think it is a generous and appropriate way to live one’s life. That’s why it incensed me when folks made such a big deal out of Melania Trump’s plagerizing the speech Michelle Obama gave at …
Deja Vu
Am I the only one who thinks it feels like the late 1960s again. Only with guns? Lots of guns? My heart hurts.
Brilliance = Aaron Sorkin’s Writing
As much as I love Elon Musk’s fearless futuristic ideas, I am utterly and totally gobsmacked by Aaron Sorkin. If I ever met him in person, I think I’d be unable to summon words and just drop into a deep curtsy or something equally embarrassing. The reason for this tangent is simple. I just finished watching …
Reunion!
Squee!!! Happiness is having your BFF since childhood in the house! And of course, at Dinner at The Columbia.
Brexit … Agh!
The consequences of the Brexit vote worry the hell out of me and I feel like I’m the only one at work following this. At least in my area… Strange when you consider that, in a retail business, a global economic downturn could cause problems…such as, oh, I don’t know, your customers not being able …
Too young
Today would have been my brother Shawn’s 61st Birthday. He died at 46, way too young to cancer. But thankfully, during his all-too-brief time on Earth, he inspired me so much… How to compete, play fair, be smart, use numbers, be judicious, have a decent temperament, have a great work ethic, and have persistence. In …
Seven years ago…
Hard to believe, seven years ago I took my last trip to a military base as a Blue Star Mom! I was welcoming home eldest son from another tour in Iraq. So glad that was it! So proud that, despite my parental weaknesses and missteps, they are both truly standup guys.
Tentacles – a commissioned work of art
So, I was asked to paint something reminiscent of an Octopus. With tentacles. Ugh! But then, after doing some thinking and pondering, I decided I could make something work with the right color palette and lines. So, I present to you “Tentacles”: I’m really pleased with it and enjoyed creating this one so much! If …
Painting again
This is a quickie little thing I did in a very short amount of time. Have you noticed I really, really, really enjoy painting flowers?