This post was previously published in August 2015 when I first started blogging. With a bitterly cold Arctic wind and a temperature of -20C, spring flowers are still the stuff of memory. Today, I am dreaming of the time I spent … Read More
This was one of my first posts as a blogger/artist. In this post, I have a mix of travel photos as well as sketches. Published in June 2015, it is an account of a week long trip to northern parts … Read More
“Cuba is like going to a whole other planet.” —Henry Louis Gates, American historian, film maker, Harvard University professor. Part 2 in a three part series. With people heading south to escape our Canadian winter, I am reminded of a … Read More
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. ~H. … Read More
This year… I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You’re doing … Read More
Celebrate 150 Years of History On a beautiful sunny day recently, I visited MOSAICANADA150, a combination of different art forms that took my breath away. Set in Jacques Cartier Park in Gatineau, Québec, this horticultural display is meant to take … Read More
Cody, the Sheltie, might be getting older, but he still enjoys his daily treats of raw carrots. Cody’s owner has told me that he has been unwell recently. As most of us who are dog owners know, we face … Read More
“The dignity of the artist lies in his duty of keeping awake the sense of wonder in the world.” Marc Chagall. Although I do not consider myself a photographer by a long shot, probably no more than I consider myself … Read More
Sketches on a beach: capturing the idea “A drawing is simply a line going for a walk.” ~ Paul Klee, was a Swiss artist who taught in Germany until his art was seen as indecent by the Nazis. He returned … Read More
Seeking a gift from the sea… “The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy, or too impatient. One should lie empty, open, choiceless as a beach – waiting for a gift from the sea.” ~ Anne … Read More
Winter’s beauty still leaves me awestruck “There is nothing in the world more beautiful than the forest clothed to its very hollows in snow. It is the still ecstasy of nature, wherein every spray, every blade of grass, every spire … Read More
“When I’m old and gray, I want to have a house by the sea. And paint. With a lot of wonderful chums, good music, and booze around. And a damn good kitchen to cook in.”~ Ava Gardner Let’s set the … Read More