Summer is blasting along at warp speed and with the scorching temperatures, come a crop of hot peppers. Every year I tell myself I am going to make jalapeno poppers from scratch, and every year I don’t...
Moving forward on the journal has been slow. Distractions abound. Since the tone of the paper skin and fact that it was just a smidgen too small once pasted onto the book cover, I knew some corrective work...
I do not often get a planned or sit down lunch. On these days, I bring my tiffin, tea, extra water and a smoothie. The issue with a normal size lunch tote is fitting all of this food and drink. With...
Last year was a year of travel, and on this particular trip we took an early morning journey out to Fire Island National Seashore for a beautiful sunrise scene and hike around the lighthouse. It was beautiful...
A fancy Sunday chicken dinner. Not something that I typically do too much with, but since my father gave me a beautiful 8 lb chicken that he cared for and slaughtered himself, I can not resist. He also shared...
Thoreau noted that, ‘the language of friendship is not words, but meanings’. This is a frustrating quote for me to think about, as I am not a great friend in many ways: I don’t remember...
Journal 52’s prompts this week were pretty easy for me to visualize. When I read ‘What Lies Beneath’ and ‘Emerge’, I immediately knew I was going to draw about what lies beneath...
The weather this year has thus far been unpredictable and varied. Our late Winter and early Spring has consisted of a mix of 70F days and 20F days, often within 24 hours of each other. It hasn’t done...