We rarely stay directly in the city we are visiting and our trip to Chicago is no different. You can usually save a couple hundred and get reasonable accommodations by staying in a nearby town. We picked a...
Walking around a Farmer’s Market will often teach you something new. Whether it is a new vegetable, fruit, meat or condiment, there is usually something that is out of the ordinary. I found...
It’s the day most northerners dread: the first snow. Now, there’s not a lot of snow, a flurry really, but it makes me want to stay inside and be cozy and warm. I reject instinct. Today’s...
I’m a little behind on all of my art journaling, well, really on attaching stories to my art. I completed the art for this page a couple of weeks ago amid the Writer’s Block. The prompt was...
That starts off with a bit of a preachy tone, doesn’t it? Well, be assured that I am not prepared or inclined to judge. I am prepared to focus on the identification of personal values and how knowing...
I won’t say that I was the biggest fan of Bowie’s, but I have always enjoyed his work and identify his place in the cultural history of our time. He was a seminal figure in art and music and his...
This sketched scene is from our visit to the Gettysburg National Military Park in April 2016. Since I have already written a bit on this visit, I would encourage investigation into earlier posts for more of...
I make the drive along Seneca Lake from end to end a few times a month, and now that I have a camera, I can capture some of the beauty I see on my way. I’m quite excited by this as a lot of Mennonite...