discovering the joy of ink I’ve almost completed the first week of Inktober because I’ve made six pictures, instead of seven. But, to be fair, I started on day three, so there is that. It’s really all about drawing, although I have discovered that it is possible to use ink as a painting medium. When […]
almost #WordlessWednesday How do we find hope? Can a glittering candle help us find our way?
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an interview with an Afghan poet Flowers of War by Nematullah Ahangosh most stories end up beautiful only some end so awful like when the bullets, pregnant as almonds, fast as fear pierce like glass the skins on streets of Kabul beautiful stories? I don’t even know what that is you mean flowers of war?
Today’s prompt for the Ultimate Blogging Challenge has to do with autumn. What am I doing that is unique to the season? I guess that I could say that I am celebrating it by starting a month of pen and ink. It’s not the easiest medium for me, so be prepared for some impressive disasters.
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on being a community journalist I’ve been a community journalist for a year now. It’s never boring. The great thing about documenting life in a small town is meeting such a variety of people, who tell me their stories and trust that I will share them in a way that shows who they are and
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Shakespeare comes to Grand Island! Did you know that William Shakespeare invented hundreds of words and phrases? I knew that he invented some, but wasn’t aware of how many. On Friday, when I got to see a performance of “The Bard’s in Your Yard” at Grand Island’s Nike Base, I found out some of the
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answering your questions Today, I am answering the questions that readers asked me a little more than a week ago. There were just two of them and they both had to do with art! So, without further ado, here is the first question, which was asked by Nonnie Vivian: How has your artwork improved so
day 52 of the 61-day Daisy Yellow Index Card a Day challenge Okay. So I cheated. Just a little bit. Painting on an index card with gouache may not work too well. So I painted on a 4×6 piece of watercolor paper and then rubber cemented the watercolor paper onto the index card. I painted
of Reinstein Woods Reinstein Woods is a nature preserve in Depew, New York (although it’s also listed as being in Cheektowaga). The land for this nature preserve was given to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation after the death of Dr. Victor Reinstein (1894-1984). Dr. Reinstein graduated from the School of Medicine at
In a land and a time not too much unlike our own, there was a mouse who sought adventure. The Land of the Humans had become very inhospitable for mice, with all of those mousetraps and other objects guaranteed to… kill all mice and other vermin!!! “I am not any kind of vermin,” thought the