Alice Gerard

 Valentine’s Day is a fun holiday! In Ecuador, where I spent nine weeks in 2011, I learned that Valentine’s Day is “El dia del amor y amistad” (the day of love and friendship). Before that, I thought that you could only celebrate Valentine’s Day if you were in a committed romantic relationship or if you […]

 “The World today doesn’t make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do?” — Pablo Picasso Should the world make sense? Who gets to decide what makes sense and what doesn’t make sense? For us humans, making sense is individual. We all determine what makes sense and what doesn’t through the lenses of our

 Those of us who are picky tend to also want things in our lives to be perfect. Perfection is an awfully high standard to try to achieve, and for us to expect perfection out of ourselves every time we try something is unfair. There is no way that we can live up to our unrealistic

  Today’s blogging prompt is to share a picture or a few pictures. The prompt came at the right time! When I looked out the window this morning, I could see that it was snowing with great gusto. It was so pretty. Like a winter wonderland. I decided to document the morning snowfall, as I

 Today’s blogging challenge is for me to run a contest! Which is great because contests are always fun activities.  Guess what number I’m thinking right… Never mind. By the time the contest ends, I will have forgotten which number I’m thinking right now. How about if I do… a naming contest for a stuffed bear?

 Today is Superbowl Sunday. How about something super… souper for dinner? Because soup on a cold evening when you’re going to be busy watching a football game is just a good idea. A nice creamy soup that warms your insides is an even better idea. The nice creamy soup that I decided to make was

  Just a few days ago, I was in my living room that I had turned into a private gym, gasping for air as I attempted to push my body in ways that it was reluctant to be pushed. I was stubbornly engaged in the activities, not accepting the ferocious resistance message that my body

 Today’s blogging challenge has to do with offering advice. Usually, I am reluctant to offer advice, even if people ask for it. That is because the things that work for me may not work as well for someone else. And who likes bad advice? Nevertheless, I’m going to offer this piece of advice. If it

  Today’s blogging prompt was all about the number four. I guess because it’s the fourth of the month. So the creative project that I am demonstrating today had to be something that involved the number four. How was I to do that? How about if I used just four different colors of paint for

  Today’s prompt from Paul Taubman at the Ultimate Blogging Challenge is to write about someone I know and what I admire about that person. He suggests a friend, a family member or a colleague as the person to talk about. The person whom I’ve chosen is my friend, Giselle Jackman. I first met Giselle