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Spring Street Party — by Norm Brown
As I’ve mentioned in a number of previous blogs, I live in a wooded subdivision located a few miles outside Austin, Texas. Yesterday our voluntary home owners association held our Spring street party...
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Art As Inspiration by Ginger K King
My normal inspirations are strong people I’ve known or know of, seeing interesting action (no audio) or hearing interesting interaction between people, my dreams and especially music. Art is a new...
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Out My Back Door — by Norm Brown
My backyard consists of a five foot wide strip of San Augustine lawn that abruptly drops away down a rocky brushy hillside. Sometimes it’s surprising what appears just beyond my rear deck. Over the...
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I Expected to Like My Hiking Trip, by Carole Howard
And I did. Yellowstone National Park, with its spooky-looking landscapes of mud bubbling like pea soup, steam emerging from below, and, of course, geysers. Grand Teton National Park, home of bears,...
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Back to Business? by Sherrie Hansen
It’s been a little over a month since we came back from our dream vacation to Romania, with a delightful stopover in Devon and Cornwall, England. While I cherish the memories of the exceptional things...
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When the Skies of November Turn Gloomy by Sherrie Hansen
November used to be one of my least favorite months. November is dull, dreary, gray, and, after a beautiful summer and fall, oh, so anti-climactic. And we all know what happens when the gales of...
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‘Cause the Free Mind is Blowing Through My Hair by Sherrie Hansen
A few days ago, I left behind the cold and snow of the Midwest for the surf and sand of the California coast. We even followed the Ventura Highway. We’re here to visit my husband’s mother, but I can’t...
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Life Lessons from Death Valley by Sherrie Hansen
More than one person thought we were nuts to head to Death Valley this January when we could have stayed a few more days at the beach. You may agree. Or you see why we love the desert after you’ve read...
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If A Picture Tells A Thousand Words, Who Am I? by Sheila Deeth
I’ve always worn glasses, but now, with my wonderful cataract-removed eye, I don’t need them anymore (or at least, not all the time). My mum complained at first that I didn’t look like me, but she got...
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Sunrise, Sunset by Sherrie Hansen
I’m not sure why, but all of the sudden, I’m starting to feel like an old fogy. (Definition: an extremely fussy, old-fashioned, or conservative person.) It started last summer when my mom and dad...
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I Expected to Like My Hiking Trip, by Carole Howard
And I did. Yellowstone National Park, with its spooky-looking landscapes of mud bubbling like pea soup, steam emerging from below, and, of course, geysers. Grand Teton National Park, home of bears,...
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Back to Business? by Sherrie Hansen
It’s been a little over a month since we came back from our dream vacation to Romania, with a delightful stopover in Devon and Cornwall, England. While I cherish the memories of the exceptional things...
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Medieval Brass Rubbings
Being a romantic, I’ve always had an affinity for the Medieval through Renaissance periods of Britain; roughly between the 5th–17th centuries. Some really beautiful artwork can be found in catacombs...
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Seeing the World in Blue and White by Sherrie Hansen
I’ve been hearing Scottish accents in my head for over a decade, and now, after returning from my second trip to Bonnie Scotland, my mind’s eye is just as steeped in images of the highlands and islands...
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Castles, Kilts and Cows by Sherrie Hansen
I think by now, anyone who has followed my travels to Europe or read my Wildflowers of Scotland novels has figured out how I feel about castles and kilts. Although it’s a wee bit unusual to see a man...
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To Hear with Your Heart, To See with Your Soul (by Sherrie Hansen)
Writing and painting, although both creative expressions, are often viewed as being on opposite ends of the spectrum. Writers paint pictures with their words. Artfully crafted descriptions help readers...
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Building Blocks & Construction Skills by Sherrie Hansen
We have to build our lives out of what materials we have. It’s as though we were given a heap of blocks and told to build a house. From Emily of Deep Valley by Maud Hart Lovelace I think of this...
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Being Grateful for Things I’ve Always Taken for Granted by Sherrie Hansen
Those who are close to me know that I’m approaching a milestone birthday. (I’ll let you guess which one.) In some ways, I don’t think it will make a difference in the way I lead my life, or how I feel...
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2017 – A Blank Canvas by Sherrie Hansen
One of the highlights of 2016 for me has been that I’ve started to paint. I won’t say I learned to paint, because except for a 3-4 minute online tutorial on how to paint flowers and leaves, I haven’t...
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A Rainbow in Winter by Sherrie Hansen
In real life, it’s called a bad case of the blues, losing hope, or hitting rock bottom. In a book, it’s called the black moment – that devastating culmination of circumstances when all momentum comes...
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