One day, I discovered a beautiful painting of a Joss House in a thrift store. Shortly thereafter, I discovered the painter’s granddaughter had very recently revised and restored a book by the artist. This book just so happens to be a “timeless statement of a mother’s love” for her two-year-old daughter. My youngest daughter turns two […]
A Happy Day by Louise Sheppa Lovett
Ellen Chong, the granddaughter of artist Louise Sheppa Lovett, whose painting I found in a junk store in Oklahoma City, (please see post below) is also an artist. Her Web site, Tish and Company, provides details about a book, A Happy Day, which Lovett wrote for her two-year-old daughter, Mary Louise, in the late 1920s. […]
Joss House by Louise Sheppa Lovett
“Coincidence is God working anonymously.” On March 20, I published a post about an amazing painting I found at a junk store in Oklahoma City by the painter Louise Sheppa Lovett, a.k.a. L.S. Lovett. Tonight, the painter’s granddaughter, Ellen Chong, contacted me via email. I posted information about the painting along with my email address […]
Rapunzel Radishes Growing In My Backyard
There is a chance of ice and snow tonight so these herbs and tomato plants continue to wait. I think this is going to be jalapeno. Green beans! Our radishes are doing great! Rapunzel Radishes The kids and I were so excited to see the first signs of our urban garden taking shape. I thought […]
The Red Balloon Film or Le Ballon Violet
There it goes, up in the sky There it goes, beyond the clouds For no reason why And, I can’t cry hard enough… For you to hear me now –From The Williams Brothers [7 am] This is what I do. I hold my little boy while he cries and cries because he let of […]
Some of My Favorite Books
A few weeks ago, Penelope Trunk had a blog post, The Five Books That Wasted the Most Time For Me. I’ve been coming up with similar lists. Here’s my collection of mostly must read books. Literary Works That Shocked Me When I Read Them 1) Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare 2) A Rose for […]
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