We often hear how important it is to talk about our feelings and sometimes even write them down. But, what about drawing or even doodling your feelings? I recently published a post about some of the coolest bus bench advertisements I’ve ever seen. They feature the work of a local Oklahoma...
My sophomore year of high school, Izods, Polos and 501 jeans made their way inward and in droves from the coasts to my rural Kansas high school. A large part of what solidified this style was the mega-hit book from a few years earlier, The Official Preppy Handbook, by Lisa Birnbach, which was...
Lyle, Lyle Crocodile is now middle-aged. When I was 7-years-old, I lived on the far end of London Lane in Colorado Springs. The neighborhood was full of tri-level houses, and I could see Pike’s Peak Mountain on my walks to school. I remember those years, but not as well as I did even 10...
The Lucille Lortel Theatre, New York City’s premier Off-Broadway playhouse since 1955, presents the premier of Still Life. In his review of the play written by Alexander Dinelaris (photo left) (doesn’t he look like a terrific person!?), Andy Probst wrote, “the disaffection many...
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...
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...
“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...
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...
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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