I'm working on getting information to the lovely person who is formatting my book. And a good thing she's doing it. I am moving very slowly. I found an article about tektites in Australia and would like to comment on it but it's taking too long this morning! Suffice for the moment to say that [...]
Category: family
Night lights …
I had outpatient surgery the other day and came home with a long list of things I was supposed to keep track of. Among them, I am supposed to wear compression sleeves on my legs at night, take six medications at various intervals, and use a walker. And my left leg does not want to [...]
Looking back at Matisse
I used to take small children to the museums in DC. On one occasion we visited an exhibit of Matisse. I thought of this when I was browsing through past blog entries of The Shy Museumgoer and came across her entry on Matisse from 2022. https://theshymuseumgoer.com/2022/11/06/matisse-paints-joy-and-simple-pleasures/ She gives a lovely description of why he painted [...]
My cup finally overflowed…
Today at 5:20 a.m. two little boys arrived at my bedside to tell me that the third one was crying for his mom. I've been cruising at warp speed ever since. So no real posting today though I will say that child number three was willing to be comforted. My novel is really and truly [...]
Eye candy from the Art Institute
My mother put herself through college in the late 1930's. She started at the University of Wisconsin, took some classes in Chicago while working there for Barnhardt, the dictionary people, and then finished through the University of Wisconsin extension. She used to talk about going to the Art Institute, and I had no idea what [...]
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