The Parc Monceau – Claude Monet – 1878 – The Metropolitan Museum of Art Oldest Daughter – 06/01/23 …and the spring day was beautiful, sunny, bright, so good to leave the house, and, even in the black of the mourning clothes, she was conspicuous among all the lighter colored clothes of the spring...
A Long Lament that I Wrote in the Cemetery, as Thanksgiving Approached, as I Sat in the Shade of a Tree near the Grave of my Parents, Turned into a Hymn of Praise and Thanksgiving when the Lord Bade Me to be Still. Last year, as Thanksgiving approached, I went to the cemetery and sat in the...
With the Arrival of this Winter, I had Reflected on How two Springs, two Easters, two Summers and Autumns, and two Christmases have Passed since Russia again Invaded parts of Ukraine, and how the War has now Entered a Second Full Winter of Destruction… З приходом цієї зими я розмірковував про те,...
A Bowl of Homemade Turkey Noodle Soup & Generational Wealth The photo of this posting is of a bowl of my homemade turkey noodle soup - made with the remains of the 21lb. turkey and stuffing that I had made for a Thanksgiving family gathering with my sister this year. And for the stuffing, I...
On the Stile (nga.gov) On the Stile – Winslow Homer 4th Granddaughter – 10/25/21 ...and it was such a nice day, with the breeze, a gentle breeze that was friendly and good, and her mother said it was a blessing, a benediction…a new word to her…that the Lord provided for her cousin Elsie’s wedding...
Yet in Thy Dark Streets Shineth the Everlasting Light, the Hopes & Fears of All the Years are Met in Thee Tonight I have always loved Christmas and everything about it. I loved my dad bringing home the live Christmas tree tied on top of our old green Chevy, or whatever other used car we...
An Art Musing – The Given & the Posed, Art upon Art, Intrusions Out Of & Alongside & Within the “Real” World Glimpsed by the Open & Understanding Eye This mural upon the walls of a path between subway stations in New York, is reminiscent of the scenes of everyday life carved and...
Claude Monet | Houses on the Achterzaan | The Metropolitan Museum of Art (metmuseum.org) *** Houses On The Achterzaan Third Granddaughter - 06/02/23 ... and when they arrived at the house, “granpère’s on the river” as she always called it, Jules came out of his house next door and saw her and he...