Good Lucky Olympians! As the world prepares for the XXIII Olympic Winter Games, to be held February 9 to the 25, of 2018, in PyeongChang, South Korea; we would like to stop and wish those competing a safe and successful Olympic experience. This month we share with you a Perfect Post Card, purchased…
Gratitude and Baked Alaska “The most common claim about the name baked Alaska is that it was coined at Antoine’s, a restaurant in New Orleans, Louisiana, US, by its chef de cuisine Antoine Alciatore in 1867 to honor the acquisition by the United States of Alaska from the Russian Empire on March 10 that year.…
A Baby Coconut Palm When we bought our house in South Florida, one of its strongest selling points, at least for me, was that the large yard was undeveloped. There were a few shrubs near the house and a few succulents; but otherwise I had a clean canvas to work on! The…
President George W. Bush Library One of my warmest memories, about President George W. Bush, does not involve him, but rather my neighbor Phil. I had volunteered for both of the President’s campaigns, a fact that could not be lost on any of my mostly Democrat neighbors, as my yard was filled with signs!…
Remembering Martin Luther King Jr. “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” ~ Martin Luther King Jr. ~ This year, Martin Luther King Jr. Day actually falls on his birthday, January 15; the federal holiday is observed on the third Monday of January. I share with you…
My Words and I Sometimes, my words and I stand alone. Never really meaning to be a part of anything or anyone – I am not an us, a we or them and my words are neither poetry, nor prose or verse. We simply are – we exist for ourselves, alone, unencumbered by society…
The Ubiquitous Egret In Florida, egrets appear to be everywhere, including my back yard; thus I think we sometimes overlook their beauty and splendor. I spotted this guy hanging out on the west coast of the state, enjoying one of his many habitats, and thought about how fortunate I was to be…
Happy New Year There are very few things that my Mother managed to hold on to, in her life, for more than fifty years; thus this post card is of special intrigue to me and perhaps you. I imagine that the reason my Mother kept the card was because of the vista, on…
Public Art at a Missouri Rest Stop We pulled into a rest stop, in Missouri, and were greeted by this clever little man. We are all more aware of things that go wrong than what goes right; an untidy rest stop can sour not only the moment, but our overview of…
To love a painting is to feel that this presence is… not an object but a voice. ~ Andre Malraux ~ Parakeets and Gold Fish Bowl by Louis Comfort Tiffany “Tiffany created this window specifically for the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago, claiming that it ‘illustrates most perfectly the possibilities…
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