To love a painting is to feel that this presence is… not an object but a voice. ~ Andre Malraux ~ The Olive Orchard by Vincent Van Gogh This is perhaps one of the artist most subtile paintings; but one that has always appealed to me. Yes, I have fond memories of picking...
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The Monarch Butterfly and Autumn Joy Autumn Joy is a perennial which faithfully shows yearly; and produces a very pleasant purple flower, which will last through a good portion of the autumn. The problem with the plant is that when it begins to bloom, I know summer is over. Thus I have...
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Industry 4.0 I remember, while in school, being fascinated by the Industrial Revolution; so much so that when I returned to visit my grandmother, in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, the roll of film, which I shot, was of smokestacks from Bethlehem Steel not of her and I. The Industrial Revolution 1.0, mechanized and...
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Perfection – the Last Act of Rebellion She knew it was an act of rebellion, nevertheless, she finished setting the table and stepped back to take a look; the linens, china, silver, crystal and even the flowers were all perfect, exactly as she had envisioned it; though she knew that she was...
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Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur “Le shanah tovah tikateiv veteichateim,” Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, begins at sundown on September 29th and ends at nightfall on October 1, in 2019. The New Year is ushered in according to Leviticus 23, with the sounding of the Shophar, calling Jews to seek God’s forgiveness, reflecting...
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A Family of Turtles Okay, they may not be family, but when I spotted this group, sunning themselves, on a log, to me they looked like family. Regardless of their relationship to each other, they certainly made me smile. I so love when I get to observe creatures in the wild.
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Autumn Has Arrived Over the summer, while standing in line to check out of a national chain store, in California, I noticed they had a display of Halloween candy. It made me a bit sad; I was enjoying the summer and not ready to think of fall; I actually thought of saying...
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A Birthday Wish to Me I actually carry this card in my Bible, though not in Proverbs; perhaps I need to change that; I still find comfort and inspiration in her words and more importantly, His word. “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own...
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To love a painting is to feel that this presence is… not an object but a voice. ~ Andre Malraux ~ The Field Hospital by Eastman Johnson Created in 1867, the painting captures a woman, a volunteer of The Sanitary Commission, comforting a Union soldier, by helping him to write a letter. ...
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Ms. Magazine Way I was walking down 3rd Avenue, in New York City, in the rain, when I looked up and noticed Ms. Magazine Way. I did not take out my camera, but used my phone to snap this photograph, and truly wished I had someone there with me, to share the...
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