Inspiration for Artists

In Chicago, President Barak Obama and his family are understandably immensely popular, as this is their home turf. Wandering around the city last week, I happened on this temporary exhibition. It’s a lot of fun, and showed (again) just how many people Obama inspired in various ways.
“Inspired Art for Obama” is an exhibition of prints, [...]

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One Success for Earth Day

Yesterday, April 22, was Earth Day, and in some places the concept has been expanded to Earth Week, as more and more people become aware of how important this earth of ours is and how endangered it is.
Earth Day all year would be a good idea, but let’s celebrate any success, however small, in saving some part [...]

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Portrait of a Daffodil

“Daffodils” (1804)
By William Wordsworth (1770-1850).
“I WANDER’D lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o’er vales and hills,      

When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.” (Continued below)
 
I was a school student in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), which was a [...]

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You know it’s summer season approaching when…

When you hit Road Works on the highways.
In the USA, you know summer season is fast approaching when the road works begin. Road conditions take a heavy pounding from high traffic volume and winter weather conditions. So, come the warmer weather, we begin to see orange and white signs, flashing lights and restricted lanes, as [...]

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Invitation to the Spa

A different sort of post for me, but fun nevertheless!

My first spa experience and it was fun. Part of a Christmas gift from Joanna. A new experience like this could be a bit intimidating at first, but it wasn’t, not with Joanna to explaining the procedure. Plus the young Thai guy who attended to me [...]

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