I’ve started this post several times… About dementia, about sudden changes, and each time I don’t get far and now it has come to this “ending” of sorts. writing about my mom, dementia, grief, the whole thing. “My Mom has … Continue reading
Originally published on dkatiepowellart. It is a pitiful drawing, altogether too cheery, but it was the middle-of-the-night and I had only my watercolor-filled pens. I was horrified about what I’d read in the Oregonian. *yeah i know i should not … Continue reading
I am reading about State versus Federal laws and Sanctuary in the Oregon Humanities magazine this morning. I hang my head as to what Our country has become. Maybe it always was this but I did not know, but I … Continue reading
I am glad I am sharing life with Mitchell… We have kittens for our anniversary present to ourselves, and it is not quite what we anticipated. We imagined they’d be in the bathroom for a couple days, then be able … Continue reading
I didn’t need to rhyme with moo because mu or wu is familiar to me from my twenty-year-old mixed up college self, when my brother came over dropped off a stack of books about Buddhism and said, “These will serve … Continue reading
The interview below got me thinking about what I want in a friendship. I’ve not put my conscious mind to it in ages… Mitchell is by far my best friend and he is also my loverman… and a man… not … Continue reading
its been a surprising two days. i was hit by a mack truck emotionally — NOT by my husband but someone who i was in a committed relationship with, a friendship. i was told that my angry emotions were unacceptable … Continue reading
Discovering the joy of art
A blog about writing, society, and life itself
living the artist's life
un fotografo tranquillo, semplicemente
amateur artist, public servant, work-aholic, creative reuse junkie
. . . the life of my alter-ego
Things are not as they are seen, nor are they otherwise
Downloads from my head, one file at a time
Loves cats, writes mysteries.
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Learning and teaching the art of composition.
Hey Did You Know I Write Books
...my travels, my life!
Seventeenth- and eighteenth-century English and Irish furniture &c.
Fountain pens, ink, paper, watercolor and more
Curiosity run amok . . .
real life with a side of snark
Eye spy, love speak, Volkswagen, or this is how we take word power back.
Blog of my art work.
Virtual verse from a viewpoint
Textile Art by Johanna Flanagan
"Wherever you go, go with all your heart " Confucius.
My Progress in Painting
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Plein-air pen and wash on paper
Experimenting with fountain pen ink to further it’s creative potential for use within the visual arts.
My journey through photography
The experiences of a family who have relocated from Scotland to Pennsylvania
