One Never Knows!

In her book, WATERCOLOR FROM WITHIN, fine artist Barbara Nechis writes about starting a painting without having any particular plan or goal in mind.  She sometimes begins by making a shape on the paper, following up with more shapes, eliminating strokes that she doesn’t want to save, and continuing until the paint and water suggest a subject. What [...]

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I can dream!

Winter has finally arrived in Wisconsin.  The Northern counties were buried in snow a few days ago, and now we “Southerners” (just north of the Illinois border) are suddenly remembering what winter is all about.  Beautiful!  Pristine!  Cold! The wind travels and moans through our lane, which is actually a wind tunnel between condo buildings.  I love the wind, [...]

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The First Day

“And God said, ‘Let there be light’ and there was light.  God saw that that the light was good, and He separated it from the darkness.  God called the light ‘day’,  and the darkness He called ‘night’.  And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.”  Genesis 1:3-5 (NIV) (Jesus is the light of the [...]

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