Month: April 2016

This morning, I worked the Preble County Expo. For the Art Association’s Booth. Basically, the Expo is  designed to promote and market the local businesses and their products. The Chamber of Commerce is the organizer / sponsor. Usually, there are

Do you ever have that “one thing” you want to say, and there never seems to be the right opportunity to say it? I love when actors say things in movies, or on TV, and it just fits the moment

Most of you know that seven is my favorite number.  I am the seventh child of seven.  It is a good number. But for old times sake, let’s play it again, Sam. Seven days in the week, seven wonders of

  I have come to hate ads on the internet.  Yes.  I know hate is a bad word.  A strong word.  One we should use carefully, IF at all. It is when we feel intense or passionate dislike for someone….

Amnesia. We’ve all seen it.  On your occasional Soap Opera, or in a Movie.  And we say, “Oh, I’m glad I’ve never had amnesia. That would be terrible.”  Or some such phrase. But the truth of the matter is, we

“There are no safe choices. Only other choices.” — Libba Bray, A Great and Terrible Beauty “In my life, I have made the occasional catastrophic choice, and it’s just a case of moving on and learning from it.” — James

I have spun a dozen stories tonight, and nothing seems to be filling the bill.  Sometimes, this can be a little frustrating, especially when the hour is late, and I grow tired. And then….. the dreaded cranky-blanky covers up the

Art. The world needs it.  People need it.  At least, that’s what I think. When we start out, as little tiny ruffians…. we draw, we color, and cut and paste.  Some of us even eat the paste.  We dance, we

  Everything is connected.  The whole big bunch of it.  And I mean everything.  Galileo Galilei, in all his infinite wisdom, once noted, “The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can still ripen a

Random, random…. things on my mind.  It is the end of the month.  I get random, at the end of months.  Or the end of my rope. This morning, someone called me and left a message, saying,  “Please call me