Monday, May 1, 2023

Pie Filling

 

Featured image: The Pie

Soul is like a pie
Filled with fruitful
Delight
Cocooned in 

Flakey crust.

Thursday, April 27, 2023

Emily Dickinson

 

Featured image: Springtime Robin

Every once in awhile, wonderful things just seem to come out of the blue. They always lead me on a very special magical journey. Fresh, exciting ideas don’t pop into my head very often, but when they do I am ever so grateful. My blog, “Oh It’s Just,” has led me on a wonderful journey of exploring birds. I have been painting birds for quite some time now and the ideas keep flowing. I wonder if they will all become something other than a sketch.

But my heart is filled with hope – and I continue……….

“Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul
And sings the tune without the words
And never stops at all.” Emily Dickinson.

Wednesday, April 26, 2023

History


 Featured image: Scattering Seeds

I believe in history. I believe that we all have a unique one-of-a-kind history that influences who we are and what we do. So when you are reading a history about something, ask yourself, "Does this historian ask a how questions or why questions and write accordingly or does this historian ask why questions, causing them to come up with predetermined answers that follow a linear thought process?" Ask yourself, "Why are historical museums organized in a linear pattern rather that in a pattern that more resembles a rhizome?" There is the root and then branches of possibilities.

Tuesday, April 25, 2023

Let It Be


 Featured image: Travelers

there is a way of knowing
not mechanical
not taught
but flowing 
within us
we just need to
let it emerge

Monday, April 24, 2023

Simple Delights


 Featured image: Little Bird

Such a gift, 
the birds
A small reflection of
life.
Dancing about 
at the feeder
spontaneous then
gathering on the platform 
Like folks gather to have 
coffee together.
Such a simple delight.

Thursday, April 20, 2023

Play

Featured image: Play Freckles Play

be an advocate for play
because play is how you
invent things