Wrinkles and Walkers. My Dad's home from California for a visit. With him all checked in to a senior residence, I get to visit and observe the body language and wit of another generation. He's only been there a few days and I've already heard a story about a corn field and an unwelcomed manure spreader ride from a couple other residents, my kinda people. This kind of information will come in handy for a story I'm finalizing now. I'd feel …
Layered Paper Art
Paper. The amazing thing about paper is all that you can do with it. It also comes in wonderful colors, thicknesses, and textures. Another wonderful thing about it is that it can be recycled to become something new and beautiful again. What a precious resource. The hard thing about that, is that it can become so precious that it paralyzes your willingness to make free and loose markings on it. Fear of wasting expensive paper can inhibit …
Home Is Where The Heart Is
This phrase always makes me think of the song by Peter Paul and Mary of the same title. Home. A house is the physical building a person lives in. Home is a place where you feel comfortable, safe, and cared for. While I can find those things in the presence of people I love, whether it be at their homes or at public venues, I am fortunate to feel them in the place where I live as well. My house. My home. Perhaps it is because I have put so …