Light Into Art
Introduction Back in 1927, Oscar Hammerstein set lyrics to Jerome Kern’s music and wrote “Fish got to swim, birds got to fly.” Since then, numerous artists have recorded the song, Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man, again and again. And it …
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Introduction Yesterday, I didn’t feel up to snuff, or to anything else, for that matter. Today is slightly better, thanks largely to the roses, and lilies, and hollyhocks, oh my! that are blooming in my flower beds. Yesterday, I came …
Roses, and Lilies, and Hollyhocks, Oh My! Read more »
Introduction Yesterday, I spent time doing four of my favorite activities. I read, finishing a comic mystery titled The Trouble With San Francisco (link below). I took a few photographs, including the day lily at the top of this page …
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Introduction I used to wake every morning with a song playing in my head. That hasn’t happened for quite some time. In fact, I can’t remember the last time I woke to my own internal juke box. This morning, I …
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I’m back from taking time off. It’s been a while since I last wrote anything new. I was getting overwhelmed between spending all my time writing, plus all the drama surrounding our daily life these days. I had to sit …
I’m Ba-a-a-a-ck from taking time off Read more »
It’s still April, which means it’s still National Poetry Month. Last week, I shared my two favorite poems in French, and Richard Blanco’s very powerful work. I thought that this week we’d go a bit lighter. Whether you call it …
Today–Read a Poem and Laugh Read more »
I’ve been to or through Tacoma and Pierce County, many times, but on October 3rd, 2016, Mike and I drove through on a photo excursion. If you want to read my Pierce County post from the Evergreen book, just click …
Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington Read more »
The Thomas B. Jeffrey Company started building cars in 1902. They had two models: the Jeffrey and the Rambler. In 1917, Charles W. Nash, who had just stepped down as head of General Motors, bought the company and renamed it …
C’mon, Live a Little–Drive a Rambler Read more »
In 1960, when Poppa turned down Bishop Phillips’ offer to move to Ogden, Utah, he transferred his membership to the California-Nevada Conference of the Methodist Church. With his new appointment, in June, 1960, we moved to Colusa, California. Poppa’s new …
Colusa California 1960-62 Read more »
In 1949, Ford introduced its first post-war design. Instead of having noticeable fenders covering the four wheels, the car had a slab sided profile that led to people calling it the “shoebox.” Ford wasn’t first out with such a design. …
The 1950 Shoebox Ford Custom Read more »