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These are all the holidays in December. Hanukkah For eight days each November or December, Jews light  a special candle holder called a menorah.  Three Kings Day At the end of the Twelve Days of Christmas comes a day called … Continue reading →

This is the last line in one of my daily mantras. Being grateful for what I have instead of praying for what I don’t have is how I have lived for the last fifteen years. I don’t consider myself an … Continue reading →

April 21, 2021 Monday afternoon while browsing Facebook, I read a New York Times article a friend posted “There’s a Name for the Blah your feeling: It’s Called Languishing”” by Adam Grant . I listened to Adam’s reading of his … Continue reading →

I have drawn more in the last month then I have in two years. It feels good. My biggest struggle is figuring out what to draw and if it will be just graphic or colored pencils. Some of my colored … Continue reading →

February 25, 2021 Today, I received my first dose of the Pfizer vaccine! My second dose is scheduled for March 18th. The COVID-19 pandemic has kept us all isolated in our homes since March 2020 and during that time we … Continue reading →

Day 10 of this challenge, I just picked up this pinecone that sits amongst my collection of stones in a round basket on my coffee table. Then I drew for an hour or so. Yes, there are days I think … Continue reading →

I’m currently reading four different books, two on my iPad and two paperbacks. I started Ibram X. Kendi’s How To Be An Antiracist on my iPad last summer after reading Stamped: Racism, Antiracism & You by Jason Reynolds & Kendi. … Continue reading →

Day 309 of the COVID-19 Pandemic January 18, 2021 Uncertainty hangs in the air. I’m not teaching this semester and it feels like I’m forgetting to do something. I am a writing consultant for the University Writing Center but that … Continue reading →

From journal entry May 30, 2020 – Day 78 of “Stay Home Stay Safe” As I was sanding my new deck coffee table it accorded to me that designing, creating/building, and finishing this project was similar to the writing process … Continue reading →