Thoughtful Thursday: Marsh Madness
“POOR MARCH. It is the homeliest month of the year. Most of it is mud, every imaginable form of mud, and what isn’t mud in March is ugly...
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Rusty Poisson
- Mar 5, 2021
- 2 min
Thoughtful Thursday: Taking Risks
"What we call the wisdom that comes with age is usually simple caution." -Jessica Zafra The current chief pastime among family and...
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Rusty Poisson
- Feb 25, 2021
- 2 min
Thoughtful Thursday: Green with Envy
“Beauty, strength, and youth are flowers but fading; Duty, faith, and love are roots and ever green.” – George Peele As February flees,...
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Rusty Poisson
- Feb 19, 2021
- 2 min
Thoughtful Thursday: The Cure for Winter Woes and Frozen Toes
“The weather is nature’s disruptor of human plans and busybodies. Of all the things on earth, nature’s disruption is what we know we can...
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Rusty Poisson
- Jan 28, 2021
- 2 min
Thoughtful Thursday: Life's Stories
“Stories have to be told or they die, and when they die, we can't remember who we are or why we're here.”-- Sue Monk Kidd Several...
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Rusty Poisson
- Jan 22, 2021
- 2 min
Thoughtful Thursday: Hope
"Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness." -Desmond Tutu We have experienced dark days this past year,...
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Rusty Poisson
- Jan 14, 2021
- 1 min
Thoughtful Thursday: Soothing Stillness
"I prefer winter and fall, when you feel the bone structure of the landscape. The loneliness of it, the dead feeling of winter. Something...
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Rusty Poisson
- Dec 31, 2020
- 3 min
Thoughtful Thursday: The New Year, Far and Wide
”It’s New Year’s Day Hurray! Hurray! The old year’s past and gone away. We’ll raise our glasses and make a toast, because this Now and...
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Rusty Poisson
- Dec 18, 2020
- 2 min
Artist to Artist: Julie Riker by Bill Schmidt
I first met Julie Riker in June 2011 when I was the Master Artist and Mentor for the Artists Colony at the Gettysburg Arts Festival....
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Rusty Poisson
- Dec 10, 2020
- 3 min
Thoughtful Thursday: Joy Without Time Constraints
"Life is not just the passing of time. Life is the collection of experiences and their intensity." – Jim Rohn We are approaching nine...
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Rusty Poisson
- Dec 3, 2020
- 2 min
Artist to Artist: “Fan Letter” to Susan Graeber by John Eiseman
Susan Graeber describes herself as a “painter of color and light”. She also lists her artistic influences as Fairfield Porter, Neil...
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Rusty Poisson
- Nov 19, 2020
- 3 min
Thoughtful Thursday: Glass Half Full
"If the only prayer you said in your whole life was 'thank you,' that would suffice." - Meister Eckhart As Thanksgiving draws closer, so...
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Rusty Poisson
- Nov 12, 2020
- 2 min
Thoughtful Thursday: Finding Peace
“Be selective with your battles. Sometimes peace is better than being right." -Unknown The past months we have experienced the perfect...
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Rusty Poisson
- Nov 6, 2020
- 2 min
Thoughtful Thursday: With an uncertain future, hold onto the past
"Nostalgia is like a grammar lesson; you find the present tense but the past perfect!" -Owens Lee Pomeroy Another autumnal celebration...
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Rusty Poisson
- Oct 30, 2020
- 2 min
Thoughtful Thursday: October's Grand Finale
“There is a child in every one of us who is still a trick-or-treater looking for that brightly-lit front porch.” -Robert Brault Fall is...
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Rusty Poisson
- Oct 22, 2020
- 2 min
Thoughtful Thursday: On Art & Family
“The family is one of nature’s masterpieces.” – George Santayana This week, Acme is advertising their free turkey special and sales on...
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Rusty Poisson
- Oct 15, 2020
- 3 min
Thoughtful Thursday: Friends, Indeed
“Piglet sidled up to Pooh from behind; "Pooh!" he whispered. "Yes, Piglet?" "Nothing," said Piglet, taking Pooh's paw. "I just wanted to...
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Rusty Poisson
- Oct 8, 2020
- 2 min
Thoughtful Thursday: Artistic License
“No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.” – Oscar Wilde During the plein air...
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Rusty Poisson
- Oct 1, 2020
- 2 min
Thoughtful Thursday: Autumn's Glory
"Autumn carries more gold in its pocket than all the other seasons." – Jim Bishop As a retired educator, autumn is my spring. Fall...
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Rusty Poisson
- Sep 24, 2020
- 3 min
Thoughtful Thursday: Finding Reality through Art
“Art is an escape from reality.” – Henri Matisse There is a massive construction project taking place near my home. It is amazing to...
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