“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...

"What we call the wisdom that comes with age is usually simple caution." -Jessica Zafra The current chief pastime among family and...

“Beauty, strength, and youth are flowers but fading; Duty, faith, and love are roots and ever green.” – George Peele As February flees,...

“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...

“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...

"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,...

"I prefer winter and fall, when you feel the bone structure of the landscape. The loneliness of it, the dead feeling of winter. Something...

”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...

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....

"Life is not just the passing of time. Life is the collection of experiences and their intensity." – Jim Rohn We are approaching nine...

Susan Graeber describes herself as a “painter of color and light”. She also lists her artistic influences as Fairfield Porter, Neil...

"If the only prayer you said in your whole life was 'thank you,' that would suffice." - Meister Eckhart As Thanksgiving draws closer, so...

“Be selective with your battles. Sometimes peace is better than being right." -Unknown The past months we have experienced the perfect...

"Nostalgia is like a grammar lesson; you find the present tense but the past perfect!" -Owens Lee Pomeroy Another autumnal celebration...

“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...

“The family is one of nature’s masterpieces.” – George Santayana This week, Acme is advertising their free turkey special and sales on...

“Piglet sidled up to Pooh from behind; "Pooh!" he whispered. "Yes, Piglet?" "Nothing," said Piglet, taking Pooh's paw. "I just wanted to...

“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...

"Autumn carries more gold in its pocket than all the other seasons." – Jim Bishop As a retired educator, autumn is my spring. Fall...

“Art is an escape from reality.” – Henri Matisse There is a massive construction project taking place near my home. It is amazing to...