Dear AmericaJust checking inI’m worried about youI hear you aren’t doing well.Fascism knocked on your doorI hope you didn’t let it in. We know democracy isn’t perfectAlways a work in progressBuilt as a scaffold for humanityThe constitution gives us the tools to growmore perfect with ageCreated by enlightened menIn an age when only white privilegeContinue reading “Dear America”
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Lottie Johl, International Women’s Day 2025
March 8th is International Women’s Day, this is a blog about a working girl back in the 1800’s who wanted to change her life. Change is especially hard when no one around you wants to let you do it.
Lottie Johl
She was just LottieOne of Bodie’s working girls.Her past colored her present and her futureShe could do nothing to change it. She married a respectablebusiness owner Eli Johl who wasA butcher and owner of the City Market.Yet, even that could not erase her past sins. How do you out live your past?Decisions made under pressure,OrContinue reading “Lottie Johl”
Life Passages- Take 2
At first, I saw this couple in the boat going into the tunnel of love, romance, and all. Eventually, it occurred to me that maybe this was a tunnel of complacency, not paradise, I wanted to push it further and talk about what life could be like if we think past a typical life experience and explore new paths.
Walkabout
A walkabout could be what we all need when transition comes in to our lives. The last line of the poem above says, “Take up your dreams, visions and courage, get out and explore so you can find the road that is yours to follow.”
Pillars
Today marks the beginning of a new direction that my art wants to go.
On to the Next Adventure 