I found a memory the other dayYosemite Falls 2010, I was thereLearning to see beyond the immediateLooking it squarely in the face through a 400mm lens Sharing a moment of beauty unbound by it’s wallsThe roar of the water echoing across the ValleyOr was that my heart pumping with enraptured overflow I was taking itContinue reading “My Waterfall Garden”
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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.
The Silence of Snow
As I read the morning news and the cacophony of chaos these days, I realize that so many people, companies, groups, etc need to make their voices heard for one reason or another.
All this noise has brought me today to think about the sound of snow falling.
You are the Pebble the World Needs
It is the day before Thanksgiving here in the United States, and all of the bloggers I read are offering ways to get through what is always a trying holiday for some and this year it is more trying for many of us. Here is my perspective.
Lessons from Mother Nature
Life goes on-I know I say this oftenHowever, it is true Life’s a precarious businessGardening can teach you about these thingsPlanting a seedling is likeGiving birth to a new beingIt’s survival depends on care and feedingGood soil and fertilizerThe right amount of water and sunshineAll in the proper balance Gives this little plant a chanceToContinue reading “Lessons from Mother Nature”
There is Beauty in Decay
This is another photo from my Bodie abandoned series and even though the decay is very apparent, there is great beauty here also. Not just in the flowers or the sand dunes I have added, but the decay of the room is full of textures and colors that are reminiscent of this desert I live in. Mother Nature is working her magic
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”
Pillars
Today marks the beginning of a new direction that my art wants to go.
Life is a String of Boxes
I was really happy with this drawing even though these are not my personal relics, but they made me think of the things we collect throughout our lives that capture memories for us. The poem was created to further develop this thought.
Life Goes On
This pencil painting, “Life Goes On” was done in 2015, which is about mid-point to this sojourn I have been on, and is part of the “Left Hanging in Space” Series.
The poem I wrote yesterday captures the sentiment and repeats that spark of hope.
On to the Next Adventure 