A Secret From An Autumn Leaf 11/05/2017 While going through memorabilia (I'm working on a Christmas project I should have started in April) I came across a copy of a watercolor my Mom painted quite a few years ago. (I love when I stumble across these wonder filled gems.) The painting brought me back to a neighborhood filled with sweet memories. The mood of the watercolor even Eric Sloan (he was one of Mama's favorite watercolor artists) could not duplicate. The mood created through carefully chosen colors and objects that triggered
While going through memorabilia (I'm working on a Christmas project I should have started in April) I came across a copy of a watercolor my Mom painted quite a few years ago. (I love when I stumble across these wonder filled gems.) The painting brought me back to a neighborhood filled with sweet memories. The mood of the watercolor even Eric Sloan (he was one of Mama's favorite watercolor artists) could not duplicate. The mood created through carefully chosen colors and objects that triggered
Devil's Night and wise words 10/30/2017 Toilet paper, a carton of eggs (maybe two), and a bar of Ivory soap...nothing more was needed to have a perfect Devil's night in my old neighborhood. DEVIL'S NIGHT is the evening before Halloween...though no candy was involved, it was the sweetest night ever spent with the neighborhood gang. Dinner that evening was always rushed through while visions of covert missions were being planned in our heads...everyone knew what they had to do and what they had to bring... How do we sneak
Toilet paper, a carton of eggs (maybe two), and a bar of Ivory soap...nothing more was needed to have a perfect Devil's night in my old neighborhood. DEVIL'S NIGHT is the evening before Halloween...though no candy was involved, it was the sweetest night ever spent with the neighborhood gang. Dinner that evening was always rushed through while visions of covert missions were being planned in our heads...everyone knew what they had to do and what they had to bring... How do we sneak
Tell them about October things, like the MIRACLE OF THE SUN and an orphan named ANNIE. 10/19/2017 “Repeat them again and again to your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.” Deuteronomy 6:7 Yesterday was the 100th. anniversary of the MIRACLE OF THE DANCING SUN, which took place in Fatima, Portugal in 1917. John and I went to the grotto in town to say the rosary in thanksgiving for this event which was the “sign” our Blessed Mother Mary promised to give the three shepherd children so “more people would
“Repeat them again and again to your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.” Deuteronomy 6:7 Yesterday was the 100th. anniversary of the MIRACLE OF THE DANCING SUN, which took place in Fatima, Portugal in 1917. John and I went to the grotto in town to say the rosary in thanksgiving for this event which was the “sign” our Blessed Mother Mary promised to give the three shepherd children so “more people would
Angels and an old song 09/29/2017 September 29 feast of the ARCHANGELS. Michael, Gabriel and Raphael... I thought of these Angels as I began drying the morning dishes then an old love song, STREET OF DREAMS, began playing in my head and the Angels took leave. I don't know all the lyrics but the melody is romantic and its sentiments are words that often trigger memories from things my parents would talk about from their "good old days". (Songs back then had lyrics from the heart.) "...Gold silver and gold, all you can hold
September 29 feast of the ARCHANGELS. Michael, Gabriel and Raphael... I thought of these Angels as I began drying the morning dishes then an old love song, STREET OF DREAMS, began playing in my head and the Angels took leave. I don't know all the lyrics but the melody is romantic and its sentiments are words that often trigger memories from things my parents would talk about from their "good old days". (Songs back then had lyrics from the heart.) "...Gold silver and gold, all you can hold
