The chair to sit in....

Adirondack chairs and large letters handcarved.

Posting Good-bye

Pages from my sketchbook greatly reduced. I enjoy sketching faces; some work, some don't, but I sure learn a lot about what's in a face!  This is my May and June submission for a postcard exchange I participate in.


Sarah Burke, X Games Gold Medalist, 9/3/1982–1/19/2012


Maria Colvin, journalist, 1/12/1956–2/22/2012

Dick Clark, producer, 11/30/1929–4/18/2012

Nora Ephron, writer, 5/19/1941–6/26/2012

Andy Griffith, actor, 6/1/1926–7/3/2012

Yet another reason to love June

We wait all year for the few weeks that the peonies are in bloom. What a flower!

I'll have what she's having.

"Though Nora had no delusions about being forever young—she famously felt bad about her neck, concealing it beneath turtlenecks and scarves (though, honestly, it was a perfectly pleasant neck to look at)—she remained forever curious, engaged, out on the prowl. That’s what was amazing about her. She never fell into that older person’s trap: that closed feedback loop of the same old friends, the same old war stories, the same old movies, the same old DVR’d programs, the same old recipes, the same old restaurants. In every sense, she stayed hungry."

Enjoy this short and humorous tribute to Meryl Streep by Nora at her best. 

To women, "Be the heroine of your life, not the victim."