perspectives

  • December Days

    I have to remind myself that I have been lucky the past 4 years to be able to take two weeks off over Christmas. This year looks a little different, and even though I don’t have a real Christmas break, I have lots to be thankful for. I was able…

  • My Style

    Something that always held me back from creating was being unaware of what ‘style’ my art was. It even goes back to art school in college. I always felt like I was the only one that had trouble deciding what I wanted to paint. I would look around at the…

  • Older

    I always remember that my grandma didn’t tell anyone her age. She would avoid the question or respond with things like ‘old enough’ or something that would be an answer without stating the number. I didn’t learn her age until after she passed away. We knew she was older than…

  • Explore

    I lived in the Netherlands for a year and visited the Anne Frank House 5 times. At the school I attended, some of the kids there told me they had never been. It seems that most of us don’t visit or explore attractions and sites ~ historic, cultural or otherwise,…