Current Affairs

  • All Used Up

    I have been trying to write about a year in review and there seems to be two years – or two different things going on at once. The pandemic is flowing over many months, it is the background noise of… Continue reading

  • Disturb the comfortable.

    "Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable." Cesar A. Cruz.   What is the role of artists in a land that is fueled by division? What can we as individuals do to balance the imbalance?   When things… Continue reading

  • Before It Is Okay

    "Freedom is being okay, before things are okay."   Freedom is when you are okay – before this or that happens. Being okay with this present moment, and knowing you can be okay if things go differently than you would… Continue reading

  • Our own free will.

    Below is a link I was given – to help me understand how some churches support Donald Trump. https://cornerstonechapel.net/?page_id=418&i=1538 In listening to this, I do understand more.   I understand why they would not want change to come to a… Continue reading

  • The Loud Few

    When I read in the paper – " the silent majority are just dying to speak up" – I thought how confused they are.  The Silent Majority doesn't speak up.  They don't go in parades that would show their sides.… Continue reading

  • Living Out Our Legacy

    We – here in the UP – are just over 2 months into Social Distancing, and learning about a new virus, and the ways it has affected our world.   It is new.   We have never been here before.… Continue reading

  • Driving on the Right!

    My Jeep is in the Body Shop for repairs from the Hit and Run.  I had planned for me to be out of town for part of it, knowing I would not be a happy mail lady delivering from a… Continue reading

  • Revolting against It

    We see the world through our beliefs, our fears and often our guilt, and even our wishes.   It is hard to get a clear view of reality.   A reality that is stripped of everything but actions.   Reality… Continue reading

  • I am Full

    While continuing to play in my basement, I listened to a podcast with Michael Gervais. His podcast is "Finding Mastery" – I can't find the one where I heard this – "Fear is the natural response to the Unknown."  They… Continue reading

  • Sunday Art is My Fuel

    Continuing to do Sunday Art feels like a luxury that is a staple.   A frivolous routine that I use to refuel myself, and escape the reality of Covid 19.   The heaviness of doing something practical overwhelmed me immediately.… Continue reading