Thursday, March 8, 2012
Thursday, March 1, 2012
This blog has been sadly neglected, as have many of my projects. I blame this on Facebook, but actually it is just my own disorganization and lack of ambition that is at fault.
I started this blog to showcase my art. But I see no pictures of my art posted anywhere. So I hope to remedy that now. The paintings you see posted on here were done for my own enjoyment. Some of them I still possess, others have been given away as gifts, or sold.
I work in oils, watercolors, colored pencils, and occasionally pastels. I hope you enjoy them. I invite viewers to make comments.
I work in oils, watercolors, colored pencils, and occasionally pastels. I hope you enjoy them. I invite viewers to make comments.
Thursday, February 5, 2009
The Beginning
As if I didn't have enough to do in my life, here I go starting another blog. I have several groups where I blog already, and quite honestly, I don't do any of them justice by starting a new page. But for some reason, I just love to write and express myself, however poorly.
For starters, I want to share a little information about myself, nothing too personal, just a few facts about my hobbies and career, and some generalizations about my family.
I'm a registered nurse. I have worked in long term care facilities, and hospitals, but keep coming back to the long term care. I like being able to develop a relationship of sorts with the people I care for. Hospitals can be quite exciting, and it's nice to be able to send someone home after they have healed, but often I would take care of a patient one day, then never see them again.
In the nursing home, I get to know the residents quite well. They become part of my extended family. It hurts when they pass away, but often we send them home to live if they improve, so we do have happy endings, too. I get to know their likes and dislikes, joke with them, and share dreams and family news back and forth. I'll continue to work in long term care until I can retire.
I am an artist and writer in my "spare" time. I love painting with oils and watercolors, and drawing with pencils. I have sold many paintings, but still keep a few on hand, which are often on display in local nursing homes, and at our local bank. My parents have an art gallery in their home, with many of my works on display there. I have also worked with ceramics in the past, and especially enjoyed doing a "dry brush technique." I loved making those white bisque birds and animals come to life with the ceramic paints.
My writing has taken me to many different worlds. My local world has most of my stories and articles. I write a weekly column for the local newspaper, and have a couple of other newspapers that sometimes print an article or two. I have written several short stories, many poems, and have two novels in the works. I have worked as assistant editor to The Clifton News-Tribune in the past, and enjoyed working as a reporter for that paper as well as selling ads and helping with the typesetting and layout of the paper. I would have bought the paper before it closed, except my husband didn't want to be tied down to a newspaper every week. I still wish I could have bought it.
I have been married for 38 years, and raised 4 children. We now have 9 grandchildren and would like at least one more, but could be happy with what we have. The family all lives close by and we love getting together frequently for a good meal and companionship.
My parents are both still living and are happy to remain on the farm where my dad grew up. I lived there myself until I left for college and marriage. That farm will always be "home" to me.
I have an adorable little dog, named Cuddles. She is half Bichon Frise and half Springer Spaniel. Right now she is sitting beside me on the floor, begging me to take her outside for a potty break, so guess I'd best save myself a mess and obey her commands. TaTa for now.
For starters, I want to share a little information about myself, nothing too personal, just a few facts about my hobbies and career, and some generalizations about my family.
I'm a registered nurse. I have worked in long term care facilities, and hospitals, but keep coming back to the long term care. I like being able to develop a relationship of sorts with the people I care for. Hospitals can be quite exciting, and it's nice to be able to send someone home after they have healed, but often I would take care of a patient one day, then never see them again.
In the nursing home, I get to know the residents quite well. They become part of my extended family. It hurts when they pass away, but often we send them home to live if they improve, so we do have happy endings, too. I get to know their likes and dislikes, joke with them, and share dreams and family news back and forth. I'll continue to work in long term care until I can retire.
I am an artist and writer in my "spare" time. I love painting with oils and watercolors, and drawing with pencils. I have sold many paintings, but still keep a few on hand, which are often on display in local nursing homes, and at our local bank. My parents have an art gallery in their home, with many of my works on display there. I have also worked with ceramics in the past, and especially enjoyed doing a "dry brush technique." I loved making those white bisque birds and animals come to life with the ceramic paints.
My writing has taken me to many different worlds. My local world has most of my stories and articles. I write a weekly column for the local newspaper, and have a couple of other newspapers that sometimes print an article or two. I have written several short stories, many poems, and have two novels in the works. I have worked as assistant editor to The Clifton News-Tribune in the past, and enjoyed working as a reporter for that paper as well as selling ads and helping with the typesetting and layout of the paper. I would have bought the paper before it closed, except my husband didn't want to be tied down to a newspaper every week. I still wish I could have bought it.
I have been married for 38 years, and raised 4 children. We now have 9 grandchildren and would like at least one more, but could be happy with what we have. The family all lives close by and we love getting together frequently for a good meal and companionship.
My parents are both still living and are happy to remain on the farm where my dad grew up. I lived there myself until I left for college and marriage. That farm will always be "home" to me.
I have an adorable little dog, named Cuddles. She is half Bichon Frise and half Springer Spaniel. Right now she is sitting beside me on the floor, begging me to take her outside for a potty break, so guess I'd best save myself a mess and obey her commands. TaTa for now.
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