“If you suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy, don’t hesitate. Give in to it. There are plenty of lives and whole towns destroyed or about to be. We are not wise, and not very often kind. And much can never be redeemed. Still, life has some possibility left. Perhaps this is its way of fighting back, that sometimes something happens better than all the riches or power in the world. It could be anything, but very likely you notice it in the instant when love begins. Anyway, that’s often the case. Anyway, whatever it is, don’t be afraid of its plenty. Joy is not made to be a crumb.” – Mary Oliver
Master of the Fogg Pietà: The Lamentation over the Dead Christ, ca. ca. 1330, tempera and gold on panel, 16 5/8 by 19 3/4 inches.COURTESY HARVARD ART MUSEUMS/FOGG MUSEUM
Now this is a celebration that I can get behind! In the city of Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands a floating parade is held to celebrate the fantastical painter Hieronymus Bosch.
Rush Limbaugh Claims The ‘Common Cold’ Coronavirus Is An Effort To ‘Get Trump’ This is the guy our President just gave the Medal of Freedom to a couple of weeks ago. Hello folks?????? I refuse to put his picture on my blog – so check out the link (above) to HuffPost for the full article.LEAP DAY IMHO, Leap Day should be a Holiday in the US. Since it’s on a Saturday this year, everyone should have Friday, 2/28 off. That is all.Return to the Wild: The Chris McCandless Story Have you seen the documentary “Return to the Wild: The Chris McCandless Story”? It tells the story of Chris McCandless, an adventurer who vanished in the Alaskan wilderness. It’s an interesting but dark second look at McCandless’s story. The first was “The Call of the Wild” and in addition there was a motion picture called “Into the Wild” made based on a book by Jon Krakauer.
Anyhoo…I guess people have been traveling to the bus out in the wilderness that McCandless’s body was found in for years since his death. WHAT? And two people have died on the way there/back (?) and just recently a group from Italy had to be rescued. Here’s an article about it from Boing Boing and written by Eric Halfacre. I do recommend the documentaries as they are incredibly interesting but also very sad.
As my MFM girls Karen & Georgia would say, “Stay out of the woods!”.Chris McCandlessART APPRISH CORNER Unpainting: The Ethereal Art of Ryan Crotty by David Behringer on Design Milk.
Well, I did it. I broke down and watched ‘CHEER’ on Netflix. If you haven’t seen it, it’s about a cheer team at Navarro College in Corsicana, TX. As the saying goes…I laughed, I cried, and it became a part of me. I recommend it! Go Jerry!
BAD POP My son is going to school to become either a dietitian or occupational therapist. He’s been bugging me about drinking pop this whole last year. To date, I have not had a soda pop in 14 days. That is all.SELF-PUBLISHING AUTHORS I read tons of self-publishing authors – romance and science fiction are my favorite. The Mashable article by Sam Haysom titled “These Self-Published Authors are Actually Making a Living. Here’s How” is a hopeful and interesting read. As many people, I’ve thought about writing my own romance novel…and this article gives the public information and access to how successful self-publishers are doing it. The article also gave me some new authors to read! Art Apprish Corner One of my most favorite artists on Artfinder.com is Pavel Kuragin. I have several pieces of his work in my home and I look at his art almost every day. Pavel is from Russia and is an amazing talent.
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