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What if a look into a mirror could reveal the depths of one’s worldview? I share with you this morning a poem by French surrealist poet,...

Costumes from an installation at CMA A few days ago, Rett and I took the twins to the Columbus Museum of Art where we experienced several...

Tajo as "Mephistopheles" in Gounod's Faust Following T.S Eliot's advice to "only connect", I write to reach back to my mentors and...

The Cambridge Dictionary defines mentoring as: The act or process of helping and giving advice to a younger or less experienced person,...

Happy New Year! January is named after the Roman god Janus, who presided over doors and beginnings – appropriately enough, for the...

Merry Christmas CPW

Carol of the Elves Mrs. Claus, this time of year, Is busy loading shelves With lots of toys for girls and boys, Each made by Santa's...

Winter Solstice 2022 In Columbus, Ohio, USA: Wednesday, December 21, 2022 at 4:48 pm EST The winter solstice is the time of year when the...

Today I joyfully share with you a truly musical artist-Julian Bream, lutenist; an "angel we have heard on high!" Lute- a stringed musical...

Saint Nicholas Day, also called the Feast of Saint Nicholas, is observed on 6 December or on the eve of 5 December in Western Christian...

Painting by Jacque Pépin 11/27/22 The inspiration for this blog post came from Dean Sluyter’s book of the same title. Shout out to...

On this special day devoted to gratitude, I offer my thanks to my family, friends, and readers for taking time to observe the contents of...

chiaroscuro, (from Italian chiaro, “light,” and scuro, “dark”), technique employed in the visual arts to represent light and shadow as...

https://youtu.be/X03lvK7qoco I recently discovered Samara Joy. She IS the real thing! I'm probably late to the party, but I'm glad I...

One looks into the stall, And what does one see? An interesting creature Looking back at me. With this creature I seem to be aligned, But...

THE WHEEL At the first strokes of the fiddle bow the dancers rise from their seats. The dance begins to shape itself in the crowd, as...

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Nature’s first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf’s a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So...

As one drives westward down Junk Road, one expects to see expansive fields of soybeans and corn, an ever changing magnificent sky, and a...

10/6/22 Heaven is closed and hell's overcrowded So I think I'll just stay where I am So many people, well it sure is lonely Who even...