Day 2822: Today was quiet.

"Girl, dreaming": ink brush drawing, watercolor & digital collage. For Ann

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Today was quiet. somehow the day moved on without me. 

When I was talking to Ann this evening I mentioned that when 

I was in the garage Wednesday, I sat rummaging at my desk 

with my phone and I started taking random shots. 

I found an unfinished Eastside project from two years ago. 

Here, for Ann, is WIZ, found in my garage dig.

    I think he was to be a bottle stopper?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Just because ...

Great Blue Heron (ardea heridias)

 

Smiles for Saturday ...

Day 2803: Free Time.

"Star": marker, junk mail collage, color postcard.

A step-by-step postcard.

1.

Marker sketch, a pencil would be better.

2.

3.

4.

Utilizing a marker, junk mail collage on heavy watercolor paper.

Permanent glue stick & brayer, 1 hour, 13 pieces.

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A lot of us have the idea that we need to be accomplishing something to make the most of our time, even if it’s time we only have because we literally can’t go anywhere or do anything else.

Suddenly, the files we’ve been meaning to organize, the photos we’ve been meaning to digitize, the plants we’ve been meaning to separate, and the reading lists we’ve been meaning to get to seem a little more pressing. I hope we can resist the lure of constant productivity which keeps us from enjoying the things we do. 

There are unseen stresses for everyone during times like these, 

and if all we want is to lie in a hammock and count 

our blessings, then by all means, we should do so.

 Free time can stay just that: Free.

A bright idea

Get ready to smile, or at least learn a lot about smiling. Yale University's massively popular "happiness" course, technically called "The Science of Well Being", is available to audit for free online! The course offers insights from psychology and neuroscience about what drives happiness, and then challenges students to experiment with behavior change exercises to help rewire the brain. It was a campus sensation and became available online about two years ago. Here's a quick lesson from course creator Laurie Santos: Happiness doesn't come from complex desires. "We miswant things. We think we need to change our life circumstances to become happier," she says. But "what plays a much bigger role are our simple practices, simple acts like making a social connection, or taking time for gratitude, or taking time to be in the present moment."

Smiles (10) for Monday ...

by Rachel Swanson

 

Day 2801: My hair is on time-out!

"High Hair": ink, watercolor, acrylic on a fold-out journal page

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definitely TMI:

My hair is on time-out!

I heard myself say that yesterday as I talked to Ann. 

From a safe distance, on the phone, almost daily. 

As soon as I said it, I knew it would today's headline. 

You see my hair has taken this retirement thing to the extreme. 

Half have left for Florida!

What's left isn't happy not to have gone and I suspect 
are sneaking a few out with every shower and brushing. 

My hair used to be so accommodating, but not now. 

So, as a time out, I have pulled all remaining hair 

into an old lady bun, until things get better. 

My hairdresser, Julie, says that it happens with age.

I say no, it's a mutiny and they are all awol.

Just because ... 

Valais Blacknose

Smiles (10) for Saturday ...