The Backstreet Of Portofino

The Backstreet Of Portofino

      In The Beginning  In ancient times before the internet, cell phones, and Amazon, my husband and I took our first trip out of the U.S.A.  How did that happen? My little secret was: I filled out all the information postcards from various travel magazines...
Dear Mr. Chihuly

Dear Mr. Chihuly

Unfinished Business Somewhere after 1997 and 1998, my father was moved to Sylvia Thompson’s Assisted Living in Sedalia, Missouri with Alzheimer’s Disease. When Dad no longer knew me, a part of my life died. I had been actively painting and was represented...
Pots and Jars

Pots and Jars

On April 1, 1987 my family and I left Sonic corporate for the franchisee world. We had the opportunity to buy the remaining six corporate Sonic Drive-Ins in Arizona. The Arizona drive-ins had not done well with the Midwest Sonic name identification and were operating...
Skylight Iris

Skylight Iris

Faced with many Oklahoma days of being alone while my children went to school and my husband being at work in and out of town, I found that painting spring flowers made me feel like myself. I found a small picture in a magazine of a Dutch iris. I was a serious...
Good Morning, Hello!

Good Morning, Hello!

At this time, 1986, we were living in Edmond, Oklahoma. I love gardening and flowers. I planted a beautiful pink geranium in an older terracotta pot, and placed it on the ledge above the main sink in the kitchen. This wonderful plant greeted me every morning with such...

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