Free channel for international music from the last 110 years, Picasso's first...
After days of grimly gray skies and rain, it's lovely to see the sunshine again.Fantastic! This website lets you explore music from almost any country in any decade since 1900.So many obscure treasures...
View ArticleApril 12th 2016
If you are traveling, even backpacking at any age, it's handy to have backpacker's or traveler's insurance. InsureAndGo Travel Insurance, especially if you rent a moped, for example. New York Public...
View ArticleMarvin Gaye in Ostend, Belgium and other things
There are certain songs one remembers the moment one heard. In 1973, lying in the bath in London, I heard Walk On the Wild Side by Lou Reed on my boyfriend's pea green transistor radio. Indelible...
View ArticleJenny Holzer and other images
Jenny Holzer. Her art was and is so innovative. It has become part of the brocade of now. I remember when 42nd Street was bought up by Disney for gazillions. Mixed feelings here in Hell's Kitchen. 42nd...
View ArticleLate May 2016 distractions
Love watching what's for dinner in Japan. So healthy! All the interesting names and different ways of making things. Wonderful spontaneous singing in Split, Croatia on New Year's Eve (starts at...
View ArticleWebs of light on and in water
Much of my life, I've loved the net shaped light patterns that dance off water onto walls, onto the surface below the water, the sand or river bed or onto creatures swimming in the water. Water...
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Swimming pool water webs of lightRipple ReflectionsRipple theaterHow to paint pool waterHow to paint tropical water
View ArticleBeen having a rough time with my health for the last 6 months, am in need of...
Victoria's emergency survivalhttps://www.gofundme.com/29yr9pj8So sorry to ask for help. I prefer to offer help to others. Overwhelming cancer fatigue from the 3 types of cancer, asthma and an unusual...
View ArticleSummer, the poetry of light. Mesmerized by light on water patterns
Dappled, dimpled, sun spangled, reflecting, rippled, those fluid patterns mesmerize and fill me with peaceful joy.Sunlit Stream on the Oregon Coast - viaCarved Book by Guy LarameeClaude Monet, La...
View ArticleSome Indian miniature paintings
I love Indian miniature paintings of all kinds. the more abstract ones have a marvelous sense of space and color. The romantic ones are charming, often depicting moods so well, I love the ones of the...
View ArticleThe bliss of being in or near the water
Blue, aquamarine, teal, cobalt, sapphire, sea green. Sensual, languid, fun, contemplative, soothing, expansive, blissful enjoyment of being in or near the water. Floating, frothy, limpid, relaxing,...
View ArticleChristine Finley's geometries of color
Christine Finley's marvelous geometric, fractured stain glass color kaleidoscope paintings, wow.Psyche and AmoreDouble PietaAmaranthine SarangelPsyche and AmoreFuture IslandsLogos Continuous...
View ArticleSunday night in late October
A few of the quietly sublime, painted ceramic art works by Don Jones, these are from his "Atmospheres" collection.A few of the exquisite porcelain sculptures by Jennifer McCurdy. Her website. The...
View ArticleThis is life. December 2016
Years ago, in 1978, I was living in the Himalayas, in Manali, India. My boyfriend, an American who was also studying Buddhism with Tibetan lamas in India, needed to go to the next small town, Kulu, to...
View ArticleSavoring the quietly sublime art of Rockwell Kent, December 2016
Rockwell Kent (American, 1882 – 1971) • The Angel, Christmas Card, 1928Rockwell Kent, View at Asgaard , 1945Illustration by Rockwell Kent for Herman Melville's Moby DickIllustration by Rockwell Kent...
View ArticleDecember, 2016, a dark month, aching for light
Franz Sedlacek (Austrian, 1891-1945)- Evening Song (Abendlied), 1938Franz Sedlacek, Evening Landscape, 1933So, there was this scientist, Franz Sedlacek, (1891–1945) an Austrian,who had trained as a...
View ArticleHeading into 2016 Christmas, jangling all the way
Funny how dark humor can be comforting at times of grieving, horror and dread. Who would have imagined a year ago that Saturday Night Live would end up being one of the most potent political activist...
View ArticleDecember meandering, 2016
Nicolas Amiard- classic paintings rock modern tatsWhoa, so humbling. Ronnie and Donnie. Had never heard of them before today. Wow, living in such close proximity. Maybe they need to speak to the...
View ArticleRadio Garden, an amazing internet creation, free radio stations around the...
This is a Christmas present for anyone who comes to visit this little blog in the vast reaches of cyber space. Pick a place anywhere in the world and listen to their radio! Live, what is playing this...
View ArticleA little Japanese meandering
Marvelously mischievous woodblock print by the Japanese artist, Kawanabe Kyōsai. This is one of his comic images in the erotic style of Japanese art known as Shunga.Japanese grandmas dance to Bruno...
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