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My best memories

Posted in Reasons I'll need Therapy, What Was She Thinking, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on March 26, 2008 | 2 Comments »

My mother joined our household, of four, for a family Easter. One grandson, who is only home in the summers now, is working in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Our oldest daughter and family (with three grandsons) had their own celebration in So Bend. Eight other grandchildren, who live in Wyoming, have long been missing from [...]

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My new banner

Posted in Art I love, Nature, Painting in Realism, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on March 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I did it!! And,  it didn’t even take two years. I changed my banner. These are three of my paintings.
The middle pastel is of a lady I saw in Seattle. I used to travel across the U.S. to place my art in galleries, exhibit at sales and enter art competitions.
While I was in Seattle, [...]

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Rainy days and My Brother, David VanVleck

Posted in Home Again in Indiana, My Weird Family, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on March 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

It is raining in central Indiana. Since I grew up in northwestern Indiana, this does not surprise me. It is the reason that all I want to do is stay in, drink hot oolong/Jasmine tea and curl up under a blanket with a good book.
 
Actually, I love the rain. One of my favorite memories is camping [...]

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Who I am: blogging and art.

Posted in Art I love, Blogging, Humor in Life, Reasons I'll need Therapy, What Was She Thinking, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on March 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I am someone who has had incredible problems just responding to a blog. I am currently banging my head on a brick wall in figuring out how to “blog.” I’m sure there is a Blogging for Dummies book out there, but I refuse to buy it. I’ve been like that since I bought a KAYPRO, way [...]

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Grandpa’s bootlegger days

Posted in Home Again in Indiana, My Weird Family, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on March 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I never met my maternal grandfather, since he died before I was born, and I was only one year old when my maternal grandmother died. They had six children and they live through the stories their children tell. 
 
Memories have a way of reinventing themselves and I have listened to many family discussions that disagree.  [...]

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