Bordeaux Sketches — Grocery to Table. . .

 We’re off paddling this morning, but I have just enough time to share a couple of pages from my Bordeaux sketchbook. . . Top left, the sheep’s yoghurt I loved (the shapely little glass decorated…

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Maybe I’m Comin’ Around . . .

With apologies to Steve Earle. . . and with many thanks to you for your empathy. . . Thought it might reassure you to know that I sketched a page in my journal yesterday. It…

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Not (Quite) Drowning, Thank You for Waving Back. . .

Title’s a reference to Stevie Smith’s poem, “Not Waving but Drowning”, in case you don’t know it. . . .  Late posting this week — I tripped over something that sent me into a puddle of…

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How To Visit an Art Gallery . . . .And Make Connections. . . Early Steps. . .

First, let me tell you that I posted myhalf-year reading listover on my Reading Blog, if you’re looking for new titles . . Last post here, I mentioned some on-site sketching with a Ten as…

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Halfway Through My Reading Year, A List for You. . . .

Tomorrow will be two months since I last posted here. Perhaps next year, I’ll fold this blog back into my primary blog, but for now, I’m content enough with the compromise of keeping a physical…

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