Posted on June 30, 2008 by Sherry
Louis Faurer captured this image called “Bowing for the Collection, French Vogue” in 1973. These vaguely art deco images never fail to capture my attention. The elegance so reminiscent of the era is simply lovely, to me at least.
Hope you all had a lovely weekend. It was somewhat chilly here, and overcast. We got some [...]
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Posted on June 29, 2008 by Sherry
The other day, On Faith, the section of the Washington Post website that deals with matters of spirituality, asked the panel and its readers to comment on the book(s) that had had a significant impact on their lives. It got me to thinking.
I had often played the mind game of “if you could only have [...]
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Posted on June 27, 2008 by Sherry
Christopher Walken at his residence, 1989 by Michael Tighe. I just find Mr. Walken one of the most interesting faces. His career has been nothing short of eclectic, he is amusing in an interview, but somehow is changeless over the decades. I just always find him fascinating. Some of the movies he does are way [...]
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Posted on June 26, 2008 by Sherry
These haunting eyes are of a Nova-Walpi, North American Indian. I sadly don’t know if Nova-Walpi is a tribe or Nova is his name. Such things didn’t seem important enough to record I guess. The picture was taken by Edward Sheriff Curtis in 1904.
One can but guess at his thoughts, a whole different life and [...]
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Posted on June 25, 2008 by Sherry
“Self Portrait, Interlocking Fingers #19, by John Coplan, 2000.
Ah, a busy morning and so we should just get to it, time is running!
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Let’s start with a good story about the media’s failure to alert us on the cause of this war of choice in Iraq. Remember, they said, whatever it was about it was certainly [...]
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Posted on June 24, 2008 by Sherry
George Krause did this beauty, entitled “Fountainhead” in 1970. I suspect that in some parts of the west, such a delightful experience would be most welcome.
Well, the garden is officially planted for the second time. I couldn’t get any more tomato plants or any sweet peppers but I did manage to get four Anaheim peppers [...]
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Posted on June 23, 2008 by Sherry
“The Barn Owl” by Kate Breakey, 2005. Usually when you think of owls, you think of their huge eyes, so incredibly round and deep. I thought this captured a very different aspect of such a beautiful creature.
A great weekend, and I hope yours was too. We did a lot of yard work and gardening Saturday [...]
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Thinking nonstop since April 15, 1950, and expressing a good deal of it. My motto: Never let knowledge get in the way of an opinion. Come join in the conversation. 
