ROSES IN THE PITCHER
This was my first attempt at water-soluble oils, or oil paints of any kind. My mother had painted with oils, but I never dared try anything more toxic than watercolours, with five children in the house. When the last was in college, I finally did, though, it was an epiphany for me. It seemed as though the paint understood what was in my heart! With watercolour you leave the white alone and add colour. With oils, you can even add white last! Moreover, I had read that with water-soluble oils you can work with very thick paint and it will dry fine, and never crack. Given that I painted this on a canvas sheet rather than a canvas board, and that it sat in my closet for ten years, even a little bent, and NONE of the thick paint cracked, I believe it...! This was only framed on Saturday night.
Howard is first, every day of the year.
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ReplyDeleteYes, Snowball takes Cassie to the park where she meets Mr. Perfect, who is indeed a musician who works in a book store. You guys are good! There is an implication that Snowball somehow engineered the meeting, though that's only an implication. This second installment of the story takes place a few weeks later than the first, which is what made me think they were separate stories rather t han chapters in a novel. In the third installment, Cassie and Snowball go to the bookstore.
As far as I'm concerned, sticking with Blogger/Blogspot is fine. Renee, I'm sorry for the hassle. Why do these things have to happen? BTW how are you holding up in general?
Just swinging by and getting caught up a bit.
ReplyDeletelistener--I am SO impressed with the Wedding Tree painting--it really has a living spirit to it.
I agree that Renee shouldn't have to carry any more of the blog load than necessary. Although I can't help with the tech stuff, I figure easier is better. Archives are a matter of little importance, IMO. If there are some changes, it's no big deal. As long as we can communicate and are not troubled by trolls, we should be fine.
Renee--is it time for us to kick in a little money for blog costs?
And here's a general purpose {{{{{Hug}}}}} for you, Renee.
Good to see you back, Cat. Re short stories vs. novels, I am reminded of Lafcadio Hearn. I consider him one of the best short story writers in the English language, but he couldn't write a novel because (IMO) he expended so much effort on rewrites, down to the level of punctuation (which he used in unique ways). But he did publish some books called novels, which are better described as collections of short stories with a common setting. In terms of compositional mechanics Hearn was the polar opposite of Victor Hugo, who just sat down and wrote novels from beginning to end, with almost no editing. (I suspect I am largely repeating myself here. Good things bear repeating, eh?)
Still haven't gotten around to watching any of those old Flash Gordon episodes, but will. I was supposed to have court in Hayward (East SF Bay Area) tomorrow (Wednesday), but it has been postponed to Thursday. Time permitting, we will try to stop by and have lunch with Naomi.
TTFN
You know? This blog may be small, in terms of numbers of bloggers, but I truly treasure my time spent here with you guys. The subset of talent, interests, and ways of being is endlessly fascinating to me, as are the daily stories. My only gripe is that it's not enough!
ReplyDeleteWhat ya'll bring here deepens and widens my life enormously. And thank you. All and every.
You're more than welcome, puddle. I'm glad to be here.
ReplyDeleteIn some ways I wish there were more political discourse. Especially now that Prairie State Blue appears to be dead. The last new topic was posted a week and a half ago and none of the three responses I posted have drawn replies.
And it sounds like Cat's "Snowball" stories are a novel in the same sense as Hearn's.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if we'll get some of the BBB survivors? A number of places I blog are dead or dying. Maybe there' a natural life span for blogging? Facebook is fine, but doesn't lend itself to serious blogging, in my view. I think column width really has something to do with that. I *hate* feeling squinched up, lol!
ReplyDeleteThe character limit at FB is maddening. Though there seem to be different rules for posting in a group and posting personal status updates. In any case, FB is great for some things, but it will never replace blogs, not for folks with an attention span longer than that of a gnat anyway.
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