In my ongoing travel journal, I say goodbye to Montana and the friends we made while there. On to Walla Walla, Washington, a place close to my heart. The Setting I grew up in a government town where nearly everyone lived in government housing with no sense of history or place. Imagine my delight when…
As my husband and I start to prepare for the next leg of this adventure, I look back on our time spent in Montana and want to share with you some of the missteps and misadventures we experienced. Accomodations We had previously purchased tickets for a concert in Missoula Montana, so we wanted to stay…
Decide to Move! One cannot easily be a wandering vagabond when tied to a house. Put your house on the market and watch it sell quicker than you thought! Our new home won’t be ready for several months so anything we wanted to keep would have to be stored. See my previous post about creativity…
Creativity in the Midst of Chaos I’ve known we would be moving for some time now. As I mentioned before, my husband had/has long COVID and cannot deal with the cold weather. This Winter/Spring/Summer has been an especially cold and damp one in the Pacific Northwest driving the message home that we need to look…
Part 3 of a series of highlights on traveling through Arizona and creating aart.
Tucson, Arizona Art Exploration Next stop was Tucson, Arizona for two weeks. The area is full of history and color. The weather was still a bit on the cool side, so the opportunity to paint inside was my creative practice of choice. I have several online lessons backed up – so many that I’ve made…
In a previous post, I wrote about how creative practices helped me through COVID. I recovered with no discernable side effects, but my husband ended up with viral pneumonia as a result. We had planned a winter trip to get out of the cold weather which was affecting his ability to breathe. For several weeks…
