The second day of "Mom's Birthday Nature Tour" had us floating on tubes down the New River in West Jefferson, NC. As we plunked into the lime green mammoths, I continued sending up little pleas for sunshine, like mini flares that sputtered and nearly died out as it began to sprinkle. I settled into the … Continue reading A New River
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Pilgrim
I'm still feeling it four days later. A tightness along the back of my legs next to the calf muscle, evidence of all the climbing and descending. On Thursday of last week my family and I loaded up a picnic lunch, water bottles and swim gear for a day at Hanging Rock. My son had … Continue reading Pilgrim
This Happened…
This sketch of last night's momentous occasion does not capture all that is swirling around in my heart. It does not convey our son's height correctly. Perhaps I'll always view him as a boy, instead of the man he is becoming. The sketch does not depict the entire concert choir at Glenn High School where … Continue reading This Happened…
Knitterly Sketch Journal Pages
I'm gonna try to catch you up on my yarny travels of late by way of my sketch journal devoted solely to the items I've finished knitting or crocheting. FINISHED is the key word here. A fiber project I'm working on does not get to be drawn into the journal until it is ALL DONE! … Continue reading Knitterly Sketch Journal Pages
Master Mallow Roaster
I nearly titled this post "Master Mallow Marsher". Around our house we ask, "Wanna go marsh some mallows?" As if "marsh" was the action of placing a "mallow" into a fire to roast. I looked up the history of this word and discovered that the marshmallow is actually an ancient Egyptian plant from which the … Continue reading Master Mallow Roaster
The Measure of a Life
The true measure of an artist's life is NOT *in how many drawings one makes *nor in how "good" they are *nor how much money they fetch... ...but rather in a stouthearted search for beauty in everything: *in the little as well as the big *in the mundane and the magical *in calm as well … Continue reading The Measure of a Life
Our Hero!
My husband and I often say to our youngest (age 12) daughter (pictured on the left in the above drawing)-- "You are our hero!" We say this for many reasons, but mostly because of the amazing way she handles living with Type 1 Diabetes. We said it to her when she learned this year to … Continue reading Our Hero!
A Day in the Life…
...of a couple of middle school girls. My youngest and a friend. 🙂
The Year of the Bird
(Collage by friend & fellow artist Margaret Harrison.) One year ago today I was wheeled into an operating room for the removal of what was killing me- my colon. It was Good Friday. It has been some kind of year. So much so that I can't really wrap my words around it. ... I'm still … Continue reading The Year of the Bird
New Works!
Introducing....a new series of artwork! Over the Rainbow A Landscape Series by Jennifer Edwards Now available at Southwinds Gallery 132 West Mountain Street Kernersville, NC 27284 336-993-0818 Angela Jarman, Gallery Owner Inside each of us are places we long to be. They are very real locations and yet they do not exist in the real … Continue reading New Works!