November 2015 The day before New Year’s Eve, Frank and I decided to stop by a shelter run by a Tica Veterinarian, Dra. Milena to look at dogs that needed rescue. It had been in my mind for awhile thinking that Seurat would enjoy a pal. We’d tried a few...
July 2015 Turning off the water, I glanced up to the square window above the sink and just stopped to take a longer look in the morning almost light. I had been thinking about Frank and how I missed him. My eyes traced the patterns and edges of the tangled masses of...
June, 2015 It was time to shore up the eroding slope in front of my house – and extend my front yard. High on the mountain, the Prince of Peace watched over the valley On Tuesday, June 2 our ‘Prince of Peace’ statue that stood high on a rock at the northern...
June, 2015 One of my favorite subjects to paint in Costa Rica are the blue leaves that line the highway along the southern Pacific coastline. Whenever someone says to me that I must get tired of painting green in Costa Rica, I think about these leaves – where I...
I arrived in Costa Rica in 2008, addicted. Unlike addiction to heroin or cocaine, my addiction was socially acceptable and even proudly proclaimed. I was part of up to 70% of north Americans who are addicted to sugar. I have beat my addiction – but mostly because I...
March, 2015 I had the exhilarating pleasure of hosting a group of three women who previously were unknown to me or each other for a five day Painting Intensive at my place! Such a great time! On the third day they wanted to learn how to paint a white object –...
February, 2015 It was the end of February, and just a couple of weeks from the anniversary date I was both looking forward to as well as dreading – the year anniversary of Frank’s death that happened so suddenly on March 10 2014. On this particular day I was following...
