Lazy Pepper

21" wide by 15" high

acrylic on textured canvas

"Swingin' in the Blue"

16" by 20"

She Hears A Symphony

21" by 15 1/2"

Acrylic on Canvas

Valentine Painting: I Heart You!

Acrylic and collage on gallery frame canvas, 10" by 8."

"Lady Sings the Blues"

New painting...

24" by 18"

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to everyone from both of us.

"Dreams from my Father"

I finally got around to reading Barack Obama's first book. Wow. He's a really good writer. On top of it, he's got a great story to tell!

Different Country, Same Old Story

for girls...in the Washington Post today:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/28/AR2008122802005.html

Big Day

Today is both Jim's and Carey's birthday!

The National Gallery of Art

So...I took a couple of hours yesterday and went down to the National Gallery of Art to see the exhibit on Pompeii:

http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/pompeiiinfo.shtm

New Painting "All That Jazz...Riffs"

Which way do you like it?

My Birthday Cake

Jim surprised me with this birthday cake at the end of the fundraiser holiday party at Bob and Judy Jackson's, and everyone who was still there sang Happy Birthday to me and Judy, who it turns out had a birthday on the 11th.

New Painting

"It's Magic! Swing Red"

24" by 36"

Acrylic and Collage on Gallery Frame Canvas

Blatant Women-Bashing Makes a Gut-Wrenching Comeback

Mom sent me this link the other day:

The Bitch and the Airhead: Blatant Women-Bashing Makes a Gut-Wrenching Comeback

http://www.alternet.org/reproductivejustice/107855

Trevor and Florin, Summer 2008

Stephanie and Chuck's kids...ages 1 and 3

Funny 2008 Campaign Button

We're Baaack!

To DC late last night from a week at the cabin...had a great time...only took a few photos...

Captions in reverse order of photos....

Jim looking at the Hudson from the banks of the Samuel F.B. Morse estate in Hyde Park after we took a tour of the place.

Geese on the banks of the RoeJan near Silver Nails where Jim put in to run the river.

Jim in some big piece of farm equipment at the Dutchess County Fair.

Book Recommendation

Martha Beck's "Leaving the Saints: How I Lost the Mormons and Found my Faith."

The Booksigning on July 30

Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, Eleanor Smeal and Hillary Clinton at the reception at the Sewall Belmont House and Museum for the launch of Maloney's book "Rumors of Our Progress Have Been Greatly Exaggerated."