Shootin' The Breeze

I miss my dad.

No, he hasn’t passed away.

In 2017, he had a stroke. Fortunately, my mom saw the symptoms almost immediately and, within a very short time, he was whisked away by ambulance to the hospital. After a two day stay abounding in tests, medication and monitoring, he was released.

The doctors said he would fully recover.

But sometimes eve...

I have a confession to make.

I failed the written exam for my driver’s license the first time I took it.

Yes me, the straight A student, choked when it came to identifying the signage. I was shocked, devastated and super embarrassed.

Well, we’ve done it.

Almost.

We’re pretty close.

And we really weren’t even trying. In fact, getting my kicks on this famous U.S. Highway wasn’t even on my radar until 2021 when I was feeling a bit adventurous and decided to book a room at

Rarely does a day go by that I don’t get a bit of paint on my fingers, my elbow, my hair and sometimes even my face. I have been gifted almost daily with moments of inspiration: joy, sadness, and sometimes even wisdom; those moments demand attention and, in most cases, transformation, from my psyche to my now favorite medium, acrylics and paper.

And such a gift occu...

It was 2015. Our kids were in high school, we lived in Russellville, and, sans said children, we planned a getaway to, what was known at that time, as White Sands National Monument.

Nine years later.

It was 2024. Our kids ...