Photo by Movidagrafica Barcelona on Pexels There is a pivotal monologue given by a fire chief at the center Ray Bradbury’s enduring...

Image source: Merlina McGovern I had finished cleaning up after dinner (a supposedly burnout friendly dinner from the New York Times, but...

Photo by Martin Lopez on Pexels As of midnight on May 2, the Writers Guild of America went on strike. According to this AP story, the...

Image source: Merlina McGovern In a recent post, I wrote about how much fun we had in downtown Asheville, North Carolina. What made this...

My goal in this exercise was to paint this still life study with just entirely watercolors. I was hoping to mask the few highlights, but...

Image source: Photo by Pixabay In the past couple of blog posts, I’ve been singing the praises of my newfound remote freedom as a...

Photo by samer daboul on Pexels Right now, I’m sitting down and listening to the Florence and the Machine essentials soundtrack from...

Image source: Andrea Piacquadio on Pexels It’s amazing to me how much a simple cold knocks me out as I get older. I can remember when I...

Photo by Ron Lach on Pexels I have been laid up with a terrible cold these past few days. It began last Thursday, when my left nostril...

Image source: Merlina McGovern My last painting project was a landscape done in water-soluble oil paints. It took me a long time to...

Image source: Merlina McGovern I’ve just come back from a wonderful spring trip to Asheville, North Carolina. It was my first trip there,...

Image source: Merlina McGovern I have been slow posting because my husband and I have been enjoying a vacation to Asheville, North...

Image source: Photo by Nita on Pexels Did you know that more than a quarter of US adults suffered from seasonal allergies in 2021,...

With every news story that comes out about more and more banned books, I thank my lucky stars that I live in a state where there isn't...

I’m not a super religious person, but I do love celebrating new beginnings after long winters. Being with family, talking and eating and...

Image source: Pexels, Mareefe Today was just one of those days where, even though I accomplished a lot, I feel like I accomplished...

The headline, I will admit, is a bit misleading. This post is not really about how *you* can become an artist. It’s more about how I...

Image source: Merlina McGovern It’s springtime, and I was expecting blue skies and warm weather today. Instead, I woke up to a gray and...

Image source: Merlina McGovern Fowler’s Fancies: Housewife or Hussy Since my job is to work with words, I’ve decided to write a series...

Image source: Merlina McGovern A few days ago, I wrote about staying at the Stern Hall dorm when I went to UC Berkeley for college....