After thirty years of visiting Maine, I finally took the ferry from Rockland to Vinalhaven last summer and spent a day exploring the tiny town of Carver’s Harbor and some of the walking trails that wind throughout the island. Of course, I took my sketchbook along, and I thought you would enjoy seeing the creative […]
Tag: painting
Snapshot Travel Itinerary Sketch
Travel journaling involves a substantial time commitment. When I keep a full-fledged illustrated travel journal that includes watercolor sketches plus written daily commentary on where I went and what I saw and did each day, it can be challenging to find enough hours in the day to complete everything during the trip. I usually have […]
Heart Journal – Part 7
Catch up on previous heart journal posts: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6 After the bulk of the heart journal was completed, I added two more pages before calling it finished. My little journal had turned into a full-fledged book, so I felt it needed a title page. I had […]
A Cute Maine Cottage Sketch
The day after Thanksgiving 2023, my mother and I took off for Florida, leaving Fred with all the leftovers from a huge turkey dinner I had cooked the day before. The two of us were tagging along on a Disney trip that my daughter had been planning for the past year. So, while the grandkids […]
Heart Therapy and Art Therapy – Part 6
Catch up on previous heart journal posts: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5 My husband had been released from the Cleveland Clinic on the evening of day 6, but we didn’t drive home that night. His medical team had recommended that we stay in the area for another day or two, […]
Heart Therapy and Art Therapy – Part 5
Catch up with previous heart journal posts here: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 After three uneventful days in the step-down unit, biding our time until Fred was ready to make his escape, I was casting about for things to sketch when it suddenly dawned on me that it would be fun to document […]
Heart Therapy and Art Therapy – Part 4
Catch up with previous heart journal posts here: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 We found everyone we met at the Cleveland Clinic to be unfailingly polite, helpful, and kind, but the nurses of the cardiac ICU exhibited a level of caring, empathy, and professionalism that was beyond anything I had dared to hope for. Simply […]
Heart Therapy and Art Therapy – Part 3
(Read Part 1 and Part 2 of my heart journal) Part 2 ended with me being called to a consultation with Fred’s heart surgeon after the operation. (Part of a larger sketch from yesterday’s post) I waited and waited for Dr. Koprivanac to arrive, but one family after another was ushered past me to meet […]
Heart Therapy and Art Therapy – Part 2
In yesterday’s post (Part 1), we were at the point where all the pre-op testing for my husband Fred’s heart surgery had been done, and he was set to go. Those two weeks between the testing and the actual surgery crawled by, but we kept busy trying to get some Christmas decorations up and holiday […]
Heart Therapy and Art Therapy – Part 1
I’ve been writing this blog since 2010, and throughout that time, I’ve always tried to walk the fine line between sharing my life and protecting the privacy of my family. Over the next few days, though, I’m going to share a very personal story with you in the hopes that it might help someone else […]
