February | 2023 | THOUGHTS & WRITING

FEBRUARY 2023 Blog Posts

FIVE TIMES ONE (Month) 4 photos of Mandala Art Pieces

Five times One (month) = my Art for January

I was so very touched by the Bulletin for the Christmas Eve Service that

I have intentionally put together some either late-for-Christmas 2022

or early-for-Christmas 2023 gifts for my daughters and two of my

Granddaughters, and their significant others.

The edge of the Pieces is made up of 2 ½ inch squares of colorful

Magazine pictures, rolled up and glued into multi-colored rolls.

It’s a double row on each piece, so I’ve been very busy cutting paper,

rolling paper, and gluing paper. (Ah, the Life of an Artist)

As an aside, FaceBook reminded me of something I apparently had written

For my February 1, 2020 Blog Post.

Since it so spontaneously appeared this morning, I thought I would share

it again for 2023:

We wander the Roads of the Past:

Memories of Surprise and Euphoria and Grief.

But it’s no longer really real;

It has been sponged up by the Time Fog

We meander into the Future.

We visit our Hopes and Anxieties.

Again, not real;

Each one a Comrade of many Potentials, but not actual

We intention ourselves to the Present

We do what we can

We plan, initiate, respond, sometimes over-respond, and sometimes comfort ourselves with our Denial

This Now is the most Real

And then . . . . the Unexpected intervenes, fostering

A Breeze of Astonishment and Joy,

A Frigidness of Fear and Shock,

A Furnace of Rage and Venom

We fold our hands.

We Praise or Plead.

2/1/20

Enjoy your February.

Namaste