Monthly Archives: August, 2013
Mercy
Dave Matthews Band Don’t give up I know you can see All the world and the mess that were making Can’t give up And hope God will intercede Come on back Imagine that we could get it together Stand up for what we need to be More from the Dave Matthews Band
To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what. – Atticus Finch Find To Kill a Mockingbird …
Totem Walk at Sitka
Emily Carr Emily Carr (1871 – 1945) was born in Victoria, British Columbia to a well off British family. Throughout her life, she would continually push the boundaries of artistic, cultural, societal and gender based expectations. Carr was orphaned while still a teen, and left for San Francisco to study art. A decade later, she …
Put Something In
Shel Silverstein Draw a crazy picture, Write a nutty poem, Sing a mumble-grumble song, Whistle through your comb. Do a loony-goony dance ‘Cross the kitchen floor, Put something silly in the world That ain’t been there before. More about Shel Silverstein
A Yellow Raft in Blue Water
Michael Dorris A fierce saga of three generations of Indian women, beset by hardships and torn by angry secrets, yet inextricably joined by the bonds of kinship. Starting in the present day and moving backward, the novel is told in the voices of the three women: fifteen-year-old part-black Rayona; her American Indian mother, Christine, consumed …
Her Heart Touched by Hummingbirds
Patricia Wyatt I have been a printmaker, a textile designer and a painter. I have come to understand that making art is a fluid process that is constantly being refined. The many different materials I use create both physical and emotional depth. My paintings offer each of us a quiet moment to consider our paths, to …