Peaceful and beautiful protest – Newburgh, NY along the Hudson River
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10.18.25 – A Beautiful Day to Remember Who We Are – Not Who We Were
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Character No.1 in Casino Limbo
Sculpt no. 11 – Casino Limbo
Dollie Roller-Reaper is one of four characters living in my latest sculpt. She adores delicious hot pink. She also enjoys drinking and roller skating while accompanying souls to their final resting seats at the Casino Limbo poker table.
(I plan to post each character individually before posting the full tableau – as they’re not full-view once positioned ’round the table.)
I tried to post the video that I posted on Facebook, but I can’t do so without paying extra. Truth be told😁I’m attempting to save my ill-gotten gains for when it’s my turn to visit Casino Limbo. I’m exploring ‘free’ options if any such exist.
If you’re on Facebook, you can view there if interested (my FB is set “private” – so you’ll need to friend request first, just let me know you’re from WP, and we can be buddies😊)
I’m also planning to resurrect some sort of Instagram. Apparently, I’m a sculptor now and ‘they’ tell me that Instagram is a great space for showcasing one’s work…
Onward & upward
am:)
if you live in the US like me, I hope you’re managing the upside-down world we’ve flipped into
Imagine…
Thomas Jefferson —
“When government fears the people, there is liberty.
When the people fear the government, there is tyranny.”
A day of peaceful protest
Newburgh, NY, June 14, 2025
Polli Protest has accompanied me to several protests now.
A Friday Hug for You
Sometimes, a hug can brace us for tomorrow
hope you’re all managing okay
am:)
Two Small Men
Created in a quiet moment of reflection
Feel free to share this image
We’re in this for the long haul
Thank you
The Woodpecker
The Woodpecker
outside my daughter’s window, the woodpecker hammering the aluminum gutter
knows nothing other—than what he knows
this incensed bird will wake my teen who already sleeps fitfully
beneath the creatures who suffocate her dreams:
they claw earth; pollute water; rape land;
tear friendships; rend families; decimate futures
they alter climates
they type in ALL CAPS
the woodpecker continues his assault on the gutter outside my daughter’s window
if this red-headed madcap mirrored humanity at all, he might desist
but he doesn’t know anything other—than what he knows
the hammering bird hunts for his brand of love;
his brand of sustenance;
his right to expand his territory;
his need to collect like-minded-birds who would adore his amplified walloping
so, I must continue thinking of ways to deter him—or at the very least send him elsewhere
but how unkind would that be—he’s only a bird after all
the inane walloping is coming from elsewhere
(Prisma pencil pecker created about ten years ago)
I hope you’re all managing okay.
I take in every headline without breathing
Sometimes Painting a Dog
I hope you and your loved ones are well.
I believe every human being should paint a dog. This is our Mojo. My daughter, who will miss him when she leaves in August to study Sustainability, asked me to paint his endearing face for one of her blank walls.
I’ve been on a personal mission to improve my word and art mind while trying to avoid deep media dives. I generally remain off-politic on this site, maintaining this space as my creative respite. But there’s so much going on out there, and I worry what this world will be like for my young adult children and their future families. The heat isn’t only climate-related.
I believe every human being is entitled to:
be whoever they believe they are
love whoever they choose
A woman’s body is her own as are her personal choices
I pray my daughter has the freedom to make her own choices
(Mojo’s background was originally purple, my daughter requested more earthly tones:) )
nearer to giving thanks
This piece is near to my heart, as are many of my pieces, but if all my creative efforts remained in my heart heaviness might collect there
I’ve shared this piece before, it’s time to share again
after all, ’tis the season of warmth, good cheer, fellowship and peace – I pray❤️
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my daughter’s nails, her mother’s thoughts…(usually after reading the morning paper)
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