Last Thursday we chatted with friends from Normandie in the morning, evening for them of course – always good to catch up. Roscoe is there champagne-colored poodle, when he hears our voices on WhatsApp he perks up and looks at the door, we guess that he thinks we are coming to visit – he is…
Thoughts from theTravelsketcher – October 19, 2026
Alexis told me about a quote she saw on instagram many years ago, I like how it applies to life and especially to art. “Anything worth doing is worth doing half-assedly.” So many people I talk with tell me the reason they have never tried to sketch is because they fear it won’t look right….
This week in The Pearl – October 15, 2026
Last Thursday, after posting my blog, I joined the Plein Air Painters of Portland at Cornell Farms to paint pumpkins. It was my first time with a plein air group, and I did enjoy it so will do again. The painting I did has already found a home, I will be delivering it Saturday after…
TheTravelsketcher’s Tuesday – Quick pizza
Pizza is a food group. Wood-fired ovens are cathedrals that produce the most divine of offerings. We often make our own pizza dough, though the tossing of it still evades me. But… what to do when you need more instant gratification? Enter the Indian gift of naan. I have used both pita bread and naan…
This week in The Pearl – October 8, 2026
We started the week by getting jabbed, both flu and COVID. I don’t get anti-vaxers, we have been in a lot of groups of people around the world and vaccines have kept us from catching COVID, I know some who were vaccinated did catch it, nothing is 100%, but we always get our shots. With…
