OK! I know…


So much for taking a break… so I will brace for comments. Yet I bought a new iPad, not a mini, so I am motivated again – when in doubt painting flowers in Provence works.

This week – it started off Wickedly


Sunday we went with Alexis and Joe to see Wicked at the Cedar Hills Cinema. First off let me say how surprised I was at what theaters look like these days, or at least that theater. The last time we saw a movie in a theater was two years ago in Mayenne, France to see…

Fall is on us in Avignon


One last sketch from our trip to Marseille, Notre Dame de La Garde – the view was amazing, thankfully, we took an Uber to the top as it would have been a long steep climb. As I sit at La Cave Des Pas Sages the leaves are changing colors, and the people walking by have…

Moustiers-Sainte-Marie then on to Avignon.


We left Luxembourg early, by way of the A31, and headed south, ten hours later we were in Moustiers-Sainte-Marie. We went there first some 24 years ago. It is one of the best places in France; for me there are personal and spiritual connections that make it even more moving to be there than just…

Off to San Diego


Often travelsketching is not as easy as it might seem. On this journey back to visit friends and family in the US most of our time is spent enjoying good company and food, not always time for sketching. We spent most of this week in San Diego, well actually La Mesa, with Tricia’s sister and…