We spent this week pretty close to home. My longest drive was out to 112nd on the east side of Portland to have our Honda Fit serviced, and pick up a second fob for it. The rest of the time we have been in The Pearl, which is just how we like it. I did…
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This week in The Pearl and beyond – April 25, 2025
Picasso painted his anti-war Guernica in 1937 in response to the bombing of the town of Guernica. It was a form of resistance that artists have often used. Another form of resistance in art and in life is “Illegitimi non carborundum” – don’t let the bastards get you down. Hope, joy, and beauty are a…
TheTravelsketcher’s Tuesday Tip – April 15, 2025
“I’ve been absolutely terrified every moment of my life – and I’ve never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do.” – Georgia O’Keeffe
This week in The Pearl – April 11, 2025
This was an active week. Saturday we took advantage of being just over an hour from the Oregon Coast so we drove to Canon Beach and Haystack Rock – some paintings are in the future. Often I remind myself and other travelsketchers to do quick sketches when you travel. The goal is to capture the…
This week in The Pearl – April 3, 2025
We have had a good week in spite of all the negative news going on. We often watch the late night talk show monologues on YouTube since we don’t have live news. “A spoonful of humor helps the yuck go down.” (Apologies to Julie Andrew’s.) This morning I woke up thinking about the tranquility of…
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