Index 2010
2010
01.07
01.07
Theme for a decade: It’s a small world, after all
Light up the night: at the Mission Inn, 3.5 million lights will have to do
The Mission Inn at Christmas
Gift for the grandkids – I’ll never outdo this one
Limos, lights- a Christmas visit to CALM (California Living Museum)
Small treasures in the rain
The Big Rain: Riverlakes Golf Course lives up to its name
Ornaments Part 4: A history of a life continues
Ornaments Take Three
Ornaments tell a story, part 2
We don’t have a Christmas tree; we have a window.
Last vestiges of first fall in my neighborhood – and my yard!
The Surreal Conversation
Christmas Decorations Part Two
Decorating for Christmas: Dickens’ Village, Gurley candles and more
Reflections Image and Word: She Killed the Moon
Fun in Alta Sierra: Sledding and Skiing only 1.5 hours from Bakersfield
Thanksgiving merriment
A Thanksgiving adventure: Over the river and through ghostly woods (don’t try this at home)
Lake Truxtun and Bakersfield’s Beauty – yes indeed, we have some
The Streets of Bakersfield – in the fall
Driving in a winter wonderland
Buckeyes – no, not the teams, the trees
Images, words, poetry, and Jim Morrison
Reflections: image+ word – Arts Council of Kern’s new exhibit opens tomorrow
The Tuskegee Airmen and the Frontier High School Marching Titans Band
Heroes – an exhibit for Veteran’s Day
Reflections – image + word
Grandkids + sunsets + waves + seagulls = an unplanned trip to Pismo Beach
The Conversation – a journal page featuring toothbrushes.
Trees, leaves, and color- goodbye Colorado, but hello Bakersfield, where it’s just beginning
Public art on Main Street, Grand Junction CO
Costume Party – who needs Halloween?
Squiggles, dots and swirls
Jackson and Bartholomew have adventures
Glitter glue, paper napkins, and a greeting card – can I turn those into art?
Fall lingers in Colorado
I want some seafood, baby – from Mama’s Fish House
Muffins are art, especially when they are dinosaur muffins
Haleakala Crater, Maui. Happy birthday to me.
Maui after Lele: Beaches and Guitars (Day 2 – Art Every Day Month)
Art Every Day Month is Back: November 1 – Halloween
The final score: a perfect ten
The Feast at Lele
Rainbows, fish and sunset sails
The Forbidden Road and Pineapple Wine
Hana Town and Beyond
The Road to Heaven – I mean Hana
Here today, gone to Maui
When did you decide? You know, if you were going to be gay or not.
Earth, sky and water: the theme is earth
As long as there’s duct tape, we’re good…
Football blows blog through the roof
The Story of my Father and the Bird: Carving the Turkey
Poetry and Photography, a preview: Little Girl with a Baseball
Hold on to your hats: it’s the Great Kern County Fair
The story of the curtains with holes in them
Football season has begun and Bakersfield’s Frontier Titans are coached by Rich Cornford, Ryan Mathews’ high school coach.
I’m going slightly mad…
Striking a Chord; Renting Kamala, and a Good Start to the Day
Did you see that blur? It’s time flying by.
You know? July was a hell of a month. Plus, Earth is a Mighty Vessel. Art!
On the Other Side of Life: The Story of the Keys
A victory for justice along with some miscellany
Glam Nation Tour – oh yeah
What I found on the beach
Someone’s in the cabin with Gramser and August’s theme of FIRE
The Wizarding World of Harry Potter
The Miracle of Modern Travel: Orlando to Bakersfield in 24 Hours
Day Three in Florida: I See a Soccer Game!
Day two in Florida, and I’m already mixed up…
Fun in the Sun in West Palm Beach
Summertime, and the blogging gets slower
New Collage for Latination and a Peacock
Did you see the MOON? Plus art, cell phones, and phonographs
Go Take a Hike
Finally. At last. Summer has come to the mountains. Bliss.
Blogging the Bloggers
Cock-a-doodle-doo: a new collage and still life for Latination
All You Need is Love
Cell Phone Saga
Intention – I’ve Been Intending to Write About This
World Cup as Art
Bliss: The Highest Degree of Happiness
Courage
Looking for hair in all the wrong places… (and a couple of odds and ends)
It’s a cat’s life: more notes on the move
Do I know myself? Sometimes. Do you know who I am?
Homes have anniversaries too – the cabin is two
And another one…nameless as yet
The Apple
Confessions of a Photo Junkie
The Permanence of Temporary Things
Being non-judgmental, inclusive, generous and positive: a reminder from the Glamberts
Walk for the Arts
I want some seafood, baby – from Mama’s Fish House
The idea: maybe it’s enough
The Shutter Clique: Oh Snap
New Theme, New Photos, New Frogs, New Lilies, Same Old Toe
Elsewhere: Cloudarado, the Final Chapter (for now)
Connect the Dots – an End to Strange Days
For Mothers, About Mothers, on Mother’s Day
Abbo’s Art Show
Fingerpainting the forest: Be wary of going too far
Don’t wait until you’re 63 to have kids, plus art journal entries
How to engage all your senses
What kind of blog is this? And other blogs worth checking out.
The Rhythm Changes
Life is OK
The Bellmore – Bakersfield’s new uber-cool art gallery. Plus, another camera mishap.
Odds and ends and follow-ups
The theme is senses, and mine are certainly full; plus I have a studio – finally!
Another day at Cedars Sinai, plus a plug for colonoscopy and a perfect ten
The day in the middle and a two-martini night
Painting World War II: The California Style Watercolor Artists
World War II art and random thoughts
The Big Move: An Update
William finds Bakersfield better than he left it
Make Way for William
Big Skies of Bakersfield
The last move
Bend it Like Sarah: Soccer in the Desert
Waking up in Vegas
Not the Jabberwock
Saturday Night and Nothing to Do? Not True; Plus New Relatives and Wildflowers
Weedpatch Camp and Sunset School: Right Here in Kern County
I Wanna See You Strut
Wildflowers: A Story of Spring and Renewal
Kern County: A Photo Jouney through Oil and Agriculture (and Wildflowers)
Party! Gimme Some Sugar Bliss, Plus New Photos up on Web Site
Alternative Energy: Palm Springs Wind Farms
Wow! Take a Look at These Daffodils!
Moments: Revelation
Flapdoodled, Frizzled and Fragmented: Buy my House, Please.
Moments – A Magic Moment, a Moment of Transcendence at Fort Bowie, Arizona
My Biblical Travel Story: A Cautionary Tale
Every Picture Tells a Story: My New Show Opens at Empty Space
Terror in the Classroom: A True Story
The Glamtastic Concert at Fantasy Springs…My Fangirl Experience Continues
My Fangirl Experience with Adam Lambert, Fantasy Springs Resort, and Synchronicity: Part One
Two days until G-day/American Idol is ruined
Spring, as in Palm Springs; and Spring, with a Message for my Friends Back East
Operation Old Age Begins with a New Home
Losing a Home for What You Believe In: Sick and Tired of Being Invisible
#CED2010: It’s a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood; and a New Handy Gadget for Painting
The State of My Union: A Week in the Life
Aging: When a Home becomes a House
#CED2010: Welcome to the Hot Padre!
#CED2010: Home is Where the Art Is
Cleaning out the cobwebs – from my mind, from my studio, from my home
The Theme is Home: I’m Home, a Fractured Home, and a Poem
#CED2010: Silence and Loss
#CED2010: Adam Lambert! And New Works
#CED2010: On bodies, reflections, footprints, and tripods
#CED2010: Cabin in Winter: Almost Snowed Out
#CED2010 New Photos on Web Site- Bathtub, Popcorn and More
CED2010: Conflagration! Anyone Who Takes Photos, Listen Up
CED2010: Rain! Wind! Coffee with Julie! And a Rainbow!
