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The entrance to an exhibit by artist Jean-Michel Basquiat is seen at the Orlando Museum of Art on June 1, 2022, in Orlando, Fla. A former...

In the dooryard fronting an old farm-house near the white-wash’d palings, Stands the lilac-bush tall-growing with heart-shaped leaves of...

Daffodils and Dandelions! How wonderfully creative Mother Nature is and how delightfully diverse. Spring brings a gradual greening of the...

“In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” – Benjamin Franklin It is tax time again. I have avoided...

Bugs: “Well it is Easter again, and time to hide the eggs. I had better climb from my hole and head to Hershey, PA. Hey Doc, who should...

[Jack] Russell Terriers are confident and athletic spitfires, originally bred for fox hunting in England. [JRTs] are small with a mostly...

Momentary Flame Dawn's fire, Feelings aspire. Snow fleeting, Winter retreating? CPW Fire and Ice Some say the world will end in fire,...

The March equinox – also called the vernal equinox in the Northern Hemisphere – marks the beginning of the spring season in the Northern...

A Man Young And Old: 10. His Wildness O bid me mount and sail up there Amid the cloudy wrack, For Peg and Meg and Paris' love That had so...

Today, as we once again change our clocks to “Spring Forward”, we take a broader look at “March Madness”, not only the College Basketball...

For most of us, everyday circumstances are set in a framework of a twenty-four hour day. We awaken and are thrust into a set agenda for...

2/19/23 A Salute to George Washington on President’s Day! In Amor Towles’ first novel, Rules of Civility, the author references a...

2/12/23 February is heart month and the upcoming week should be filled with "matters of the heart", so I have gathered a few “mullings...

What if a look into a mirror could reveal the depths of one’s worldview? I share with you this morning a poem by French surrealist poet,...

Costumes from an installation at CMA A few days ago, Rett and I took the twins to the Columbus Museum of Art where we experienced several...

Tajo as "Mephistopheles" in Gounod's Faust Following T.S Eliot's advice to "only connect", I write to reach back to my mentors and...

The Cambridge Dictionary defines mentoring as: The act or process of helping and giving advice to a younger or less experienced person,...

Happy New Year! January is named after the Roman god Janus, who presided over doors and beginnings – appropriately enough, for the...

Merry Christmas CPW

Carol of the Elves Mrs. Claus, this time of year, Is busy loading shelves With lots of toys for girls and boys, Each made by Santa's...