CAN YOU IMAGINE…
...it's a birthday party for you but you give everyone else a gift! That's exactly what Valerie Foster Hoffman did as all 35 guests received the most delightful 'Chimes of Pluto' wind chimes. I placed mine at the bottom of the stairs leading to the studio so everyone...
WHY DIDN’T SOMEONE TELL ME….
...that I move my hands about so much. What music am I conducting?Delightful, talented Jana Tether did the video work and set up to put me on 'YOU TUBE'. It was great fun...at least for me... as Jana did all the work. The first video is an introduction to the studio...
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CHARLES, I KNOW IT'S THE NFL PLAYOFFS BUT...... we have to hear Reverend George Regas at Carol and Richard King's monthly SALON on the SPIRITUALLY CREATIVE LIFE! And off we went ... on time too but there was nary a seat in the packed to overflowing house. How grateful...
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I DON'T KNOW WHY......but a sudden urge to straighten out a shelf in the garage swept over me. It started off with dusting various bottles of 'emergency' beverages and moved to the center of the shelf where there was a big box marked ... XMAS!Now I must have seen that...
IT ALL STARTED OUT QUITE INNOCENTLY ENOUGH…
...when we were at the home of Rose and Ken Nielsen (President of Woodbury Univ.) for a Christmas brunch for Woodbury supporters.To digress, amazing Rose is senior director of development for the School of Architecture and she has been the driving force behind its new...
SEVEN SWANS A-SWIMMING…
...will cost you $1,400 more this year but please don't let that stop you from sending out your tokens of love. I was thinking about that this morning ... not about the swans, but about all of us, each in our own way, bustling about buying gifts. It seemed to me that...
IT’S A LONG STORY, BUT………
The short of it is that yesterday I had a studio visit from a fellow artist who went to the SAME GRAMMAR SCHOOL! How amazing is that!!!Victor Fisher is a sculptor of renown and his wife Phyllis creates some amazing silver jewelry. While they live in the Newport area,...
IT TOOK ALL DAY BUT….
as they say, "at the end of the day" ...Stacey had accomplished the impossible ... assembling and decorating the Christmas tree in the downstairs entry. Now before you say, 'bah humbug' permit me to give you a little background on this task. Just getting the tree and...
CHARLES, DO YOU SMELL SMOKE?
It was most strange, something like burning paper, just in the living room. Did I burn some pre-Thanksgiving dish? We searched and searched ... nothing but this strong smell of burning paper. O.K., call the fire department!The sirens were coming closer, would the...
OH HOW WE LOVE CHRISTMAS…
I know, I know, we grumble about seeing Christmas decorations going up BEFORE Thanksgiving but honestly, I HAD TO DO IT!Thanks to Stacey Rosenbaum (who got her tree trimming advice from hubby Joe) the tree was up in the studio with all the toys scattered about in time...
WELCOME…
to my personal blog where I’ll be sharing adventures and how I determine each day to live joyfully as an Artist, Teacher, and Author. My latest book “What If… We Have the Power to Change Our Lives” an inspirational book that hopefully will empower you to live your best life! You can find me and my work at nanraestudio.com My hope is that this blog will inspire you to find joy everywhere and in everything and that is what I wish for you!