Category: the eye of the beholder

Drawing on the sidewalk

March 10, 2023 a-roving take a picture the eye of the beholder
We’re on a three-week road trip in Texas! Here’s what we saw while wandering around Houston’s Midtown last Saturday. Making art in a public place It was a beautiful Saturday in early March, the start of our Texas road trip. Craig and I were looking for a place in Midtown…

Work in progress

January 6, 2023 creative endeavors here in Alameda the eye of the beholder
Our friend Patrick Erwin is a retired electrician cum painter who began working seriously on his art in his later years. I met him in his studio for this interview… Wiry with white hair and twinkling hazel-green eyes, Patrick Erwin has an energy that belies his 78 years. (We sometimes…

Alice in Oxford

December 20, 2021 a good book a-roving the eye of the beholder
This is the second of two posts recounting my encounters with Alice in Wonderland during a ten-day visit to the UK in October 2021. (A link to the first post may be found at the bottom of this page.) Locks and keys In October 2021, after several days (and two…

Alice in London

December 13, 2021 a good book a-roving eating well the eye of the beholder
This is the first of two posts recounting my encounters with Alice in Wonderland during a ten-day visit to the UK in October. (A link to the second post may be found at the bottom of this page.) When you hear the name “Alice,” you immediately know whom we’re talking…

The great Christmas tree hunt

December 11, 2018 holiday cheer the eye of the beholder
It’s early December, and the holidays are upon us. I love this time of year with the many and varied festivities, a kindlier feeling as well as a nip in the air, twinkling lights and tinkling bells, carols and cookies, parties and poinsettias. Most especially, I love going up the…

End-of-year reboot

December 4, 2018 life lessons smiles the eye of the beholder this and that
As you might have noticed (I hope you noticed!), I haven’t posted anything here for several weeks. There were reasons. But the longer I didn’t post, the harder it became to start up again. How could I possibly catch up? I finally decided to follow the advice I always give…

What happens in Vegas

September 11, 2018 a-roving musings the eye of the beholder
Las Vegas, Nevada. A destination for travelers from around the world: one of those must-see places for first-time visitors to the United States. A playground for the young and well-heeled (Jimmy Choo, Salvatore Ferragamo, Christian Louboutin…) A ruthless consumers’ paradise designed to part fools from their money as efficiently as…

Play it again, Spira!

July 17, 2018 a-roving musical notes the eye of the beholder
My visit to Bath this past May coincided with the start of the annual Bath Festival, and I couldn’t miss this chance to hear a concert in the ballroom of Bath’s famous Assembly Rooms. Painted robin’s egg blue and sparkling with crystal chandeliers, the ballroom was well known to me…