Pink Balloons Redux Redux, February 25, 2021
About a year ago I reposted the story of how my grandmother died on my daughter’s 7th birthday and how I had to find some joy in the...
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Artist and Writer, Seeking the Sublime in the Everyday.
Barbara Swanson Sherman
Feb 18, 20213 min
Progress Report on Red House
On January 8, still reeling from the news out of Washington in the 6th, I reached out to you for help; I needed ideas for inhabitants of...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
Feb 11, 20212 min
February 11, 2021
When I was in Taguasco, Cuba on a church trip I asked our host if the town had a synagogue and where all the Jewish people were--or if...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
Feb 5, 20212 min
New HOPE! February 5, 2021
Do you remember my post of June 20, 2019? I wrote about the ocean and how it's rising due to global warming and at the same time...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
Jan 28, 20211 min
A few More Things I Love, January 28, 2021
So nice to see Bernie at the Inauguration. Since then he's been everywhere. Here in my neighborhood, stalking my cousin Tom in LA; he's...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
Jan 21, 20212 min
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I looked up the Biblical quote President Biden made in his inaugural address; it comes from Psalm 30, "Weeping may linger for the night,...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
Jan 15, 20213 min
Another Artist I Love but First
Last week I forgot to say Mazel Tov to Jon Ossof, Georgia's first Jewish senator, and now the youngest member of that august group. I...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
Jan 13, 20213 min
Walk a Crooked Path to the Palace of Wisdom
Or the Palace of ART. Here's the story of a collage I had no intention of making. Audrey Webber, Associate Pastor at First Presbyterian...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
Jan 7, 20211 min
Moving on from Here
What did I say last week? It has to get better doesn't it? OY VEH! Wednesday, January 6, also known as Epiphany, Three Kings Day,...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
Jan 6, 20213 min
The Universe Answers Back!
Last week I declared my intentions as an artist and the universe, in the persons of some of my lovely friends, is answering back. Bonnie...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
Jan 1, 20212 min
Happy New Year!
Well, here we are. As my friend Nancy said, 2020 has been a rough couple of years. I just reread what I wrote at the end of 2018. "We’re...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
Dec 24, 20201 min
Merry Christmas to you who celebrate, and to Everyone my wishes for a Joyful, Hopeful New Year
Good Morning! I'll make this short because I know you want to open your presents, get the turkey into the oven, start the family Zoom...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
Dec 17, 20201 min
Some Progress and a Couple of Diversions
Here's the next stage in the work I showed you on December third. I've filled in the red bricks on the second floor, the gold railing for...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
Dec 14, 20201 min
Christmas is almost here so let's start the celebrations with a song
Christmas is almost here so let's start celebrating with a song from the choir of the First Presbyterian Church in the City of New York....
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
Dec 10, 20201 min
Celebrate the Light
Happy Hanukkah! Everyone can celebrate the story of a light that did not go out. "The light shines in the darkness and the darkness...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
Dec 3, 20201 min
A Work in Progress
I started a new drawing a week or so ago and thought you might like to watch it grow. So here it is. Doesn't look like much, does it?...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
Nov 26, 20203 min
A literary tour of Manhattan
A while ago I took you on an architectural tour of Manhattan--this will be a literary tour through some of the classics of children's...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
Nov 19, 20204 min
The Things I Use
After I left my teaching job and spent a year at the Art Students League getting back into a routine of making art every day, I...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
Nov 17, 20202 min
A Work in Progress
Maybe you'd like to watch one of my drawings as it evolves. I've always loved two neo-classical bank buildings in my neighborhood--at...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
Nov 5, 20202 min
An Old Notebook
The other day I came to the end of number twenty-two of my little black books and put it on the shelf. In making room for the new book I...
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