I Love My Neighborhood
I love my neighborhood, the Far West Village. In our early days here a visitor said, “Wow, you live in the Boonies.” We moved into our...
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Artist and Writer, Seeking the Sublime in the Everyday.
Barbara Swanson Sherman
- May 17, 2019
- 4 min
Today is My Mother's Birthday
Today is my mother’s birthday. She would have been ninety-two. I can’t picture her as an old lady; she was vigorous up until the day she...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
- May 9, 2019
- 2 min
It's Almost Mother's Day
Sometimes the universe, via the grapevine, the internet, the New York Times or the Bible sends me a message that I can’t ignore. This...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
- May 3, 2019
- 2 min
Theology in the Air
“Barbara--that woman across the aisle from you--she’s crazy,” said Arthur. We were on a plane headed to Paris. The flight would continue...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
- Apr 25, 2019
- 3 min
My Dad, Robert Sinclair Swanson, Jr.
Today would be my father’s birthday. I think about him all the time but today I’ll share him with you. He and I go back a long way...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
- Apr 22, 2019
- 2 min
Happy Earth Day, Happy birthday, Taurus!
Earth Day and the First Day of Taurus fall together. I draw lots of cows but I've never done a bull, so I turned to Ferdinand, the bull...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
- Apr 18, 2019
- 4 min
Why Tonight Is Unlike Any Night
Today is good Friday and the first day of Passover. When these two holy days come together I think back to my daughter, Jessie’s, first...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
- Apr 12, 2019
- 2 min
All Nature Sings
April 6th is the birthday of Charles Burchfeld, (1893-1967) watercolorist and personal favorite of mine. Just as in the hymn my title...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
- Apr 11, 2019
- 3 min
Somebody Else Loves Dandelions
Last week my friend, Bobby, reminded me that dandelions provide food for our friends, the bees, especially early in the spring. The bee;...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
- Apr 1, 2019
- 3 min
A Few Thoughts On Green
Saint Patrick’s Day and the wearing of the green has gone by but green is still on my mind. Little glimpses of jade and chartreuse are...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
- Mar 25, 2019
- 5 min
Aunt Connie
I have a long and diverse list of artists who have inspired me, like Georgia O’Keeffe, Edgar Degas, Wayne Thibaud, Hans Holbein, Hillary...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
- Mar 22, 2019
- 2 min
Dreams
Is it really time for March Madness? The NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament begins next Tuesday so basketball is on everyone's...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
- Mar 8, 2019
- 2 min
My Grandmother
This is how Jessie described a visit to my grandmother n her school journal. My grandmother, we called her MomMom, died early in the...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
- Mar 3, 2019
- 3 min
My Friend, Valerie Bessette
Yesterday was the birthday of my friend, Valerie Bessette. She and I went to High School together. Val was petite with silvery blond hair....
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
- Feb 22, 2019
- 4 min
My Little Black Books
How did I get interested in art? I never got uninterested. I drew pictures like all kids but I never gave it up and nothing more...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
- Feb 17, 2019
- 2 min
It's my Valentine's Birthday
Arthur and I met on May 11, 1973, the day after the New York Knicks won the NBA championship. Things haven’t gone well for the Knicks...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
- Feb 15, 2019
- 2 min
Form Follows Function
In church last week the lesson was the first Psalm: it says that the righteous are "like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
- Jan 31, 2019
- 4 min
The Gates
This week marks the fourteenth anniversary of The Gates, Christo and Jean Claude’s monumental work which transformed Central Park for two...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
- Jan 27, 2019
- 1 min
Addendum To Brown
In talking about things I love that are brown how could I have forgotten Lucy? After Jessie and Sam left home I knew it was time for a...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
- Jan 25, 2019
- 3 min
Brown
"Color is made for the perpetual comfort and delight of the human heart." - John Ruskin I agree with that. Coloris one of the things that...
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