Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Sitting home today in the middle of snow storm, I have decided it is a wonderful day for a discussion of flowers:) Several years ago while on a car trip in New England, my husband and I stopped over in Hartford Conn, to visit the home of Mark Twain. It is quite spectacular and defiantly worth the trip,…

Heroes of Compassion

How can we make the story of the “Good Samaritan” come to life? What could gazing at this painting, by Van Gogh, potentially reveal that is new and undiscovered.  Possibly nothing, and yet I do enjoy gazing at the scene and thinking about why he might have chosen this story as his subject. Did it have some…

Battling the Demon of Doubt

Battling the Demon by Joel Phillips 36X32 in. oil on canvas This painting of the warrior angel Michael is to remind us of our “sureness and freedom from doubt that mysteriously point to the inevitable victory” says Joel Phillips and is a painting that he lives with and derives strength from daily. I am always…