Just some various reports, comments, etc. This trip lasted just two weeks. That’s too short. For the past few years it’s been for an entire month. I have every intention of choosing the longer visit in 2027. The Big Chill Weather is always a crap shoot. I didn’t do so well this trip (another reason…
Read More UK (mainly Wales) 2026A peaceful – if cloudy – day in Machynlleth, Wales. I had walked down to the Dyfi River to do a watercolor of the old bridge. As I worked, I listened to the sheep and the birds. And the fighter jets. They were practicing their trade in the “Mach Loop,” a route that zooms –…
Read More Machynlleth, part 1I got to stare, in person, at two paintings by Claude Monet. I even tried to draw one. The art museum in Columbia, SC has an exhibit called “French Moderns: Monet to Matisse, 1850 – 1950.” I visited it this week. I didn’t fully understand the theme behind the exhibit. I figure it was along…
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