A beautiful spring Sunday and here I am at the computer - before taking a walk and doing some yard work. Here it is peaceful. For which I am thankful - but I realize that it is a matter of luck. Watched a program on WGBH where an historian was interviewed about when something is history. I think that there is something to be said for not being part of history.

Also my goal with this posting is to try again to attach some images either of my work or of images that inspire or influence my work. It looks like they did get attached.

The first image is one of a little Iraqi girl named Shams, one year old whose mother was reportedly killed in the incident that burned Shams. An uncle is trying to obtain medical care for her. I'm trying to develop a piece using her face. It's in the graphing stage. The photograph was taken by Eros Hoagland on 3/19/07.

The second image is one of my pieces called Child of War. It was completed in 2005.Click on picture to enlarge.

That's all for now

The image above is called Haditha and is inspired by a photograph of an Iraqi being taken prisoner. This was done in 2005.

I hope it's obvious that this piece below is called Tissue of Lies. It was also completed in 2005.

This is later on 2/17 and I'm going to try to add some images of my beadwork to learn how.

Click on picture to enlarge.

I'm trying again at developing a blog, this time with images.