Sandra at the party
Notebook sketch
black marker on bond paper
9 x 6 inches
Barbara Muir © 2010
(In the middle of a conversation
at a party I had a sudden urge
to capture this friend's face.
I have in no way done it justice,
but I am indebted to the host, who
gave me paper and a pen,
and to my subject.)
Sorry for my disappearance. I have been shut in with
a stack of exams a mile high, and only released to
out in fancy clothes to head out to a party, and to
put on warm clothes to buy a tree.
Jennifer and her tea
Notebook sketch
black marker on bond paper
6 x 9 inches
Barbara Muir © 2010
(My friend's Christmas party
is a lovely one. Most of the same
guests come every year, and the hosts
serve a delicious meal. It always
features seafood, and then other delicacies
-- a wide variety of goodies. Good
conversation and good wine flow
dependably. I quickly did this sketch
at the end of the evening when Jennifer
had a moment to sip a cup of tea.)
Here I am again, and weather, Christmas preparations
and family permitting I will try to stay blogging right
through the holiday. My friend Marcia Labelle posted
a warm wish for peace and happiness to those of all
faiths and non-faiths. In Canada, whatever your
celebration, or non-celebration, you have a holiday
at Christmas, and another one for New Year's Day. So
whether you string lights around your house, light
candles, or eat special foods, there's a fairly good chance
you will be invited to a party, or hear choirs singing in
the malls. And that's a good thing.
Tonight, or this morning we're seeing a total eclipse of the moon,
which will not fall on a Winter Solstice until 2094.
I'm not sure I can make the next one, so we've watched some
of this one, and will be wakened by our son Sam at 3:15 a.m. to see
the grand finale.
Have a reveling-in-the-Solstice day.
