tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24687323267850343302024-02-19T01:52:03.915-06:00SPLIT IN TWO.....yet approaching wholeness!Judyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10983782694330464508noreply@blogger.comBlogger981125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468732326785034330.post-25972900250195662222015-06-05T09:37:00.003-05:002015-06-05T09:37:49.224-05:00Stopping by for a visit: 2015June 5, 2015<br />
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Wow! I came back to look for something on my blog and I can't believe it's been so long since I've been here.<br />
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I'm still living "split in two" between Des Moines and Kansas City- it's old hat by now. This "temporary experience" (8 years) has been good in many ways, although it's been hard on me too. I am starting to long to feel grounded in one place, rather than racing back and forth. <br />
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My wish may come true in a year or so, as my husband and I try to figure out what our future will look like as we move into retirement stage. Living together in one house might prove to be the real challenge and worth blogging about :) ha ha<br />
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We did spend 16 days together recently on a vacation and it was wonderful. I was reminded that Greg is a loving, kind and generous partner.<br />
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Judyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10983782694330464508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468732326785034330.post-50749053718761254342013-11-13T17:19:00.003-06:002013-11-13T17:20:07.924-06:00Autumn 11-14-13 <i>busy brain</i><br />
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I have been enjoying a beautiful autumn here in Iowa.<br />
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Judyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10983782694330464508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468732326785034330.post-40085764519923939882013-08-28T16:26:00.000-05:002013-08-28T16:27:34.651-05:00August winding down8-28-13 <i>summer brain</i><br />
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It's almost Labor Day Weekend, but feels like the end of July- very very hot in Iowa this week. I've got cabin fever from being indoors in the AC, so taking the time to check out some blogs today. I see my last post was in July.... so why not at least try to post once a month. I'm wondering how I ever made the time to blog daily for 3 years!<br />
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August has been a fun month. Started out with a trip with Mini Cooper gang up at big rally in UP Michigan at the Mackinaw Bridge. We sure enjoyed the weather up there- had to wear a jacket even!<br />
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Ann and I attended the KC Bruno Mars concert one weekend while Greg was in Ohio at his class reunion. Mid August, Iowa had nice weather for our State Fair and Greg and I spent one Saturday morning out there.<br />
Last weekend we had our annual neighborhood block pot-luck party.<br />
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Life is good!<br />
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An important event occurred last weekend and thus needs to be added to my blog story. My nephew, Christopher, was married to a lovely gal named Catherine. The wedding was held in Mobile AL- so Greg and I hopped into the Mini Cooper for another road trip. My friend Ann also made the trip down from Iowa and her son was able to do a live stream so my elderly parents back in Iowa could watch.<br />
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<br />Judyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10983782694330464508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468732326785034330.post-45352543958023234272013-05-19T15:10:00.000-05:002013-05-20T15:11:19.129-05:00Weekend Report5-19-13 <i>happy brain</i><br />
Checking in today as spring is rushing by faster than ever. My travels back and forth between Des Moines and Kansas City continues and is now not only routine/normal- but sitting well with me these days. I am in a place where I can appreciate both locations and the opportunities each has to offer.<br />
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This weekend we varied a bit from our "split life" and did a meet up half-way. We spent Saturday with 17 other Mini Coopers for lunch in Bethany, Missouri and after a drive in southern Iowa....<br />
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Then Greg and I spent the night in a B&B in Mt Ayr, Iowa.<br />
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I can recommend this B&B (Charlie and Jane's B&B), if you ever find yourself in rural southern Iowa.<br />
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This was a fun weekend for sure, as I also got to have dinner Friday night with two of my 80's girlfriends- who I don't get to see enough of. The lighting wasn't the best, but at least we had the courage to take the photo.<br />
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<br />Judyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10983782694330464508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468732326785034330.post-19708698754402573332013-04-24T08:01:00.003-05:002013-04-24T08:01:34.187-05:00April chill4-24-13 <i>cold and numb brain</i><br />
This crazy cold spring weather has me immobile in many ways. Like my garden, I'm sprouted, but just barley growing, i.e. trying to find some spring mojo energy.<br />
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I haven't even thought about blogging for months now- but stopping by to say hi. Things are going pretty well and I was busy preparing for a work conference for the last several months- which was last week and it went well. Now I'm just trying to gain some energy and momentum back.<br />
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My Peace Art installation continues to be a big hit! It will be up through the month of May.<br />
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<br />Judyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10983782694330464508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468732326785034330.post-71949534117170308462013-04-01T16:08:00.001-05:002013-04-01T16:09:32.395-05:00I'm a fool for PEACE!4-1-13 <i>foolish brain?</i><br />
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When I first was inspired with a new creative idea early in 2013, I was so excited. Then as the preparation for this creative idea started.... I thought- "i<b>s this a foolish idea?</b>".... Well today on April's Fool Day, I hung 396 of my Peace Discs on a wall..... I did have some help from friends Molly, Geri, and Steve. Thank-goodness for them- it only took 3 hours to do, instead of 6 or more hours I had originally planned on.<br />
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Here to can see the final layout at the link below.<br />
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Molly said it was impressive, so I have to believe her- she tells me the truth.<br />
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Here is the work in progress:</div>
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Greg and I have been trying to see most of the Oscar nominated movies the last few months.<br />
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This weekend we saw the movie Zero Dark Thirty. I found it fascinating to put the pieces of the puzzle together on how they found out the location of Bin Laden. This movie was tough to watch in many respects, but so very interesting to see how our country works. I'm really surprised that the Bin Laden raid and killing even happened since it took so much risk of not knowing for sure.<br />
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Today, I'm sharing a blog post from a fellow blogger who I am happy to know via the Internet.<br />
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I hope this information will all be but out there for us to learn about!Judyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10983782694330464508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468732326785034330.post-89960089377068335522013-02-08T19:57:00.002-06:002013-02-08T19:57:32.194-06:00February Update2-8-13 <i>busy brain</i><br />
The year is progressing along well. When I'm not working, in the evenings during the week I am usually working on some new pixel art projects. Weekends of course are spent with Greg.<br />
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Today I had enough new art completed that I could hang some at the Iowa Acupuncture Clinic office in time for the Chinese New Year.<br />
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I also have this one below done, which was inspired by our trip to New Mexico. It is ready to enter into the Women's Club Art Show later this month.<br />
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<br />Judyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10983782694330464508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468732326785034330.post-73190730157014003332013-01-12T15:53:00.002-06:002013-01-12T15:53:39.325-06:00Happy New Year1-12-13 <i>resolution brain</i><br />
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Just stopping by to say HI! Things are well here in Iowa/Kansas, and I have been in a <b>whole</b> frame of mind lately.... not feeling split in two at all.<br />
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As the new year begins I am planning new activities for 2013 and a few resolutions. Unfortunately one resolutions will <b>not</b> be to blog on a daily basis. I'm finding that "chapter" is winding down for now. Currently I am getting fired up to work more on my art.... and to stay healthy. But I will stop by to post from time to time.<br />
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One new resolution this year, is to try to walk at lunchtime everyday- to get me away from my work desk. In Des Moines I have wonderful new neighbors, Geri and Lora. Geri is newly retired from teaching and she is interested in walking also. Together this week, we have walked 3 times.... it helped that temperatures were mild this week. All our 13 inches of snow have melted now too.<br />
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Wishing all a PEACEFUL new year!<br />
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<br />Judyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10983782694330464508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468732326785034330.post-39408331502818885812012-12-16T19:50:00.002-06:002012-12-16T19:54:45.810-06:00Imperfect World- Acceptance?12-16-12 <i>sad brain</i><br />
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Do I need to lower my expectations about life in the USA in
2012? Am I NOT being reasonable enough?….
Like my need to lower my expectations about Madonna’s concert (see blog a few
weeks back)… am I just living in the past too much?</div>
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This week on Facebook I’ve been pretty upset and vocal about
the CT school shootings. Today, I had 3 hours in the car alone on my drive
back home form KC to ponder without distractions. My mind went back to the sign
on the VA Hospital in Des Moines which I recently visited two weeks ago.</div>
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<b>The Price of Freedom
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I thought about the solders, past and present, who gave up
their lives for our nation, our constitution and our freedom. Then I wondered
if this same motto applies to the innocent people (children included) who give
up there lives in order to protect the “out of control” 2<sup>nd</sup>
amendment. </div>
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I call this law “out of control”…. Not that I am opposed to
gun ownership, and I don't want guns ban, but because I do have a problem with some
of the guns out there….. <b>assault weapons</b>, automatic and semiautomatic guns
which some people claim they need to feel safe and to hunt with. ….”Really?”
Have there been wild animals, Indians or gangsters circling your house
recently? I assume not, so to me you
seem to be living in fear and not living free at all.</div>
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There is the argument that guns don’t kill, people kill…..
and sure school children could have been killed by a crazy person with a knife,
or a car….. but a knife and car have other purposes like buttering bread, and
transportation….BUT guns, especially
assault weapons have only one purpose- to kill in large numbers. </div>
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However, I will acknowledge that I do think guns are only
the tip of the iceberg. It is the visual part, easy to point to and blame
first…. But there is much more ice below the surface which also needs to be
examined, but hardly even does get examined.</div>
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Case in point, I once heard a preacher give a sermon on
“Follow the Money”…... <b><i><span style="background: #FFFEFD; color: #001320; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">For where your treasure is, there your
heart will be also.</span></i></b><span style="background: #FFFEFD; color: #001320; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> (Matthew 6:21)… it is not surprising
that our nation spends more money on the military, weapons and war than all the
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Reference here: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxYboVoiejM">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxYboVoiejM</a></div>
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And then you have the lack of money available to pay for mental
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Then there is all the violence in movies, TV shows about
crimes and killing, video games which focus on shooting people…. And the media’s need to broadcast, for hours
on end, any tragic story of mass shootings. There is a lot more to point at
besides guns…. Yet those 20 children weren’t killed with knifes or run over
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Others suggest “<i>taking
God and Prayer out of our schools</i>” caused this type of tragedy to happen.
Well if you don’t want sex taught in schools why would you let schools handle
something as precious as spiritual health, which is better suited for home and
church? </div>
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Besides, God is bigger than that.-You can’t shut God out of
schools or anywhere. God lives in every cell in our body and loves us even when
we choose not to love back. God is always present and waiting for us to cry out
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So I guess my conclusion after 3 hours in the car was that
maybe I just need to accept all the facts about life in the USA in 2012- And the resulting consequences which follow,
sad as they may be…. And in doing so, I guess the real question would be- why
am I even surprised that this shooting happened? I should be shocked in the
fact that it doesn’t happened more often.</div>
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So while all you gun owners out there go hug your guns
tonight as you put them safely away…. I hope you will also do the right thing
by thanking the innocent children and their families who made the ultimate
sacrifice for your freedom to own those assault weapons.</div>
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But if you don’t think this was a worthwhile sacrifice for them
to make on behalf of you and your guns, then it is time for the difficult soul
searching and discussion on how to improve our nation…. Looking at the big
picture of our laws, rights, and even budget- could we use better gun regulations perhaps?</div>
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But sadly…..the acceptance of an imperfect world is probably
easier for most of us rather than that kind of deep soul searching and
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Yes, I'm still alive and kicking.... and tonight I'll be ROCKING again. This time we are going to see the Brian Setzer Christmas Show. Other friends who have seen this in other cities have raved about it, so I'm all excited. I've seen Setzer already in his usual rockin-roll show and know he puts on a great time.<br />
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I find myself fairly ready for Christmas, which will be up in northern Iowa again this year. I'm getting some cards sent and I have most of my presents wrapped. Just a few more to check off my list.<br />
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This Christmas we will welcome a new member to our family gathering. Catherine- she and Christopher recently got engaged and are planning a summer wedding. I am very excited about the whole sha-bag!<br />
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<br />Judyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10983782694330464508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468732326785034330.post-2255095199213350162012-11-21T17:02:00.001-06:002012-11-21T17:02:29.817-06:00Bruce Springsteen Concert11-21-12 <i>holiday brain</i><br />
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Thanksgiving weekend has arrived and I am looking forward to some family time.<br />
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Since I wrote about my experience at Madonna's concert in late October, I think it only fair to write about my experience at Bruce Springsteen's concert last weekend...... night and day difference!<br />
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Bruce started his concert 2 hours earlier than Madonna, and he played for 3 hours instead of Madonna's two.... plus his tickets where less expensive. Of course there was a difference in staging.... nothing fancy for Bruce, but he did have a larger E Street Band.... I especially enjoyed the large horn section.<br />
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Bruce's music has been a part of my life since 1975...... and covers every decade since then. He sampled music from every decade in a very satisfying way, playing about 25 songs and even included "Santa Clause is Coming to Town".... well it is the season!<br />
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In summary.... BEST CONCERT EVER! Bruce still rocks in his 60's. This inspired me to know that I need to keep moving and keep rocking and rolling myself!<br />
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Here is a good review with more details if you are interested.<br />
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http://www.kansascity.com/2012/11/18/3923428/springsteen-gives-the-faithful.html<br />
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Happy Thanksgiving!<br />
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I was a big Madonna fan back in the 80’s, so it made perfect
sense for Greg to get us tickets for her concert in KC which fell on my
Birthday. I was excited since I never thought I would have a chance to see her live.
Friends are asking me now…. “How was the show?”….. so HERE is what I have to
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Madonna, at age 54, still “has it”…. But sadly, I’m not
buying “it” anymore…. Maybe because I’ve aged too- BUT in a different way than
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I’ve been working up
a scathing review of the concert in my head over the last few days, but now I’ll
back off a bit…. Since I think I need to own up to the fact that I probably
went into the concert with unrealistic expectations. I was hoping for, and looking for some fun 80’s music escapism.
After all, Madonna’s music represents “good times” to me and I still often play
her top hits when I am looking for a positive boost of energy. I love dancing and
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More realistically, I should have expected that Madonna
would be trying to stay fresh and relevant by creating NEW music and the
concert would focus on her new music. But gee- you’d think she could have worked
in a few more of her top hits. AND I ask you, shouldn’t I have been able to
expect the show to start sooner than 10:30PM since the time on my ticket stated
8:00PM? Good grief….. how rude to keep your fans waiting that long…. Or course the
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Long story short: Her NEW music didn’t appeal much to me
at all- and I think that is what disappointed me the most. Sure the whole stage
production and dancing was awesome, but the content was too violent for my
taste. Give me back the sexy Madonna any day. Right from the start, Madonna was carrying an
assault rifle and sang some song about shooting her boyfriend in the head. The
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the Madonna of the 90’s who was studying the Kabbalah- Jewish enlightenment. At her age, I was expecting Madonna to have
grown in wisdom and able to understand her power to influence the world in a <b>positive</b>
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I later read that theme of the show as: “<i>a journey of the
soul from darkness to light</i>”….. and her
concert ended in an uplifting gospel version of “Like a Prayer”…… some of us
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gets tired of performing her hits from the 80’s and 90’s, but that is what most
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Judyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10983782694330464508noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468732326785034330.post-19746729313770267972012-10-29T09:00:00.000-05:002012-10-29T10:12:52.095-05:00Monday shout out10-29-12 <i>lazy brain</i><br />
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It's been at least 3 weeks since I last blogged, and I must say that I am not missing it at all. I wonder now how I ever had the time to write daily and I wonder what was so important to write about.... Today when I am feeling sick with a cold and last week when Greg was sick.... blogging seems like such a luxury and leisurely act.<br />
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Halloween is upon us, but the real scary things are not candy related. The Election next week and the possibility of a tie.... the nightmare of political fighting would continue. The Hurricane named Sandy is the nightmare for the east coast. Frankenstorm, they are calling this. I was happy this morning to see on the front page of the KC Star newspaper them referring to the storm as "the worst case-scenario" storm.... I was glad the over-used term of "perfect storm" has been abandoned for something new.<br />
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Well it was nice to say Hi to you blog folks today..... now back to bed for awhile.<br />
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<br />Judyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10983782694330464508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468732326785034330.post-89950316445496029552012-10-08T20:16:00.000-05:002012-10-09T14:07:24.375-05:00Honeymoon #2010-8-12 <i>happy brain</i><br />
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I'm just returning from a week's vacation with Greg for our 20th Anniversary. Boy- time flies when you are having fun! Spending time with Greg still is fun after all these years. We traveled to the place of my choosing- I decided on Santa Fe, since I had never been.... and what better place to go for an artist. There was an overwhelming amount of art to take in, architectural beauty, and nature to inspirit me! I loved it so much.... Thanks to Greg to planning such a wonderful trip for us!<br />
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I'll try to post some pictures, but for those of you who don't know: you can follow my art page on Facebook. Search under "pages" for "Judy Sebern Beachy Art" ...... and LIKE it!<br />
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Here: Sunset on roof patio bar of La Fonda in Santa Fe; Hiking in Albuquerque; Hotel El Monte Sagrado in Taos... we got the Egyptian room!<br />
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<br />Judyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10983782694330464508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468732326785034330.post-41513979533804009142012-09-16T12:56:00.000-05:002012-09-16T12:56:51.357-05:00Weekend Report9-16-12 <i>busy brain</i><br />
I found out the problem with my blog has to do with my allotted space for pictures is almost full. I've only spend a short amount of time trying to delete some pictures to free up more space..... but it also seems like a good reason to take a break from blogging, since September is a busy work month- and I don't miss the pressure of daily blogging.<br />
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This weekend was such a perfect few days of gorgeous weather here in Iowa, which made the Beaverdale Fall Festival even more enjoyable this year.<br />
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The parade was fun and I even talked Ann into walking with our church's entry "All under God's Umbrella".<br />
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Prior to this, Ann wanted Greg to snap this picture of her and I. Politics is heating up-but Ann and I are trying to keep civil and respective of each other. I hope others can take our lead. Ann even surprised me by complimenting Hilary Clinton's work in the Middle East mess. Ann is open minded enough to appreciate a smart, strong women. <i>(Ann would probably say that is one of my back handed compliments that I am so good at giving her.... innocently- really!)</i><br />
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Today at Church the Art Show on Forgiveness opens with a reception this afternoon. This morning I was part of an artist discussion of our work which was fun to share our thoughts and inspiration with interested members of church. My part of the talk went well.<br />
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This is my piece for this show: It is about 2.5 feet by 5.5 feet.<br />
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<i>The human view of the world is black and white- either
something is good or evil; respectable or vile; worthy or useless. We have the cowboys
wearing white hats or the villain dressed in black. This human view makes it
hard for us to understand the unconditional
forgiveness of God which is demonstrated to us in the parable of the
Prodigal Son. God’s view of his children
brings our black and white mentality together, mixing and
creating shades of GRAY. This is where forgiveness, BOLD GRACE and peace
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<i>Judy views her life as “split in two” as she seeks that ever
elusive tight-rope balance. By day Judy works full-time as a data collector in
cancer research for the University of Iowa. By night she nurtures her creative
side with art. Although interested in drawing as a child, Judy became serious
about art 15 years ago while taking her first watercolor class. There she met
local artist, Mary Muller, which lead to a series of classes in drawing,
charcoal, and pastels at the Mary Muller Studios. </i></div>
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<i>Judy’s favorite subject to paint is nature, especially
flowers and landscapes. Over the last few years Judy has become engrossed with
abstract art using acrylic paint on paper, cut into 1 inch square pixels. </i></div>
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<br />Judyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10983782694330464508noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468732326785034330.post-87443745316652631972012-08-30T12:17:00.004-05:002012-08-30T12:17:52.574-05:00End of August8-30-12<br />
My blog is on hold due to technical difficulties. I am unable to upload pictures into my blog.<br />
Hummmmm????Judyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10983782694330464508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468732326785034330.post-49597642607954096832012-08-24T05:00:00.000-05:002012-08-24T05:00:11.009-05:00This and That Friday8-24-12 TGIF brain<br />
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I've been spoiled this week: I had my windows professionally cleaned, my one room with carpet cleaned, and my housekeeper visited. The reason is that I will be hosting a family from our sister Church in Hungary this weekend. Everything seems to be in order. I even washed some rugs and curtains.<br />
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Each morning I have been monitoring the emerging weeds in the garden and pulling them. Amy finished my back garden on Monday and I put down some more mulch back there..... it's been years since it has looked this good.<br />
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I saw this tree last night about a block from my house! Although the temperatures climbed back into the 90's this week, it still feels a bit like autumn is just around the corner.<br />
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I also saw this last night on my front tree. The Cicada are still emerging and making wonderful summer music in the trees.<br />
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rain slicker? Well, I guess I should of packed one. All went well from 2 till 6
pm, then the rain started and the temperature dropped from 76 to 60. We rode
the Tram for 1 hour then I got smart and bought a polo shirt to cover up my
chest and arms, $10 for two shirts. Food, well I outdid myself with restraint,
1 corndog and my share of a bucket of cookies. Here is a pic of Lexi, Nat and
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the grandstand. They were great and the best part, we got to see a lot of
“take-down” action by the State Patrol. There was a “no tolerance for stupid
behavior” at the Fair this year. We left at 12:15 and I was chilled to the
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We got there at 1 pm and left at midnight, walked from one end to the other,
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on the Sing Off) and at 8 pm, WAR, 1970’s Funk group. Wow, they were more than
good and as you can imagine, I danced my butt off. Go home at 10 pm? Nope, we
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Had another corndog, pineapple whip and tried a pickle dawg, deep fried ¼
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Can’t tell you how much I love the sights and sounds of the Fair. Only 360 days
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Judyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10983782694330464508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468732326785034330.post-31389604358876179492012-08-22T04:30:00.000-05:002012-08-22T04:30:01.057-05:00Wednesday GUEST Blog<br />
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Exhausted after spending two full days and three evenings at the Fair. Yes, I’ve
written about the Fair and so has Judy, buy wow I love the Iowa State Fair.
Some ask “how do you afford going so many times and what do you do”? Well
here’s the answer in a two-part report.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">When the 11
day schedule comes out, I make my own schedule to see who’s going to be on one
of four free stages, yep you heard me, free music with the price of admission
($10 or $5 after 5 pm). I picked five days I would attend. The budget starts
there. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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days, man what will power. Actually, I’m very frugal to a point of obsession.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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well I could take the $2 shuttle, pay $10 at the gate, $6 or so to park on
someone’s front yard or find a spot on the street. Yep, drove the Jeep, so no
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few animals, the butter cow, chocolate moose, the beauty cakes and the
cookbooks at the Varied Industries Bldg, I saw a lot of great bands and heard
some great music. Here’s a pic from singer #1, Dia Frampton. Isn’t she cute? </span></div>
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<b>Wednesday</b> I saw Dia Frampton, runner
up from the Voice – Season 1. She was coached by Team Blake Shelton. She did a
great job and I got to meet her. After the show I read her bio, wow, she’s been
singing for 10 years. She’s sweet as can be, loves cupcakes and Tom Petty and
she kept saying “saddle up” to her lead guitarist when he stopped playing. This
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after Dia) and Judy was a sport to stay until 10:30. Here’s a pic from the
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shift then went home to clean, guests coming for two days. <br />
You would think I would be tired after three evenings, but nope, I have 24
hours of Fair fun along with a pit stop at the Knapp Center for the Olympic
Homecoming (more on that later) for the weekend. Gotta Run but I’ll leave you
these three pics that sum up my love of cakes, stuff and friends. Cakes- John
Wayne’s house in Winterset, American Legion for marine dude John and the
peacock for Molly. Stuff- the glass art
that I need to get back to, and of course … peas ‘n carrots eating healthy.
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Judyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10983782694330464508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468732326785034330.post-11479305161815093992012-08-21T04:30:00.000-05:002012-08-21T04:30:02.054-05:00Saturday a "fair" report8-21-12 <i>fun brain</i><br />
Greg and I attended the Iowa State Fair on Saturday. It was such a great day weather-wise that we hung out for a good 5 hours and "splurged" a bit on food and activities.<br />
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We rode the sky glider this year.<br />
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I loved this wood carving. I didn't see it made, but wish I would have bought it for my garden.<br />
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I listened to the hymn sing.... the log cabin was full of singers, so some of us had to hang out side the windows. I thought this was an interesting photo.... well at least if I would have had a good camera. The guy reminded me our Greg's Amish relatives.<br />
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The most interesting thing to me was this couple we met and talked to in the Pioneer Building. They were from Jefferson Iowa and have a business there where furniture is made in the period of 1875, using old tools from this time period and old varnish techniques of walnut shells and raspberries.<br />
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The cool thing is that they have classes you can attend over a 3 day weekend and learn to make your own piece of furniture..... also couples classes. I want to try this in my retirement :)<br />
They also have apprentices whom they train.... so if you know of any person who loves history and carpentry- check out the webpage.<br />
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Check it out <a href="http://www.rvp1875.com/" target="_blank">HERE: </a><br />
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We need a road trip to Jefferson sometime .... I'm putting this on my bucket list!<br />
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<br />Judyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10983782694330464508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468732326785034330.post-74678994405630499492012-08-17T07:30:00.000-05:002012-08-17T08:55:42.201-05:00This week's update8-17-12<br />
I woke up this morning grabbing the blanket and found the kitten snuggling with me to keep warm. The low was around 52!..... I found myself starting to crave pumpkin. It's hard now not to keep is it September especially when I saw this a few days ago.<br />
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Not weed free patio bricks! My "gardener" has been working out in back yard now this week. Since I didn't have to spend Thursday evening tending the yard work, I was free to join Ann at the Iowa State Fair... from about 5:00 to 10:30 pm.<br />
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We walked around a bit..... dinner was a "Beef Sunday" which is a scoop of mash potatoes in a bowl with beef and gravy on top with some cheese and a cherry tomato. That filled me up, but I had to have one dessert and I choose the Apple Pastry stick.<br />
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Our main purpose of going to the fair was watching a Beatles tribute band called "Strawberry Fields".... and to check out the painted Ice Cream Cones..... which Renee had been trying to get to to do one this year. We saw some cute ones..... <br />
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Here two of my favorite-creative ones. There were plenty of normal looking ones too.<br />
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Then we did stumble upon the "largest Chocolate Moose in captivity"</div>
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It wasn't solid chocolate, but made like the famous butter cow.</div>
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<br />Judyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10983782694330464508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468732326785034330.post-30738241319713098812012-08-16T04:00:00.000-05:002012-08-16T04:00:04.410-05:00Peace Art Virtual Show<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm so excited to be a part of a Virtual Art Show on Facebook. My Peace Art , via by <a href="http://onesmalldailypeaceofart.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">peace blog </a><a href="http://onesmalldailypeaceofart.blogspot.com/">http://onesmalldailypeaceofart.blogspot.com/</a> was discovered by Brad who runs a Facebook site called "<b>The Peace Art Collective</b>".</div>
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It was Brad's idea to feature some of my Peace Art and we worked together, thanks mostly to his graphic artistic talents.... and these photo's were created.
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go <a href="http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.486287074732354.125261.353618727999190&type=1" target="_blank">HERE:</a> </div>
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Feel free to download, print off and hang this peace art for your refrigerator, file cabinet or locker. Brad and I both love spreading Peace, so we do want everyone who is interest in Peace to use these.</div>
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