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What Scribbling Means

Sometimes I can be a very neurotic parent. Now, this doesn’t happen often. Normally I am not a worrier at all. However, in the last six months I’ve been worrying about my daughter’s talents in the art department. Yes, that’s right – art. You see, I am not a fabulous artist. I can’t draw a straight line, and all of the animals I draw seem to look like anemic cats. My daughter’s artistic talents seem to run in the same direction. When either of us is asked to draw a picture, we’ll scribble something on a piece of paper, say … Continue reading →

Drawing on Walls

Last year my mom’s group went to the Museum of Modern Art in Fort Worth, Texas. The outing was called “StrollArt at the Modern.” It was a great time with my friends appreciating modern art. For Jessie’s second Christmas her daddy and I gave her a floor pad and crayons that promote proper hand position. I thought she’d be eager to color. She didn’t show much interest. We bought a number of Aquadoodle books and water pens for a previous foster placement. The former foster daughter loved watching the colors come up with water, dry, and then start again. I … Continue reading →

Wish You Well – David Baldacci

David Baldacci is best known for his suspense novels, but in “Wish You Well,” he takes a departure from his normal genre and gives us a literary look into the heart and soul of the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia in the 1940’s. Louisa Mae Cardinal, who prefers to be called Lou, is the twelve-year-old daughter of Jack Cardinal, a celebrated novelist. She wants to be just like him and spends hours scribbling in her own notebook. But despite Jack’s fame, he doesn’t have the income to support his family, and wants to move to California to become a screen writer. … Continue reading →