Your Mind Working

"Like the circles that you find in the windmills
                         of your mind." *


For many of us on days when inspiration takes
hold. . . our minds race.
Thoughts and ideas come and we want
to work them.  Where to begin; how to begin?

That's what creativity is all about. We are
inspired by a piece of music, or we attend a
play or even something as simple as a walk
outside with an open mind.

We can't make notes fast enough. We think
about a poem or essay and then realize there
needs to a beginning and an end--and that is
the point where we stop.

However, the true artist pushes through and
does the work, draft after draft, no matter
what it takes, right?

Happy Birthday today:
Carol Burnett (actress) and Marilyn Nelson (poet).

Lucille Ball died this day in 1989. We all
know the laughter and joy of her work lives on.

May something we create live beyond our
brief stay here.

*Lyrics by Alan & Marilyn Bergman and Michel Legrand

Peace, Love, and Mercy With a Kiss

Dear Friends,
Two years ago on this date I began posting
to this Blog: 218 posts and over 200 images.
I have heard from readers as far away as Alaska.
My thanks go out to each of you for taking time
to look/see what was on my mind.

How To Celebrate?

Some of you may recall my mentioning Mother

Antonia Brenner (The Prison Angel). Many of you

may know the facts of her life. If not I would

encourage you to read the book about her 

written by two Washington Post reporters.

This woman who gave up everything, always had a 

smile for those she met because she loved as

Jesus did. Unconditionally.

I was blessed to catch one of Mother's kisses with my

camera in 2008. It is not a perfect photo but the love

that she sent out on that day was for everyone!

And so to celebrate . . . 

if you would like a 5x7 copy of this image to
download, please email me and I will be happy to
answer with a high resolution of this photo for you. 

(kgunton@sbcglobal.net)

Mother Antonia always signed her notes/letters with

Peace, Love, and Mercy.

And so I close this day with Mother's words & my gratitude. 

EASTER 2016

LET US REJOICE & BE GLAD

And now you have time to reflect on your 

greatest Easter gift this year:

Peace?

Hope?

Joy?

Family?

Food? 

Maybe something you had given up for Lent?

Maybe a poem or a card someone sent?

Maybe a full church of happy people?

We all have our unique gratitude list.

So now on Easter Monday, when you have

time, look out the window and maybe

you will see even nature rejoicing.

             ALLELUIA !

March 7th 2016

Luther Burbank Born on this day in 1849

      (Horticulturist who developed hundreds of
    new varieties of flowers, fruits, and vegetables)

               

                

                 His home & gardens in Santa Rosa, CA 

                         are a photographer's delight.

   Artichoke Flower-- Who knew?

And by the way, the next time you bite

into an amazing Santa Rosa Plum you

might think about Luther Burbank.

               

March 6th 2016

Michelangelo

Just that one word and we think art.
Most would agree he was one of the
greatest artists in the world.
Born on this day in 1475. 

What was his most astounding creation?

For Lent we turn to the Pieta.

The dialogue in this You Tube will hopefully

become a contemplation.

Amen.

Michelangelo, Pietà, 1498-1500

March 2, 2016

Thomas Kennerly Wolfe, Jr.

           Born this day in 1931

Being a writer requires two people:

the person writing and the person reading;

or the person speaking and the person listening.

One night in the 1990's I met Tom Wolfe who had

come to speak at Chapman University. It was a

classy evening. Tom Wolfe paid tribute to the art 

of writing by the way he presented himself.

 

On such an evening you go home and write.

                    TOM WOLFE

                 In his six-button

                 cream colored vest

                 and his high forehead

                 hair falling part at the left

                 Tom Wolfe tailored facts

                 and fit them into a life

                 of their own. Smiling

                 he said, I am not the writer

                 who can't go home.

                     

                                      -Kathleen Gunton

         Happy Birthday! 

           to the writer who founded what

           we now call the New Journalism 

       Here's a quote on what he says he found--we

are richer for it. . . 

      "I found a great many pieces of puctuation and

typography lying around dormant when I came along--

and I must say I had a good time using them."

                                                    -Tom Wolfe