Tag Archives: wisdom
PEACEFUL IMAGES . . .
ART & POETRY BY KATHY BOECHER This is another colored pencil drawing of a peaceful place in an imaginary world. There are many of these locations swirling in my head from time to time. The best place to spend time … Continue reading
FIRST IMPRESSIONS . . .
ART & POETRY BY PAUL & KATHY BOECHER© You enter a room full of people. Forming opinions before you know, You walk narrow paths in the country, treading softly in places unknown. The sun casts its radiance upon you, You’re … Continue reading
SOME THINGS GET BETTER WITH AGE . . .
I’ve been having fun with restoring old photographs through the use of AI. There is also a means of animating some of those images or creating something new out of something old. In fact, you can remove all your wrinkles, … Continue reading
IMPOSING EDIFICE . . .
ORIGINAL ART & POETRY BY PAUL & KATHY BOECHER© This building was painted on site by Paul Boecher. The watercolor gives it a mysterious glow. The blue awnings on the windows remain brilliant in the sunshine. I think this was an … Continue reading
ON FIRE . . .
ART & POETRY BY PAUL & KATHY BOECHER Clouds laced with a rim of gold, Woven with threads of red and purple, It bursts into a tapestry of majesty. As the sun ascends over distant mountains, A precious fabric, designed … Continue reading
POLITICIANS WILL COME AND GO . . .
I have steered away from expressing my political feelings for a number of years now. As I’ve often said, I don’t like confrontation or rejection, so I try to avoid that topic. I do, however, believe that whatever has happened … Continue reading
SHINE . . .
ORIGINAL ART & POETRY by PAUL & KATHY BOECHER© A babbling brook makes its way through the troubling rocks of life, Yet nourishing as it bounces back and forth over them, Within each of us is the ability to bounce back, … Continue reading
VOTE TODAY . . .
Today we have the opportunity to be involved in one of our most important rights as Americans. I voted early last week to avoid the crowds. It’s a typical election day. Rainy skies persist and many will opt out of … Continue reading
DAYS TO COME . . .
Today’s art by Paul is a watercolor pencil drawing. These wild areas were special favorites of the artist. I also have a fondness for this time of year, when things begin to go into a metamorphic state. All leading to … Continue reading
THE SKY IS THE LIMIT . . .
ART & POETRY BY PAUL & KATHY BOECHER© To soar with the eagles no matter how high, To reach all my goals or at least I can try, To try and to fail but never give up, To turn to … Continue reading
UPSIDE DOWN . . .
I’m not one to get on my soap box to spread gloom and doom. I’d much rather talk about the peace we can achieve through reading the scriptures. However, even in the Bible, there are stories of perversion of truth, … Continue reading
SIGNS OF THINGS TO COME . . .
ART & POETRY BY PAUL & KATHY BOECHER The watercolor painting shows the fading color of October. The brilliance we’ve see in the past couple weeks will probably retreat soon and we look to another season that seems colorless at … Continue reading
CHILL TIME . . .
When we are surrounded by mass media which hammers us with fake news, half-truths, scandal, downright lies and simply too much of everything, it’s time to chill out. That should be easy at my age, My body has been chillin’ for … Continue reading
HOW DOES GOING TO CHURCH HELP ME?
“Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old, he will not depart from it.” Proverbs 22:6 When I was just a small child, my parents made a point of taking me to church … Continue reading
MAKING MEMORIES . . .
Memories are like a flash drive. We store them in our brains for future reference. We tuck them into another place so we can forget about them temporarily. We might not like the memory we’ve created so we can delete … Continue reading
OCTOBER 12TH – WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
It used to be called Columbus Day but now is known as Indigenous People Day. My husband sketched this piece in watercolor pencil when he participated in a rendezvous of early settlers in America. He was acting as an 1800s … Continue reading
ANOTHER DAY – ANOTHER WEEK . . .
My sister and I used to refer to our mom as the Energizer Bunny. You’ve probably known someone like that, who just keeps on going. Mom was 86 when she passed away and fought hard all the way. We thought … Continue reading
DIVIDED, WE FALL . . .
ART & POETRY BY PAUL & KATHY BOECHER© This painting was done as the backdrop for “Such a Time as This,” a musical version of the story of Esther, from the Bible. Paul, being the artist that he was, often designed … Continue reading
WHEN OLD BECOMES NEW . . .
ART & POETRY BY PAUL & KATHY BOECHER© I’m not sure of the location of this painting by Paul, but it could be someone’s home or possibly an event center in a park. I’ve always had trouble painting buildings, but … Continue reading
