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Postcards

Postcards

Feb
07
Photo of black man in suite on phone behind lobby desk, in front of mirror, with violin on desk to his right

A Renaissance Doorman

In the summer of 2021, the New Yorker magazine co-produced a beautiful short documentary film that tells the story of
5 min read
Dec
20
Photo of a snow covered road in the foreground with evergreen tress and sharp-peaked, snow-covered mountains in the background

2025 Winter Solstice Greeting

It was the mountains of Orezza that made me completely happy. The song of the dove and the partridge telling
4 min read
Dec
06
Photo of small, single story brown home with golden ginkgo and fallen leaves on lawn in front

La Casa del Arte y Sueños

The title of this month’s post, which translates as “The House of Art and Dreams,” sums up the purpose
4 min read
Sep
06
Photo of small pond surrounded by trees, shrubs, and cattails.

High Summer Stillness

Where the Art Nun Walks
5 min read
Jul
05
Photo of a curving stone path surrounded by white and blue native plants and green grasses

A Wealth of Gardens

Dear Esteemed Readers, I’m writing this note a few days before the upcoming Summer Solstice on June 21, when
9 min read
May
17
Photo of pond in foreground, open wooden structure in back, and green and colorful vegetation on either side

My Artistic Getaway Follow-up

Dear Esteemed Readers, On Saturday morning, May 3, 2025, my husband David and I headed off from Tieton, Washington to
7 min read
May
03
Photo of large curved space in white wall leading to a garden, with stone and grass mosaic patterns on the ground

An Artistic Getaway

Dear Esteemed Readers, On this first Saturday in May, when I usually send out my regular, monthly, Art Nun Journal
3 min read
Dec
21
Photo of nine red and green bubble lights arranged on a gold-covered 5-tier ziggurat

2024 Winter Solstice Greeting

Dear Esteemed Readers, As I begin my (now almost "traditional") winter solstice greeting, the longest night of the
5 min read
Nov
06
(left) Photo of earth eith clouds, blue oceans, and brown land; (right) Tibetan mandala with concentric colorful circles

Earth from Space

I realized that the story of ourselves as told by science—our cosmology, our religion—was incomplete and likely flawed.
3 min read
Oct
26
A montage of six images and photos, in two rows of three, taken from images of past journal posts.

Third Year Renewal

Since October 28, 2022 when I first launched my Art Nun of Central Washington online journal, my Saturday morning, once-a-month
2 min read