KATHERINE writes:

I want to thank you for posting the marvelous quote from Phyllis McGinley!  It inspired me to do a spread in my sketchbook journal to commemorate that “elemental point” in my life, to take cognizance of it in this society that does not.

So often I encounter a young mother who assures me that she loves her new baby very much, but she just can’t stand to be home all the time with the baby.  So the baby goes to day care, or grandma’s, while the new mother escapes to the comfort of her place of employment.  The dental assistant at my dentist’s office is a recent example – she much prefers poking around in people’s mouths to caring full-time for her three-month old son.  I simply cannot begin to understand such an attitude.

Sketchbook journaling helps me keep my sanity these days.  It’s something positive that I can do.  I’m spending less time on the Internet reading about Covid or Biden or any of the other issues out there.  There is absolutely nothing that I can do about any of it.  I get depressed and frustrated.  So, my goal is to do one of these two-page spreads several times a week.  I’m still pretty much of a novice at watercolor, but even so, I feel happy and uplifted when I finish a spread.

As always, thanks for your very special website!

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