Tag: Magic

  • One Good Thing

    One Good Thing

    Seven years ago, on this very date, I picked up a watercolor brush. I’ve come quite a ways from my first efforts, but what hasn’t changed a bit is my enthusiasm for the medium. Watercolor is magical – it can be transparent and luminous and it can also just stubbornly sit there and refuse to…

  • Magic – 1

    Magic – 1

    At the beginning of the year, I declared 2026 to be my “year of magic.” I expect that is going to look different from month to month, but considering that my part of the Carolinas had its first big, pure-powder snowstorm in easily ten years yesterday and that today was all bluebird skies and wonder…

  • Bloom 12 – The Year That Was

    Bloom 12 – The Year That Was

    A year ago, I thought I’d write a great many more “Bloom” posts. Then again, I never thought I’d write 90 “Good Thing” posts, so there it is. “Bloom” was my word of choice for 2025 and, in many ways, I set some great goals that helped me do just that. Let’s see: Yes, I…