TAKING A BREAK

My dear friends....

It is time.

I need a break from this blog, so I am taking one.
I don't intend to stop completely, but I also don't intend to continue placing the obligation of a daily entry on myself.

When I have something to say, I'll say it, just as I've been doing.  Sometimes, it will be informative.  Sometimes it might be inspirational.  Sometimes it will be downright silliness.  But I don't want to just write something anymore simply to mark another day off a calendar.

If I posted daily for another couple of weeks, I would have attained six months of daily blogging. 

And what would that prove?

I feel the push to paint as prolifically as possible in preparation for the Holy Trinity Monastery art show coming up in less than a month. 

There's some more of those  alliterative 'P's' I seem to be so fond of! 

I also feel the need to spend more time outdoors and less time in front of this computer.  I bet lots of us are feeling that way after our long, hard winters.  Yes?

My guess is that when I do a painting that I like...or one that is driving me nuts....I'm going to feel the need to share both with you.

My guess is that as spring progresses...and summer arrives, as it surely will....I will find myself with my camera snapping pictures left and right of the floral beauty...and of course, I'll want to share those with you, too.

I know that if and when I am struck by a particularly interesting train of thought that I will want each of you to take that train ride with me.  I like hearing your reactions.  Your thoughts....your comments....add much to my thinking process.

There is no telling what will inspire me to post something new.  This blog has been one of the most fun things I've ever done.  I cannot imagine stopping completely.

I seem to have a strong need to string words together and see what develops...whether it's drivel or drama..pointless or profound...beauty or b.s.!

The hardest part of all this is stopping in the middle of the week...in the middle of the month!  I am feeling like I should do this on a Saturday...or on the 31st.  What is my problem?  It sounds a little obsessive/compulsive, don't you think?

Oh...one more thing. 

Don't be shocked if a new blog appears tomorrow!  Something might happen this afternoon that I just have to tell you about!

I will try to e-mail those for whom I have addresses when I post something new...and I will also post something on facebook.  Also, you might want to check out getting SKaySpeak as a 'feed'.  That way, you will always know when there's a new one.

Let's still have coffee together in the morning though...even if only in our vivid collective imaginations.

That's about it...for right now.

Except for this.........
I recently posted a picture of an unfinished and unnamed painting I'd done.
I finished it and I named it.

LAST LIGHT

16 x 20 acrylic on canvas

One more thing................

Don't forget to................