What’s fah suppah?I’m thinking BLTs with a big pile of perfectly cooked, crispy bacon! Right? Then… some soft folk music and posed, gentle dancing. Somewhere near the parents, where the mother is knitting with pure, white yarn for innocence. The knitting’s long white ‘umbilical cord’ is attached to the dark green (pretend) pet sleeping at
Read MoreThis is an optically clear Himalayan Gwindel.“Not an ‘optically clear Himalayan Gwindel’!!!??” She gasped!“That must be one of a kind! I’ll take a dozen.”Crystal Photo by: Himalayan Quartz “In a crystal we have the clear evidence of the existence of a formative life-principle, and though we cannot understand the life of a crystal, it is
Read MoreI invited Picasso fah suppah so I made his favorite…‘Shrimp with Lemon Moon’ Copyright MLM 2021. Acrylics on art board. HOME All Illustrations and original content Copyright, Mary Lee Mattison 2018. All Rights Reserved.
Read MoreOnce there was a Prince who thought, “I will go out into the Wild World where I grew tired of living at his father’s castle. And since he feared nothing, will not be so bored. There must be many marvelous things to see out there.” So he took leave of his parent and set out
Read More…and remember to always put the in-laws (and outlaws) at the far ends of any family group photo. That way you can stomp your dainty foot and dramatically tear the out-of-favor person off the main photo (like in the movies) with one clean, perfect…rip… letting the torn scrap of paper float to the floor in
Read MoreThe Red Toad Once a man and his wife were sitting at a table by the back door, roast chicken in front of them, and were about to eat dinner. The man saw his father coming up the road toward them. He quickly grabbed the chicken and hid it because he did not want to
Read MoreA mean Old Witch surprised 10 brothers who were robbing her favorite, raspberry bushes.“Away with you!!” The Old Witch shouted swinging her broom in a wide, sweeping gesture towards the 10 brothers. Poking the air with her broom handle she walked slowly at The Brothers who were packed together and backed up to the lake
Read MoreMy Mom loved Thanksgiving! (The family always gathered at her home.) She had advanced Alzheimer’s at the final feast my family shared with her. I thought a 60s, Hallmark, honey-comb turkey centerpiece would be a bright, whimsical touch so I bought one on eBay for a couple of bucks. My Mom was giddy when it
Read MoreI used to work at a leather shop in downtown Newburyport Ma. During the Holidays and many, beautiful, summer days we were mobbed with eager shoppers, and the days happily floated by. Then there were those interminable November shop hours. On the outside, the cold, wind-swept sleet had made slick the historic brick sidewalks and
Read MoreGive a child (or anyone really) a clean sheet of paper and markers or colored pencils or crayons and ask them to ‘free draw’. (That’s drawing without any examples or instructions.) The first question is, invariably, “What should I draw?” “Draw what you see.“ I always answer. “But, everything I see is boring.” “Then see
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