I remember lifting the crisp cardboard, yellow and green, rectangular box top and thrilling to every Crayola Crayon color name:The Exotics like- Prussian Blue, Aquamarine, Sepia, Mulberry, Mahogany, Thistle, Terracotta, Cornflower, and Periwinkle. Or the comfortingly descriptive: Lemon yellow, Forest Green, Orange, Plum, Sky Blue, Grey, Black, and the exquisitely subtle White. Then there were
Read MoreThe Great Rocks My continuing fascination with glacial erratics began at 30 Janet Road in Chelmsford, MA.My family lived near the end of this sleepy road in a 1960s, residential development. At 40 Janet Road (the end of our street) was a weathered sign proclaiming ‘Thanksgiving Town Forest.’ A little, paved, parking lot, with 4
Read MoreThe Old Man in the MountainI remember reading in bed one night when the radio announcer said, “The Old Man in the Mountain has just slipped from the rockface and is now nothing more than a pile of granite rubble.” I was stunned! Not The Old Man in the Mountain? It had been carved by glacial erosion
Read MoreVictuals and Drink This character is described as an old woman and not an old wife I think she lives alone. “She lived upon nothing but victuals and drink”. Victual is a word meaning food. Drink, on the other hand, is not used here as a verb but as a noun. Without the preposition a
Read MoreMany old nursery rhymes are not as warm and fuzzy as they are today. Some might even cause nightmares! Take for instance… Poor Polly Picklenose “Polly, Polly, goodness gracious! Now you quit that making faces.” Polly laughed at what they said, Cocked her nose and went to bed. But the big black Boog abo heard,and he came without a word; Walked right in — you bet a
Read MoreMore: Rock Stars Home All images and writing are copyright Mary Lee Mattison 1/8/1981 All rights Reserved.
Read MoreI have always been an Excellent Student! I’m not saying I’m wicked smart…Just I have always been an Excellent Student. What makes an Excellent Student? Let’s look back…I’d consider My Excellent Student ‘formative years’ Grades 4th thuough7th. Before that Excellent Student’s status depended ENTIRELY on one’s Mother, and mine was exemplary! She chaperoned every single
Read MoreA Cupola or ‘Widows Walk’ is found atop manyNew England East Coast mansions-It is a tiny, aerial, fenced-in landing from wherethe Wife of the Captain’s house could first see hisreturning ship crest above the horizon. As this sad name suggests…many times the anxiously watched for ships did not return. The Widow’s Walk…And so, she climbs
Read MoreYou know it’s funny when you’re a graphic artist you spend all your time working on other people’s stuff and never seem to get around to your own. You’ll have to excuse the broken links, misaligned images, lost PDFs, missing captions, closed comments, and occasional typos. (I just hope you don’t get jettisoned right out
Read MoreIf there is a way to cover it with art, I will. This is my kitchen wall. I started painting this mural back in Newburyport while caring for my ill Mother. I used 3 Bainbridge board panels so they would be movable. Like I tell the kids if you have an Imagination you are never
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