First Steps in Kitten Heels
As if entering seventh grade wasn’t shocking enough getting an invitation to an affair called a Rush Tea indoctrinated me into a world as...
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Virginia Kelley
Dec 29, 20212 min read
Lift the Weight
The year-end holidays can take a toll. With so much to accomplish, I find myself speeding through days and at night sinking into sleep,...
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Virginia Kelley
Dec 23, 20212 min read
The World is Your Oyster
Artists are told that the more you create art the easier it is to find subjects to paint. It took a year of being quarantined for me to...
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Virginia Kelley
Dec 18, 20212 min read
Decked Out in Glad Rags
Humans unlike many species have no protective exoskeleton so, from the earliest time, due to practicality (and modesty) we garbed...
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Virginia Kelley
Dec 5, 20212 min read
Angels All Around Us
One definition of angel is God’s thoughts passing to man. What a concept! At college, in a required philosophy course, I floundered from...
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Virginia Kelley
Nov 22, 20212 min read
Kind Gestures By Strangers
On November 21, 1963, rooms at a hotel in Fort Worth were being readied for the visit of President John Kennedy and First Lady...
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Virginia Kelley
Nov 19, 20212 min read
When Donut Frenzy Hits
My habit is to have a Timbit at Halloween or occasionally a few bites of an old-fashioned plain fry cake but, that wasn’t always the...
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Virginia Kelley
Nov 15, 20212 min read
Farewell, Old Friends
Today my husband lugged two big boxes of art history books down the stairs and loaded them into the car to give away. The weighty and...
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Virginia Kelley
Nov 6, 20212 min read
A Colorful Craze
When I began teaching art decades ago, coloring books were forbidden as stifling creativity. Fast forward to find that times have...
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Virginia Kelley
Oct 30, 20213 min read
Shadow, Side-kick and Alter-ego
Today I learned of the death of a childhood friend, Sandy Lang. Her dad was a meat cutter at Loblaws at Sheridan Plaza and, at ten, I had...
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Virginia Kelley
Oct 25, 20211 min read
Distant Voices
As I put freshly washed dishes in the drainer a voice whispers: “They’re water sweet.” My friend from childhood had a grandmother who...
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Virginia Kelley
Oct 15, 20212 min read
A Life’s Love Remembered
Fall brings cooler weather and foods remembered from childhood. Mother Olive had an innate ability to put things together, cook them just...
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Virginia Kelley
Sep 24, 20212 min read
Heroes
Essential workers are accepted as part of the landscape. They blend in. I was reminded the other day of how silently and efficiently they...
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Virginia Kelley
Sep 5, 20212 min read
Put Your Heart on Paper
“As water reflects the face, so one’s life reflects the heart.” Proverbs 27-19. At one time or another most people decide to keep a diary...
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Virginia Kelley
Aug 23, 20212 min read
A Woman's Work
Household duties are varied and diverse and as anyone who has let things slide even for a few days knows, they must be met constantly to...
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Virginia Kelley
Aug 6, 20211 min read
Learning from the Pros
The pandemic’s forced isolation has sent my husband and me to the dog park almost each day for entertainment as viewed from the car. We...
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Virginia Kelley
Apr 22, 20212 min read
From Straw to Gold
Driving through the countryside one morning I saw an odd-looking, barn-like structure comprised of slatted wood strips held together with...
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Virginia Kelley
Apr 20, 20212 min read
Grief is a Black Cloud
Non-human friends fill our lives with joy. We start out with eyes wide open and fully aware that pets don’t live as long as people. ...
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Virginia Kelley
Dec 24, 20202 min read
Trees, Trimmings and Traditions
If you do nothing else, be sure to document this holiday season. Write down details, feelings, what has happened and what is missing....
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Virginia Kelley
Dec 2, 20202 min read
A Peaceful Pandemic Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving was sure different this year due to the virus and the many restrictions. My husband and I ate alone and the ½ turkey breast...
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