by Connect | Jan 1, 2020 | Leonardo da Vinci
The Voice of Experience → Leonardo da Vinci || The Da Vinci Road Drawing from Nature On drawing from Nature; stand at a distance of 3 times the height of the object you wish to draw.A broad light high up and not too strong will render the details of objects very...
by Connect | Jan 1, 2020 | Imprimatur
Imprimatur || The Da Vinci Road Imprimatur I remember when I first read The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci and realize I must have pulled that copy from Daddio's personal collection after I married him in 2000. At the time he owned a used bookstore, and for years...
by Connect | Jan 2, 2020 | Holy Cow
Holy Cow My name is Ramona I wish I knew all the answers, how to be perfect, attractive and witty. But I’m just a human being with all the regular faults and it seems no matter how hard I try, I can’t change that. I spend half of my time wondering what...
by Connect | Jan 2, 2020 | Holy Cow
Holy Cow Helping my cow Josephine I woke up in the middle of the night thinking about what I was going to wear when Daniel arrived. I got up and went through my closet and drawers looking for an outfit that said, “I look great but not because I tried to look...
by Connect | Jan 2, 2020 | Holy Cow
Holy Cow Getting to know Daniel After the long, hot shower, I went to my room, wrapped in a robe and just stood there, looking out the window for a long time. I could see Josephine and Squirt figuring out how to be mother and newborn calf. They appeared to be enjoying...
by Connect | Jan 2, 2020 | Holy Cow
Holy Cow Daniel has his Eyes Opened That evening after milking and doing chores, I saw Will coming back to the house with the rifle over his shoulder. “Got the leader of the pack and wounded two others,” he said simply as he walked by me and into the...
by Connect | Jan 2, 2020 | Holy Cow
Holy Cow The meaning of Holy Cow “Hey.” Will spoke from behind me as I stood on the kitchen porch, beating the eggs for breakfast. As I turned toward him on the right, he snitched an apple muffin from the platter on my left where I had them all arranged...
by Connect | Jan 2, 2020 | Holy Cow
Holy Cow Working through A Boyfriend and a Sick Cow “Josephine looks ill,” Dad told me when I got to the garden. “Would you go back inside and make her a medicated apple?”I felt a pang of alarm grip my stomach and Dad said, “It just looks...
by Connect | Jan 2, 2020 | Holy Cow
Holy Cow A conversation about Where There’s Smoke After lunch, Grandpa came up from the valley and wanted to borrow Susanna for the afternoon to help him make green chile stew and tortillas for our dinner.6 Mom said she could go and Susanna was flattered to be...
by Connect | Jan 2, 2020 | Holy Cow
Holy Cow After dinner Grandpa Tells a Story Knowing what is on the menu makes you hungry earlier than usual. By five o’clock that afternoon, we were all hanging around Grandpa’s cabin, waiting for him to announce that dinner was ready so we could help...
