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Category Archives: Art and Music
“Single Malt,” oil/canvas 6″x6″ by Jelaine Faunce
“Single Malt,” oil/canvas 6″x6″ by Jelaine Faunce. Check out Jelaine Faunce’s blog at http://jelainefaunce. blogspot.com Share this:PrintEmailDiggFacebookShareStumbleUponReddit
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An exquisite painting by James Neil Hollingsworth
Big Grapes No.2 | 24 x 24 | oil on canvas “Big Grapes No. 2,” o/c, 24″x24″ by James Neil Hollingsworth. To see more, visit his blog (click here). Neil writes, “I’ve been working on Big Grapes … Continue reading
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What an amazing couple of weeks.
“Omigod, Omigod, you guys!” That’s the gist of one of the songs in the rock-and-rollin’ musical, “Legally Blonde.” I’m playing keyboard in the Ocala Civic Theatre’s orchestra for the show, which opened last week. Bonus: one of my children, high-school … Continue reading
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Music Played on Wine Glasses (The Glass Harp), played by The Glass Duo
I have to say, sometimes the Internet is downright miraculous. This version of Tchaikovsky’s “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies” is just GORGEOUS. Anna and Arkadiusz Szafraniec, “The Glass Duo,” are the only glass music group in Poland. Professional musicians, … Continue reading
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A beautiful image
This has nothing to do with wine, but it’s such a neat image I just had to share. Enjoy! The photographer was Laurent Laveder, who wrote on Frank De Vos’ Facebook wall, “4700 shares and 8000 persons who like it … Continue reading
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Halloween Short Story
Here is your Halloween/wine short story: Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado,” about a man who lures his “friend” into his wine cellar to sample a rare vintage and … well, pity those who appear to be more Fortunato … Continue reading
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What if …
“What would life be like if we could see the soul of each person rather than what we wear on the outside?” ~ Mercedes Dauphinais Share this:PrintEmailDiggFacebookShareStumbleUponReddit
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An Artist’s Blog: Jacqueline Gnott
An artist myself, I admire many other artists and enjoy the Painting-a-Day movement. Here is a great painting by artist Jacqueline Gnott: “Grape Harvest,” watercolor on paper, 5.5″x8.5″. Visit http://www.jacquelinegnott.com/ or http://jacquelinegnott.blogspot.com/. Share this:PrintEmailDiggFacebookShareStumbleUponReddit
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An Artist’s Blog: Jelaine Faunce
I’m an artist myself, but have been only sporadically active all my life. As the proverbial Sunday painter, I admire several serious and continually active artists who spark my interest and my cheer-leading instincts. Jelaine Faunce is one of them. … Continue reading
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