Virginia Kelley2 days ago1 minHeaven on EarthWhen life gets oppressive and the TV news depressing, I’ve found a perfect escape. No matter the weather, this place is pastoral. Birds...
Virginia KelleyMay 132 minGod’s Technicolor WorldI can’t imagine life without color. I live where winter is long and the world appears as if painted with a neutral, uninspired palette....
Virginia KelleyMay 61 minPassing the TorchTo share your talents is advice that makes a lot of sense. Whatever skills you have can help enrich other’s lives. Recently, eight of my...
Virginia KelleyApr 162 minEaster AwakeningAs a teenager, Easter was a metamorphosis. Almost overnight, winter had passed and the sapling would sprout tender leaves. I knew that...
Virginia KelleyApr 42 minHow to Pray?My mom Olive asked her older sister Hazel this question. I was little and wondered what the heck mom needed to pray about? Was something...
Virginia KelleyMar 191 minA Condition of the Mind and HeartWhile spring fever isn't an actual medical malady, it is real enough to anyone who has ever been stricken with it. It comes as winter...
Virginia KelleyMar 111 minAbby’s Trip to the VetOur pets are family members. If only they could talk. Here is what a sweet dog Abby had to say to her mom, Melissa Miinte Stewart. Hi...
Virginia KelleyJan 232 minCommon Sense CreativityCreativity is not merely an attribute of philosophers, scientists, or bearded sages. According to writer Maya Angelo, “We are all born...
Virginia KelleyJan 182 minWintry But Not BleakWinter is a time to hunker down and seek comfort. Where I live three months of glacial temperatures (December, January, and February)...
Virginia KelleyJan 92 minFirst Steps in Kitten HeelsAs if entering seventh grade wasn’t shocking enough getting an invitation to an affair called a Rush Tea indoctrinated me into a world as...
Virginia KelleyDec 29, 20212 minLift the WeightThe year-end holidays can take a toll. With so much to accomplish, I find myself speeding through days and at night sinking into sleep,...
Virginia KelleyDec 23, 20212 minThe World is Your OysterArtists 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...
Virginia KelleyDec 18, 20212 minDecked Out in Glad RagsHumans unlike many species have no protective exoskeleton so, from the earliest time, due to practicality (and modesty) we garbed...
Virginia KelleyDec 5, 20212 minAngels All Around UsOne definition of angel is God’s thoughts passing to man. What a concept! At college, in a required philosophy course, I floundered from...
Virginia KelleyNov 22, 20212 minKind Gestures By StrangersOn November 21, 1963, rooms at a hotel in Fort Worth were being readied for the visit of President John Kennedy and First Lady...
Virginia KelleyNov 19, 20212 minWhen Donut Frenzy HitsMy 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...
Virginia KelleyNov 15, 20212 minFarewell, Old FriendsToday 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...
Virginia KelleyNov 6, 20212 minA Colorful CrazeWhen I began teaching art decades ago, coloring books were forbidden as stifling creativity. Fast forward to find that times have...
Virginia KelleyOct 30, 20213 minShadow, Side-kick and Alter-egoToday 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...
Virginia KelleyOct 25, 20211 minDistant VoicesAs I put freshly washed dishes in the drainer a voice whispers: “They’re water sweet.” My friend from childhood had a grandmother who...