December 25, 2024 This Christmas day was bittersweet. I am visiting my mom and sister in my country of origin. The main objective is to help out with everything that has to be arranged and adjusted because of my mom’s dementia diagnosis. But it is also to make as many wonderful memories as possible now that she is… Read More »
December 17, 2024 Today is my husband Wim’s birthday. And today I am writing this in a Toronto airport lounge, awaiting my flight to Amsterdam, The Netherlands. I am going to my home country to help care and make future plans for my mother, who, for my sister and I quite unexpectedly, has received a dementia diagnosis. I… Read More »
December 15, 2024 We can all use a good laugh during the holidays, and my favourite way to get the giggles is to watch shows with Sir Billy Connelly. He is my all-time favourite comedian. Recently, he asked artists to send their paintings to him and I figure that was as good a reason as any to devote… Read More »
December 9, 2024 Time has been fast-forwarding these last few weeks, or so it seems! It is as if I barely have time to open my paint-tubes, and poof, another weeks has gone. ‘t Must be the season. Looking ahead at the coming weeks, I will not be posting as many new works as I have in the… Read More »