Chicago…a poem (2 pictures)

Gigi’s Chicago

hitandrun1964's avatarRethinking Life

Free Aerial Photography of City Buildings Stock Photo

we all love different things
I love Chicago
this photo
makes Her look beautiful
which is easy to do
since She is gorgeous
but things look different
from the ground
and it depends
on where you’re standing
while the city stays the same
the people change
today’s Chicago
isn’t like the one
I grew up in
I’ve lived here all my life
and now there are places
I can no longer visit
because of the violence
places that have been
turned into danger zones
the violence is getting worse
people are angry
angry at being poor
at police brutality
at the status quo
at the fact that nothing changes
for the better
that promises are broken
or were never intended
to be made real
I love Chicago
She’s beautiful
when I’m standing on Michigan Avenue
across from the Art Institute
and The Bean
I breathe Her in
watch the kids…

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Taurus the warmhearted bon vivant

From Marina Kanavaki at Art Towards a Happy day, here is the second sign of the Zodiac as imagined by Anakreon Kanavakis, Marina’s father. Seeing each astrological sign go by, in a drawing by him, is adding another joy to my life.

marina kanavaki's avatarMarina Kanavaki

[20 April – 20 May]

Today is the first day of Taurus, the second sign of the Zodiac. On a Hybrid Solar Eclipse too!

Taurus is afixed earth sign.

Reliable, persistent, and stable, the warmhearted bulls love their stability and find comfort in consistency, extravagance and nature’s beauty.

Starting from the last [12th] sign, I’ll be posting these original illustrations, Anakreon Kanavakis created for a calendar. [check it out here]

I love these so much, I designed a whole set of products with them at my art shop.

Here are a few.

Happy Thursday!

and… Happy birthdays to all Tauruses out there!

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Tender Places

Beautiful words with a message. Thank you, Holly! ❤️🌹

Tender Places

The small lake shimmers with light

reeds rustle beneath

the feet of a fawn.

Leaning forward her pink tongue

curls backward

spattering the sweetness of life

into her nose and eyes.

Spotted ears pull sideways,

heeding the sigh of the forest,

the breath of a breeze.

The kiss of sunlight transforms

green to autumn gold, brown and rust.

beyond the edge of the wood

summer collides with fall

in  tender places of the wild.

Do No Harm

Love Sweet Love

Feeling a bit mushy these last weeks. Apparently you can’t reblog twice. Holly did this post on October 29, 2020. Loved it then. Love it now. Her message is more important now than ever. Yes, I did the costumes in the vid.

https://houseofheartweb.wordpress.com/?s=Love+Sweet+Love

Resa and Norm

Recently I came across a photograph of our lovely Fashionista, Resa McConaghy, and her beloved Norm.

Norman is a GUITAR PLAYER & COMPOSER. They lived in Miami for almost a year in the 80’s. Norman was working on writing songs and had an arrangement with a recording studio there. They lived in an amazing older home on Miami Beach. It was quite grand with a Florida Room and a maid’s apartment along the side. Per Resa, The original owners must of had a fab life there. They were renting it from an Argentine businessman who had bought it.
When they returned with Norm’s songs it led to a record deal in the 1990’s.

Norman at work!

Love is What is Needed

by Holly Rene Hunter

Here in paradise

the sun goes down on the

crescent shore of an empty beach

she found herself with a guitar man

and A life time of memories

It seemed so clear then and now

love is what is needed

I Can Never Thank Holly Enough For Her Friendship!