tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013724465609653382.post405534693276396630..comments2024-03-26T05:19:03.402-04:00Comments on Journaling With Paint: Nostos - A Christmas Homecoming... of SortsBruce Shermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13111784187521969252noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013724465609653382.post-47355986757383477642019-01-28T08:50:51.583-05:002019-01-28T08:50:51.583-05:00Hi there Caroline!... The sme best wishes for you ...Hi there Caroline!... The sme best wishes for you and your loved ones in the New Year. I hope that your healing continues to allow you to paint... as per usual and that your life if filled with life's greatest blessings - Peace ... Health and Happiness.<br /><br />Warmest regards,<br />BruceBruce Shermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13111784187521969252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013724465609653382.post-51166339707215672482019-01-28T08:20:15.753-05:002019-01-28T08:20:15.753-05:00Hello Bruce, here I am arriving late to all of you...Hello Bruce, here I am arriving late to all of your lovely good New Year wishes! Loved the wee ice and water video, very pretty music. I wish you and yours a very good year ahead, may it be filled with happy paint filled afternoons and sunny mornings!Caroline Simmillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09598525698486576546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013724465609653382.post-16164226393586157442019-01-20T18:41:24.619-05:002019-01-20T18:41:24.619-05:00Thank you Keith for your visit... ans "up-lif...Thank you Keith for your visit... ans "up-lifting" Comments! HA HA!<br /><br />Yes, we are both feeling a bit better and more hopeful after visits to our doctor. I received a cortisone shot in the buttock... and that has resulted in an encouraging outcome... at least for now!<br /><br />Fingers crossed... that it continues to yield this result!<br /><br />The landscape changed overnight... morphing into its traditional winter ermine coat. The lighting effects at day's end created magical shadow patterns... adding further to my lifted spirits!<br /><br />Thank you for dropping by Keith. Google Louise Penny... her writing is as magical as any painting I have ever done. Leaves the artist in you restless... and breathless!<br /><br />Blessings and Good Health!<br />Warmest regards,<br />BruceBruce Shermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13111784187521969252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013724465609653382.post-74997851708698902662019-01-20T17:40:03.343-05:002019-01-20T17:40:03.343-05:00Good evening Bruce,
What a delightful excursion &...Good evening Bruce,<br /><br />What a delightful excursion "down river" to the countryside around Quebec. As usual your little collection has captured the flavour of these communities. I can well imagine how much pleasure you must have got from an area with so much character and history.<br /><br />I hope you are both able to spend a bit more time in an upright position by now!<br /><br />Best wishes,<br />KeithKeith Tilleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04114006831583939493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013724465609653382.post-22506189357268868472019-01-18T18:11:12.424-05:002019-01-18T18:11:12.424-05:00Hi there Susan... So wonderful to hear from you ag...Hi there Susan... So wonderful to hear from you again and to see you back to your posting! I truly missed your wonderfully animated and action-packed animal paintings.<br /><br />Glad that you enjoyed the Charlevoix plein air pieces that I pulled up. Whether you ever get back up this way or not... I can assure you that Louise Penny's magnificent novels transport you in the very same fashion that my paintings do. Her word mastery and rich descriptive prose is nothing short of magnifique!!! Treat yourself to a copy of "Still Life" the first of her Inspector Gameche series... and order in the croissants!<br /><br />It makes the winter blues fade to nothing!<br /><br />Happy New Year and good sales in 2019.<br /><br />Warmest regards,<br />BruceBruce Shermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13111784187521969252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013724465609653382.post-43106922273409481662019-01-18T12:55:06.632-05:002019-01-18T12:55:06.632-05:00Having lived in Canada for a short time - in Oakvi...Having lived in Canada for a short time - in Oakville outside of <br />Toronto - I am sad to say I never made it to Quebec. But your rich descriptions and those gorgeous and colorful paintings make me want to pack up and go. Perhaps some day! Thank you, Bruce. And I do hope you are well on the mend.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07899318999574055763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013724465609653382.post-83287492890310930362019-01-17T16:40:29.782-05:002019-01-17T16:40:29.782-05:00C'est mon plaisir Rhonda! The Bistro is such a...C'est mon plaisir Rhonda! The Bistro is such a grand distraction and comforting relief from the cutting winter cold... of Rockport and Charlevoix. It would be delightful to meet and spend a few pours there sharing the ambience and hospitality of this special place. It truly is magical and is everything that Louise describes in each of her spell-binding novels.<br /><br />I finally went to my physician for a cortisone injection to my hip. Fingers crossed for me!<br /><br />Happy New Year and Good Painting in 2019 Rhonda. Thanks for dropping by!<br /><br />Warmest regards,<br />BruceBruce Shermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13111784187521969252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013724465609653382.post-50006941712705218162019-01-17T13:41:53.132-05:002019-01-17T13:41:53.132-05:00This was a gift today! Thank you so much, Bruce. ...This was a gift today! Thank you so much, Bruce. And I hope you and Deb are starting the new year without the pain. Stay well, healthy and happy - and when you must escape, I’ll meet you in Three Pines at The Bistro :). RH Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05497161758269292809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013724465609653382.post-25169634794129827332019-01-14T08:41:39.785-05:002019-01-14T08:41:39.785-05:00Dear Friend Lisa,
Thank you for your uplifting th...Dear Friend Lisa,<br /><br />Thank you for your uplifting thoughts and visit this morning. I can assure you that this wretchedly painful condition destroys not only one's ability to act or move... but it also removes one's ability to enjoy life and to create.<br /><br />In essence it reduces one's efforts to simply plodding through day to day living without purpose... and certainly without any sense of Joy. We are finding some easing of its hold through the intervention of physiotherapy and chiropractic services.Fingers crossed...<br /><br />The kind suggestions about a new direction for me in the tourism industry is surely received as a great comment. However... the greatest impact <br />your kind compliment carried to my heart lies within your phrase: <br /><br />"I feel like I have taken a stroll in a most enchanting place today."<br /><br />Your words lift my spirits to soaring "above the surly bonds of earth.' Louise Penny achieved that same accomplishment for me....when I could not even walk a step. Charlevoix memories dulled the pain patterns and brought immediate relief...and pleasure.<br /><br />What I have come to understand through meeting kindred spirits like yourself... whether through my blog writing or my painting journey is that one's "voice" truly matters. Together when our voices are united... we become a choir.<br /><br />Lets' continue Lisa... "to make a joyful noise".... Together!<br /><br />Hugs back to you my Friend... and a Happy, Peaceful and Joy-filled New Year.<br /><br />Blessings,<br />Bruce Bruce Shermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13111784187521969252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013724465609653382.post-88483623312927719302019-01-14T07:14:16.853-05:002019-01-14T07:14:16.853-05:00So sorry to read that you and Deb have had such a ...So sorry to read that you and Deb have had such a painful Christmas. Sciatica really is awful and it is so frustratingly painful waiting for it to run it's course. You have my utmost sympathy and I hope that movement is a little easier now for you.<br /><br />Looking at your post today I wonder if you have thought about teaming up with or becoming a travel guide writer. Your local knowledge and paintings would make wonderful visitors guides. I feel like I have taken a stroll in a most enchanting place today.<br /><br />I wish you and yours a belated but very happy and healthy 2019 - gentle hugs.Lisa Le Quelenechttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15939073566444931704noreply@blogger.com