Human Worth - When we strip away the vagaries of class, educational attainment, and national distinction, we are left with a borderless world of people who need to be loved, simply because they exist. Human worth is intrinsic and God infused. —Photo by Keira Burton, with Pexels

I don’t knowingly use ChatGPT because I still have a brain. And if I don’t use it, I’ll lose it.

'The big tree' by UK printmaker Sarah Morgan #WomensArt

The problem with information today is that with so much knowledge at our fingertips it is often hard to know when to stop dispensing it. It's like trying to give someone a drink from a fire hose.

Often, what we think is enough is too much? One of the characteristics of a successful communicator is knowing when to shut up.

'Boab tree near Wyndham' engraving by contemporary Australian printmaker Rachel Newling #womensart

I love everything about the light and convergence of color here, at the meeting point of sand, sea and sky.

I am a gracist—meaning that because I have been shown grace, my goal is to show grace to everyone—especially those who don’t deserve it.

Fear is the poison some politicians use to make voters sick right before they offer to make them well.

I love the colors in this painting, but can’t remember who painted it. If anyone knows please shout it out.

Good morning bluesky Some patches of sun today, but also a big Foehn wall over the mountains, portending more rain ⛅ `A gibbous moon low on the horizon` #synthart #AIArtCommunity

I’m really glad to see this. Smoking should be banned everywhere there is government subsidized health insurance: apnews.com/article/uk-s...

“How much money does it take to make a man happy?” John D. Rockefeller said, “Just one more dollar.”

“Some people are so poor, all they have is money.” —Bob Marley

“Socrates said, ‘The misuse of language induces evil in the soul.’ He wasn’t talking about grammar. To misuse language is to use it the way politicians and advertisers do, for profit, without taking responsibility for what the words mean.” —Ursula K. Le Guin

“The ordinary is the laboratory of love” —David Zhal

Night scene as I’m going to bed. Cameron Park, California.

Today’s slavery springs from someone convincing us that we need what we don’t have. And if they’re clever enough we’ll exchange our freedom for years of servitude in interest payments to a credit card or bank.

Easter sunset, April 5, 2026, Cameron Park, California.

Flute player in Columbia, California.

Stage coach, Columbia, CA. Learn more about Columbia here: visitcolumbiacalifornia.com

Tom Perkinson (USA b.1940) Night Storm Over the Mesa, (2022) watercolor and mixed media

Nuggets Market, in Granite Bay, California.

Mid-to-late afternoon sun. Cameron Park, California.

Mark Beck (American Artist, born 1957) "The Open Window", 2025. Acrylic on Canvas, 40 × 50 inches. Private Collection. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

“Learn character from trees, values from roots, and change from leaves.” —Tasneern Harneed

"To cherish what remains of the Earth and to foster its renewal is our only legitimate hope of survival" Wendell Berry

Evening walk in Cameron Park, CA. (Feb. 20, 2026)

Niki Bowers, Snow Starlings, linocut, n.d.

The soft light of February’s moon.

" Winter knows to hush, still, listen, so the soul can speak. "

February’s early morning colors, Cameron Park, California.

'January Thaw' by contemporary US printmaker Jeanne Amato #WomensArt

“Never pay back evil with more evil. Do things in such a way that everyone can see you are honorable. Do all that you can to live in peace with everyone.” (Romans 12:17-18 NLT). When we pay back evil with evil we adopt the “monetary system” of evil and legitimize it.

Contentment is more valuable than gold.

“The best way — and the only effective way — to complain about the way things are is to make new and better things, untested and unexampled things, things that spring from the gravity of creative conviction and drag the status quo like a tide toward some new horizon.” —William Blake

My painting TOWERING STORM

Good Saturday morning friends. Stay warm and safe this weekend. #birds

Have a heart- Cameron Park, CA, Jan. 24, 2026

Patched up heart

Gray Agave, 6:30 a.m. in Cameron Park, California, January 23, 2026

Shadows

"The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat." --Lily Tomlin

Clare Allan (British Artist, born 1966) "Abide with Me", 2001. Charcoal and Acrylic on Canvas. Private Collection. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

Political dialogue is the weakest form of interpersonal conversation.

This is what wakes me up. Early morning sky, January 18, 2026, Cameron Park, CA.

If we are accused of anything, may it be for peace-making and showing compassion to all.

I am mesmerized by the gradations of color, over Cameron Park, California.