In 2019 I completed the first draft of my book, The ‘Starting Out’ Years, and sent it to an editing service for a manuscript evaluation.
The book is about the years in the lives of girls in six generations of my family when they finish school and plan their careers.
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I recently read an article in Crow’s Feet by Ruby Lee. She had surveyed her friends on Facebook and compiled a list of the 10 things about being young that they miss the most. I think most of the replies came from people approaching 70.
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The year I turned 70 I went on the best painting trip of my life – heli-painting in the Bugaboos of British Columbia.
I recently read a terrific article on Crow’s Feet by Ruby Lee. She had surveyed her friends on Facebook and compiled a list of the 10 things…
I came across this apparently random list of four tips and thought of the exponential boost in productivity that could be achieved by multiplying No.2 by No.4 - 20% of the effort required to fix your email (ensuring the Subject states exactly what the thing's about) will deliver 80% of the desired result of writing concise, effective emails.
Americas and Pacific
Castillo de los Tres Reyes Magos dei Morro, on the right side of this painting, was named after the Biblical Three Kings. This structure, typical of 17th century Spanish American military architecture, guards the entrance to Havana Bay in Cuba.
Recently, I published ‘What the World Looked…
Tenochtitlán, founded in 1325, was the capital of the Aztec empire. Unlike most of my ‘point in time’ paintings, this not a picture of what it looks like now (a nondescript remnant of the Templo Mayor in downtown Mexico City). …
I have illustrated cross-cultural design history in the Third Millennium BCE , and then leaped ahead to the First Millennium BCE. Now we’ll look at the millennium we skipped over.
Americas & Pacific
A few years ago I put together a cross-cultural ‘History of Design’ timeline covering art and architecture from prehistoric times to the beginning of the twenty-first century. …
A few years ago I put together a cross-cultural ‘History of Design’ timeline covering art and architecture from prehistoric times to the beginning of the twenty-first century. …
Writer, painter and aspiring great-grandmother. Visit me at charlenebrownpainting.blogspot.com Contact me at travelpainting@shaw.ca
