FROM THE WASHINGTON POST “Ongoing research suggests that creativity may be key to healthy aging. Studies show that participating in activities such as singing, theater performance and visual artistry could support the well-being of older adults, and that creativity, which is related to the personality trait of openness, can lead […]

FROM CLAUDE MONET TO BRIDGET RILEY A writer with The Spokesman-Review in Spokane has written about five artists and particular works of theirs about summer. I always love learning about artists and their work. Take a look. Explore.

AND, FOR A TIME, ROOMMATES https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8rTfLkS2l8

“My creed is this: Happiness is the only good. The place to be happy is here. The time to be happy is now. The way to be happy is to make others so.” — Robert Green Ingersoll, lawyer and writer

A GREAT SUGGESTION FROM A SINGER-SONGWRITER “One piece of advice I would give to anybody: get a bad guitar. It’s almost like a blank slate and creates a sense of freedom.”

HOW DO YOU BEAT THE HEAT? This is nuts. I am not looking forward to this. I can handle 75°, but anything above that is too much for me. My body prefers cooler weather. Any ideas to beat the heat? What do you do? I may go wading in Puget […]

“IN THE SPIRIT OF CELEBRATING OVERLOOKED CAREERS…” A museum on the southern coast of Maine, in the small enclave called Ogunquit, is hosting a small exhibition of work by women artists dating from the first half of the twentieth century. Its title — “Remember the Ladies” — is a phrase […]

“THIS IS WHERE THE MAGIC HAPPENS.” Learn more about Peter Blake, described as Britain’s ‘godfather’ pop art. Early in his career he started experimenting with collage. He “redefined what collage can be: a collision of media, genre, time and space.” “Much like his collage, Blake’s studio displays a pathological passion […]

Why Not Both!? People are using actor Bill Murray’s face to recreate classic paintings.