FREE VIA HUGO HOUSE Hemingway and the Art of Dialogue Along with his awards and persona, Hemingway is also famous for his literary style, particularly his approach to dialogue. Complementing the PBS Hemingway documentary by Ken Burns and the corresponding KCTS 9 virtual event Hemingway: Misogynistic or Misunderstood? this course […]

INSPIRATION FROM WILDLIFE What I miss from being homeless is sleeping outside among the trees and the wildlife, and having the warmth of the sun greet you in the morning as you wake up. There is nothing like it. I witnessed a lot of great things, from a snow owl […]

Who are your heroes?

“When you haveexhausted all possibilities,remember this: you haven’t.” — Thomas Edison

AN EXHIBITION IN DUBLIN, IRELAND From building hospitals to caring for the homeless, these are the untold stories of the wives of the men who governed Ireland before independence from Britain. Portraits of the women are on exhibit at Dublin Castle.

Something calming and meditative for your day.

He, too, was a soldier during the First World War. Some scenes in his books are a reflection on his experiences.

My great-grandmother had a younger brother who volunteered for the Iowa National Guard just after the Pancho Villa expedition into Mexico. After America became embroiled in World War I, he was sent to Europe to fight in the trenches. He was injured in July of 1918 and died from his […]

Pop Art By a Nun Luann, creative mentor and former board member, shared this in the last open studio: “Creativity belongs to the artist in each of us.To create means to relate.The root meaning of the word art is ‘to fit together’and we all do this every day.Not all of […]

WATCH THE PATH WITH ART SPRING FUNDRAISER More than 800 people have viewed it so far, and the wonderful Path with Art community raised more than $330,000! Woohoo! I want to thank every donor and volunteer who helped make this happen. The PWA community is amazing!