My maternal grandmother, Sue Crocker Boynton, loved writing poetry. It is wonderful that in recent years, in Bellingham, Washington, the Sue C Boynton Poetry Walk and Contest was established.
A blog has been started to feature the wonderful, innovative works of people who entered the contest this year. And to honor a spunky little woman [...]
The Sue Boynton Poetry Contest is held annually in Bellingham, Washington, in memory of my amazing grandmother, Sue Boynton (shown here in a picture taken in 1919). She was quite a woman. Taught me a lot. Some of it stuck. And that’s a good thing. Here’s the latest from the people running the contest:
The Sue [...]
When 4 Paws for Ability approves a child for a service dog, the child’s family goes through an intense fundraising process in order to pay for the personalized dog training. Many of the families also create blogs for their children. Once the funds are there, the family is assigned a future training group. Heather P., [...]
My brother, David Crook, and I visited Desert Botanical Garden yesterday. The glass art work by Dale Chihuly was simply stunning. Here are a few of the photos. I edited them in various artistic software…it seemed to enhance the photos. Nothing can compare with the real thing, however.
Two photos taken today at Desert Botanical Garden with artistic rendering by me. Tomorrow I’ll have at least one slide show up. This is an amazing exhibit.
Webgrammar (well, really me) has a new site on the excellent social networking site, Ning. How come?
It’s been clear for some time that social networking is here to stay. Technology and communications change almost in the blink of an eye. And everything moves forward. I want to stay in the mainstream so I can give [...]
To me, this was her nature. She transformed individuals and she transformed our community. We, all of us in the artistic community of Bellingham, thank you and honor you, Ethel Crook, and we deeply appreciate your beautiful ritual dance of life and transformation.
