March 28 • Day

Lenten Snapshots 2021

A Palm-Passion Sunday Snapshot to April's prompt.

Sunday 28 March • Day

Bill Wither's Urban Psalm

When the day that lies ahead of me
Seems impossible to face
When someone else instead of me
Always seems to know the way

Then I look at you
And the world's alright with me
Just one look at you
And I know it's gonna be
A lovely day …

March 27 • Together

Lenten Snapshots 2021

A Saturday Snapshot to April's prompt.

Saturday 27 March • Together

Together because I love front, back, side, and wraparound porches. Urban ones. Farmhouse styled. Southern, midwestern, adobe, and undefined. Back stoops and every other way we can get together, be together, belong together.

March 24 • Forward

Lenten Snapshots 2021

On schedule today with another Lenten Snapshot to April's prompt.

Wednesday 24 March :: Forward

In this part of the world, last Saturday into Sunday clocks sprung forward. Most digital devices did that on their own; for clocks and timepieces that didn't, humans got to be aware of lost time. Did you ever notice days and months and seasons of many types – not only meteorological ones – seem to change and cycle on their own? Without apparent human prompts? Yet some haven't been acting as they used to, mostly because of too much human intervention of the wrong kind.

March 23 • Impact

Lenten Snapshots 2021

Another Lenten Snapshot to another of April's prompts. On schedule today, though I've almost convinced myself this is supposed to be a diversion rather than a discipline.

Tuesday 23 March :: Impact

Background this time also comes from the "12-abstract-seamless-patterns" I got from Pine Art via Creative Market. For Friday's Intersection I mentioned how the retro late-twentieth century feel of the colours appealed to me, and no surprise I've illustrated today's Impact with Impact the Font. According to my Fontbook font management app, the design hails from 1965, the unique name "Impact" from 1992 when computing was making Word Processing a buzz phrase and Open Type with its 65,000+ glyphs and other refinments allowed anyone with the proper software to finesse their typography in ways no one ever had imagined.

March 21 • Hunger

Lenten Snapshots 2021

Another Snapshot to April's prompt.

Sunday 21 March :: Hunger

Hungry Feast

1 We come to the hungry feast
hungry for a word of peace.
To hungry hearts unsatisfied
the love of God is not denied.
We come, we come to the hungry feast.

2 We come to the hungry feast
hungry for a world released
from hungry folk of every kind,
the poor in body, poor in mind.
We come, we come to the hungry feast.

3 We come to the hungry feast
hungry that the hunger cease,
and knowing, though we eat our fill,
the hunger will stay with us; still
we come, we come to the hungry feast.


Song © by Ray Makeever
Bread photograph © by Couleur from PixaBay

19 March • Intersection

Lenten Snapshots 2021

Reminder: Again this Lent April created a list of one-word prompts for social media, blog, church website, or anywhere. A snapshot can be words, a still picture, or a micro-video.

Friday 19 March :: Intersection

I've long wanted (since October 2000) to use one of the "12-abstract-seamless-patterns" I got from Pine Art via Creative Market. I love the nostalgically retro late-twentieth century feel of the colours. It's hard to believe almost any part of the twentieth century qualifies as vintage, retro, or—maybe even antique?

I'm finally using one of the designs for today's prompt I've expanded into the Intersection of church and world. Journalist Chris Hedges, son of a pastor, admits in words essentially identical to what I've said and written dozens of times, "The church was part of my daily rhythm. I look at the world through the eyes it gave me."

My unanticipated separation from full participation in the church to which I'd devoted years of my life and that had played a central role in shaping my goals, lifestyle, and my entire worldview is like experiencing my own death. Yet I'm still illustrating the intersection of church and world.

12 March • Positive

Friday 12 March :: Positive

11 March • Negative

Thursday 11 March :: Negative

09 March • Dream

Tuesday 09 March :: Dream

Hold fast to dreams
for if dreams die
life is a broken winged bird
that cannot fly

…Langston Hughes…

07 March • Creative

Sunday 07 March :: Creative

From an old ad about one of my favorite activities:

In the beginning… a small bell chimed

Creativity! It chimes like a small clear bell at the heart of the human spirit.
Remember the first time you spoke to the world…?
Now that the quality of your message has changed
you really should know more about some of our professional products.

…for all kinds of grown-up people in the visual arts.

Columbia 1776 Illustration Board

06 March • God

Saturday 06 March :: God

05 March • Imagination

Friday 05 March :: Imagination

03 March • Recipe

Wednesday 03 March :: Recipe

Strawberry Rhubarb Crunch

A few years ago I got a copy of this recipe in the weekly supermarket ad; they credited Michelle Davis and all recipes, and so do I. This serves 18—minuscule portions, of course. My search for an image I legally could blog didn't yield any Strawberry Rhubarb Crunch, but unsplash happily served up this gorgeous collage from Brooke Lark.

Ingredients

• 1 cup white sugar
• 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 3 cups sliced fresh strawberries
• 3 cups diced rhubarb
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup rolled oats

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
2. In a large bowl, mix white sugar, 3 tablespoons flour, strawberries, and rhubarb. Place the mixture in a 9"x13" inch baking dish.
3. Mix 1 1/2 cups flour, brown sugar, butter, and oats until crumbly. You may want to use a pastry blender for this. Crumble on top of the rhubarb and strawberry mixture.
4. Bake 45 minutes in the preheated oven, or until crisp and lightly browned.

02 March • Energy

Tuesday 02 March :: Energy

In the morning the city
Spreads its wings
Making a song
In stone that sings.
In the evening the city
Goes to bed
Hanging lights
Above its head.

…Langston Hughes…

27 February • Community

Saturday 27 February :: Community

Pictures from Previous City.

I had a bunch of good ones, but needed to be sure no one would be able to recognize anyone—I'd do that even if they all weren't kids and youth.

20 February • Turn

Saturday 20 February :: Turn

My turn for dessert.

18 February • Rules

Thursday 18 February :: Rules

"God then made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: God made also the stars." Genesis 1:16

Translation from the Geneva Bible the New England Puritans used; scripture text typed in Geneva the font.

17 February • Love

Lenten Snapshots 2021

Again this Lent April created a list of one-word prompts for social media, blog, church website, or anywhere. A snapshot can be words, a still picture, or a micro-video. How cool that Des Gomez' BlackberryBlues alphabet I used in my footer graphic shows a heart for #!

Wednesday 17 February :: Love

What better love illustration than a tree or a flower?! A classic song tells us "take the world in a love embrace;" and that's how nature's flora roll. With roots sinking deep, branches reaching out, foliage stretching to the sky, they hug humans, critters, and all God's created wonder.