Happy New Year

6. January 2009 by Marie Pinschmidt.

Happy New Year to everyone and welcome to new beginnings.  I hope your holidays were everything you hoped for. We’ve been through a year of much turmoil throughout the world, and political unrest and uncertainty in our own country. With a new president in office, let’s hope things will change for the better. 

I like to think of a new year as an awakening spring garden. I envision new growth sprouting up like a baby’s tiny fist, the tendrils opening and reaching out to explore new territory, taking a chance on the unknown.  Dormant fruit trees awaken; their dry, skeletal bones opening and expanding their pregnant pores to exude perfection in form, color and fragrance unlike any other. A new year is when seeds burst forth from the cool earth, reaching for the warmth of the sun and new tomorrows, anxious to feed our souls and bodies with life-giving sustenance. Let’s hope the seeds of kindness and re-newed hope for our country sprout and grow strong during the coming year.

If you’ve found your way to this new website, I hope you will visit me often.  I’ve been busy writing books and painting, so this website is all rather new to me, but I promise to try to make it more interesting as we go along. I will  be adding content as well as pictures of my latest paintings. You may have noticed, I now have a chat room, where you can make comments, ask questions about my art or my published books, writing or art in general, or anything else on your mind.  Just sign up for membership and the rest is easy.  I want my readers and those who enjoy my art to become a part of my “family”.  Also, if you have subjects you would like discussed, please feel free to make suggestions. If you wish to send me a private question or comment, e-mail me at MariePin001@comcast.net. If you’re an artist or a writer, or aspiring to become one, I’ll help in any way I can. Perhaps now is the time to reclaim your abandoned dreams. Allow yourself to explore and expand.

A new year is a time to look back and look forward, a time of reflection, and committing to activities and actions to improve one’s life.

Voltaire said: “Let us read and let us dance - two amusements that will never do any harm to the world.”

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