Celebration of Life

One of the artsy ways I like to express myself is to make journals where I collage words and images.  Here is one I made in the form of a poster as an example for my students.  Just thought I'd share.  Try it - makes you smile.

Best Picture Winners - Academy Awards (www.oscars.org)

Saw "Casablanca" for the first time tonight.  This has me thinking, "What other great movies have I failed to see?"  Quite a few I am ashamed to say.  I colored the ones I have seen.  Think I need to do better.  Library Reservation System (On The Cape it is CLAMS,) here I come.

Best Picture Winners - Academy Awards



2010 - "The King's Speech"


2009 - "The Hurt Locker"

2008 - "Slumdog Millionaire"

2007 - "No Country for Old Men"

2006 - "The Departed"

2005 - "Crash"

2004 - "Million Dollar Baby"


2003 - "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King"


2002 - "Chicago"


2001 - "A Beautiful Mind"


2000 - "Gladiator"


1999 - "American Beauty"


1998 - "Shakespeare in Love"


1997 - "Titanic"


1996 - "The English Patient"


1995 - "Braveheart"


1994 - "Forrest Gump"

1993 - "Schindler’s List"

1992 - "Unforgiven"

1991 - "The Silence of the Lambs"

1990 - "Dances With Wolves"


1989 - "Driving Miss Daisy"


1988 - "Rain Man"


1987 - "The Last Emperor"

1986 - "Platoon"

1985 - "Out of Africa"

1984 - "Amadeus"

1983 - "Terms of Endearment"

1982 - "Gandhi"

1981 - "Chariots of Fire"

1980 - "Ordinary People"

1979 - "Kramer vs. Kramer"

1978 - "The Deer Hunter"

1977 - "Annie Hall"


1976 - "Rocky"


1975 - "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest"


1974 - "The Godfather Part II"

1973 - "The Sting"

1972 - "The Godfather"

1971 - "The French Connection"

1970 - "Patton"

1969 - "Midnight Cowboy"

1968 - "Oliver!"

1967 - "In the Heat of the Night"

1966 - "A Man for All Seasons"

1965 - "The Sound of Music"


1964 - "My Fair Lady"

1963 - "Tom Jones"

1962 - "Lawrence of Arabia"

1961 - "West Side Story"

1960 - "The Apartment"

1959 - "Ben-Hur"

1958 - "Gigi"

1957 - "The Bridge on the River Kwai"

1956 - "Around the World in 80 Days"

1955 - "Marty"

1954 - "On the Waterfront"

1953 - "From Here to Eternity"

1952 - "The Greatest Show on Earth"

1951 - "An American in Paris"

1950 - "All About Eve"

1949 - "All the Kings Men"


1948 - "Hamlet"

1947 - "Gentleman's Agreement"

1946 - "The Best Years of Our Lives"

1945 - "The Lost Weekend"

1944 - "Going My Way"

1943 - "Casablanca"

1942 - "Mrs. Miniver"

1941 - "How Green Was My Valley"

1940 - "Rebecca"

1939 - "Gone with the Wind"

1938 - "You Can't Take It with You"

1937 - "The Life of Emile Zola"

1936 - "The Great Ziegfeld"

1935 - "Mutiny on the Bounty"

1934 - "It Happened One Night"

1932/1933 - "Cavalcade"

1931/1932 - "Grand Hotel"

1930/1931 - "Cimarron"

1929/1930 - "All Quiet on the Western Front"

1928/1929 - "The Broadway Melody"

1927/1928 - "Wings"

So Blue (and tan.)

Today the rays were reaching down to warm the sand.

Vitamin D - check.

Seagull Stand

These guys found a good place to hang out.

Big Fat Liar

A Story By Chaz

Today Charlie got in trouble.  Again.  We talked about it, he commandeered my notebook and this is what he wrote. But first this is what he said,  "I'm writing a story.  Big Fat Liar, that's what it's called.  It's about a kid named Charlie, not me but another kid named Charlie."

So here's how it goes,

Big Fat Liar

Once upon a time
there was a kid named Charlie
and he lied to his mom
and when he did he felt bad
he wanted to stop
so he did.

And that is where he stopped to show me.  I told him how wonderful it was, that it had a beginning, middle, and end.  But he said he wasn't done.  He would write it his whole life.

But now as I look to type this in, he has written even more of the story already,

But there was another problem
Charlie didn't get his work done in school.

And there you have it - a story by Chaz.

Hidden Treasure

On mornings that the weather and my head permits, Rudy and I make for the beach in search of hidden treasure.  Let's just call it broken glass with soulful sea chi.  The art is in the finding...mindful meditation.  Soothing.  And rewarding.

So these days, I fill my plate with treasures from the sea. 

Waiting for Baby

A photograph with old friends.  It sure is fun to go home.

The Shoes Off His Feet

One of my friends shared this picture on Facebook.  I love what it says.

So much I love what it says...

A Day at the Beach

Just returned from Tampa where the weather was gorgeous and I slept in my bed.  Heaven.  Here are a few beach shots I took two days ago - yes with my cell phone - while walking barefoot in the surf.  Hope it was enough to last until April...