Ramblings from the Ol' Broadcaster

Part of my Parkinson's therapy has been painting over the past few months.  I like painting.  Oils are very forgiving and I need that.  I am not very good and I know that.  But I want to help myself and others through this hobby. So, I have decided to once again begin my "Painting for Parkinson's" campaign.  I will post a few of my paintings here in the blog and if you see something you like, or would like me to paint something more specific I would love to give it to you for a donation.  When I sell a painting I take just the cost of my materials out and the rest goes to the Michael J Fox Foundation. I will say I am not very good at reproducing an actual scene.  I paint from my imagination.  I also don't frame my paintings.  I am doing a more modern method called "gallery wrap" in which the edges of the canvas are painted a complementary color.  I will show you this method in some of the pictures. Here is what I would like to do.  If you want a

If I offered you a $100 bill I am sure you’d take it. Even if I crumpled it up, threw it on the ground and stomped on it, dragged it through mud, you’d still take it. Right? It’s a 100 bucks! The value hasn’t changed.   Many times in our lives, we are dropped, crumpled, and ground into the dirt by the decisions we make, the decisions others make, words by some, gossip by others, bullying, or just the circumstances that come our way. We feel as though we’re worthless.  I learned a long time ago, that what others think, say or do has no bearing on my life. Let them say what they want, think what they want, do what they want. I am not on this earth to please them or let them degrade me. I am on this earth to do one thing, please God. Do I always do that? No, I do not. There are mistakes I have made, decisions I have made, things I have said or done that have been far from pleasing to God. The great attribute of God is His love, grace and mercy. Even when I do things that