Hello and I hope this finds you well in our last weeks of summer. It has been quite a busy summer for me. I have enjoyed playing music in my bands and for my hospital and hospice patients. 

I continue to make art as well and above is maybe my favorite so far. I have always loved lighthouses and since I have lived in Central Virginia miles away from the sea, i have missed the Oceanside. 

Yesterday I found a new use for my collage.  I have a  patient I play for in hospice who had no photos or artwork on his walls. I asked him if he’d like for me to bring him something of mine to hang. He said he would love that. I brought him a few to choose from and this is the one he selected: 

I call it “Protector.”  After I hung it up, he looked at it and said, “I feel peace.” This is a man who loves nature and animals as much as I do. On the TV in his room, he has images of the forest with no sound. He is rare as other people I see often have the loud constant noise of the TV blaring. 

To me having beauty around us is so important. I put another one of my collage in the room of a woman who was in her final hours of life. That room also did not have any art in it. I am glad my pieces will find new homes. 

Today I am playing percussion in my steel drums band. I have played in this band 2 years now and we have really improved! 

Thank you for stopping by! 

Jean, if you are reading this.. I need a title for the lighthouse piece! :)