so many creeds,
so many paths
that wind and wind.
While just the art
of being kind
is all the sad worlds needs.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
poet, 1850-1899
(Artist listed only as Sawyer.)
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Reading from "Liquid Rubies"
About Me
- Diane Vogel Ferri
- I am a special education teacher, poet, novelist, first soprano, occasional painter and guitar player living in a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio. My two adult children continue to bring joy and laughter to my life. I am blessed with a smart, generous, loving husband and a constant canine companion, Stella. I love God. Talking to Him saves me from myself everyday. I also maintain a blog called COEXIST because I believe He loves us all and simply expects us to love each other while we're here on Earth.
Artist - Bruce Holwerda
Open the window in the center of your chest and let the spirit fly in and out. Rumi
There is hope everywhere. Today God gives the milk and I have the pail. Anne Sexton
Check out this wonderful movement. It's about time.
Stella on squirrel patrol
She will station herself at one of several spots in the backyard just waiting for something to chase.
Sometimes writing well is like wetting your pants in a black dress. It gives you a warm feeling, but nobody notices.
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Flying Over Midnight - my first novel
If God gives you something to do why, in God's name wouldn't you do it? Stephen King
Self Portrait
My Bookshelf - place the cursor over the book for my review.
Seek your passion - then do it.
Marilyn
I painted this vulnerable pose just because I thought it was beautiful.
When morning gilds the skies...
November sunrise in my back yard.
Want to know more about Cleveland? I know you do!
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It's a sad waste of energy to defend oneself in the shadow of the mercy seat - forgiveness being part of the unfathomable mystery of God. Amy Grant
Artwork by B. Matthews Platt
Have some!
My church - September 2008
Come, Listen, Love
The personal life deeply lived always expands into truths beyond itself. Anais Nin
It looks like she's tried my cooking.
Cleveland skyline
This was the view from our restaurant as we celebrated our anniversary.
Central Park - NYC June 2008
"I know that I can write, a couple of my stories are good, my descriptions of the Secret Annex are humorous, there's a lot in my diary that speaks, but - whether I have any real talent remains to be seen." Anne Frank April 5, 1944
Remember, Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, but she did it backwards and in high heels.
Flying Over Midnight
by Diane
God Bless America
Now blooming. . .
We are fortunate to have an acre of land. But the first spring we lived here this was the ONLY thing blooming in the yard!
Bouncers
I don't remember getting to do stuff like this in elementary school for being "good".
A view of our neighbor's yard from our deck. Thank you !
Followers of Coexist
The west bank of the Cuyahoga River
Skywatch Friday
Sunrise over the Western Hemisphere
Coexisting - even animals can do it!
Easter Saturday in Ohio- we will still sing Hallelujah!
It is better to be high-spirited even though one makes more mistakes, than to be narrow-minded and all too prudent. Vincent Van Gogh
Ernest Hemingway's writing place
While in Key West for a day I got a big thrill by visiting the home of Ernest Hemingway and seeing where he wrote his novels at this little table above a garage. How cool is that? My husband said "eh" and shrugged his shoulders. I thought it was extremely cool. No word processor.
Picnic tables in hibernation
These are a few of my favorite things.
My Stella in the snow
M & M's
Last summer the first place we visited in New York was the M&M's store!! Three floors of heaven right in Times Square! This is just a sampling of the colors you can get!
I Love New York
Winter in Ohio
Mozart's birthplace in Salzburg
Wolfie and Me
Second Thoughts by - Bruce Holwerda
www.bruceholwerda.com
A view of my neighbor's lovely yard
And the neighbors are lovely too.
Sunny
A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song - Maya Angelou. I think the caged bird sings because it still has wings.
Adorable neighbor children
I promised myself I would not put cutesy pictures on my blog - but this one's too good. It reminds me of summer too. (For those who think my love of snow is weird.)
Bridge to a Millennium
This is my only published piece of art and one of the very few completely original ideas I've ever come up with. It was for the cover of a CD.
Stella
Where's my bone?
A Red-Tailed Hawk
12-17-07
My Mother's Art 10-03-07
A painting by my mother, Martha Vogel, of my children and me.
Born to the Purple 9-23-07
This is not me. It's a painting by my uncle, Glen Heberling. It's a purple person.It reminds me that it's OK to be purple.It is entitled "Born to the Purple".
I Love Flip-Flops
and I refuse to stop wearing them even though it's December.
Let it Be 10-31-07
A mural of the Beatles that I painted on my basement wall.
Dominique 11-10-07
Safe in her frame
My troll - still naked after all these years
Wow. Thanks God.
My Misfit Mug 12-21-07
Just listening
10-06-07
Llamas
10-19-07
Poor Pitiful Pearl
Trolls and Other Dolls 9-30-07
My church 12-12-07
The Flying Turns at Euclid Beach Park
12-07-07
Laughing Sal
(she was scary). 12-07-07
2 comments:
Thank you for sharing. Blessings.
Love the painting and the poem. a perfect pairing!
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