Escaped Art!

The Art Hunters have been called in to find, capture and return the escaped artworks back to the Springfield Art Museum. It seems as though one piece of artwork comes to life each week and “leaves.”

I am a member of the reserves, helping to locate the missing art each week. It is a lot of fun…not what I expected when I first started! We have to figure out clues which lead us to various places around town to gather up the needed phrase to relay to the two head Art Hunters.  It’s like a mystery, solving puzzles, similar to geocaching,….just plain fun.

I certainly hope they do it again next summer. : )

2010 The Year to Finish Projects

I plan this year to finish the five major writing or writing related projects that I’ve been working on.
One: complete the editing of my biography about the life and times of Maria Sybilla Merian, a woman who captured my heart because she played with caterpillars all of her life, was a very important part of the development of the field of entomology, did her own meticulous research, and became famous. She persevered and did all of this even though everything was stacked against her. What a gal!
Two: finish the illustrations for a children’s book written by Beverly Crandall.
Three: complete the last bit needed for my picture book about Maria Sybilla Merian, and send the dummy book out searching for a publisher.
Four: send out a children’s book I have written about a ghost’s discovery that he is a ghost.
Five: complete the writing of a 50,000 word mystery novel during the month of January, even though I have a slow start right now. : )