June Theme:

What is your “super power” and how do you use it?

Marla Chisholm – (April 22, 2026)

“Time Stops for No One”

Relatives in yellowing albums
Have left their families
Have left their centuries.
In sepia tones
Their hair and clothes stay pristine.
My grandmother knew who they were
But never wrote down their names
Thinking time might stop for her.
It did not.
I write poems about these ancients,

But I can only pretend their essence.

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Barbara Ehrentreu  — If I had a super power it would be that most not all people tend to like me when they meet me. I’m not sure why this is or what about me makes them feel that way. For a good part of my life from my first conscious thoughts to way into my adult years I worried that people didn’t like me. But in my later years I became aware of this. Many times people who don’t speak to anyone speak to me. People always want to give me things and I have been able to facilitate many things tor less money or for free. 

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Lynn Garelick — I LISTEN to people, their thoughts, hopes and concerns on any subject.  I hope this contributes to my having and open, non-judgemental mind and spirit. 

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Doris Mady — I think not only me, but most artists, “see possibilities”. (That is why I like to hang-out with artists too!) I can look at a blank canvas and “just know” my composition will accommodate the 50 miles of vista that I see before me. If I don’t like a tree I don’t need to put it in; I can add a building even though it’s not there. I can make a daytime painting become nocturnal. I think “possibilities” could be another word for “play”.

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July Theme:

You’re on vacation. Does your discipline also go on vacation?

Establish a Point of View – “I’m a storyteller; that’s my journey. What I value most are imagination, feeling, and the skill to communicate. These qualities have always been a measure for me. Painting a convincing portrait is not always about getting g a likeness. Naturally that helps, but oftern it’s about getting a point of view. “  ~ Raymond Kinstler