Sabbath Day Thoughts

On the way to synagogue today

I spot interesting church signs

“Come as you are”

I think that’s my favorite one

Then today’s

“God is still talking to us”

That one made me think

How can we hear him or her?

Is she really concerned with us,

with all the hatred and killing?

But there are so many good people too

and so much love when you know

where to look for it

We have joined a small tribe

of Jews here in Idaho

and are better for it.

Yet the hatred touches us

even here in the north

we have to be concerned

with protecting ourselves

instead of just relaxing

with our sabbath songs.

The key the rabbis tell us

is not to lose hope

©2019 Linda H. Feinberg

Still practicing

Some practice pieces. I don't like these enough to make larger paintings. These are 8" X 10" on canvas board. Water Mixable oils.  Top is a view of Payette Lake in McCall, Idaho as seen from the camp we were in. We stayed in a lodge, we are not real campers.

These are the ewes resting on a cliff in Alberta, Canada.  They looked like goats to me, but I researched and these are the females of the mountain sheep. They look quite different than the males.

In cleaning up one day I found a 12" X 24" board. I didn't remember buying it, but gessoed it and decided it was worth a panorama.  This one is Red Rock Canyon  in Nevada. I had painted a smaller version of it years ago. I liked the colors.  I did this one with a combination of palette knife and brushes.

I am very disturbed with all the hatred going on in the world and have not been doing much painting.  I go to Sabbath services each week and wonder if someone is going to come in to hurt us.  I don't understand the hatred.  If a person is unhappy with his or her circumstances, why don't they try to change them, not go out killing other people. So I'll finish with something positive for my readers to think about.