7 Tips for Authors by Rhiannon

Author/blogger Rhiannon Brunner with her cat, Carry (big sister of kitten Maze).

Want to write and publish a book? Blogger Rhiannon Brunner (who has also contributed to HBT here) has written and self-published many of them! A resident of Vienna, Austria, she writes about whatever interests her. Her books are in German. Soon she'll translate them into English. Here she encourages us all... 7 Tips for Authors by Rhiannon… Continue reading 7 Tips for Authors by Rhiannon

Video: Me in Connie DK Lane’s Linear Amplitude art installation

da-AL modeling for Connie DK Lane's Linear Amplitude art installation

Yeah! My friend, artist Connie DK Lane, is having another show (here's an installation she did to honor lives lost to COVID-19 here, this was an earlier show -- and this is another I performed in). Please join us. Below are her official info and description... "Connie DK Lane’s work is born of her emigration… Continue reading Video: Me in Connie DK Lane’s Linear Amplitude art installation

Cutting Edge Art in North Carolina

Spiral Woman 1984, by Louise Bourgeois.

On the outside, the North Carolina Museum of Art doesn’t seem that huge. What makes it extraordinary is that everything in it is remarkable. So much so that I visited once and then twice and then thrice and four times (plus we had a great time here) I went somewhere else before returning, because -- wait!… Continue reading Cutting Edge Art in North Carolina

Chinese Lantern Festival Videos, North Carolina

Lighted panda at Chinese Lantern Festival, Carey, North Carolina.

What’s a Chinese Lantern Festival? It took visiting a good friend in North Carolina for me to discover. Theories vary about its origins, but always it’s tied to the Chinese New Year. This one was an eye-popping expanse of light sculptures beautiful enough to make all ages brave the cold outdoors … ... And there… Continue reading Chinese Lantern Festival Videos, North Carolina

Outspoken and Ancient Art in North Carolina by da-AL

Ancient art at North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh

Brash and outspoken, traditional and gorgeous, if you love great art, North Carolina is happiness. This and this post, as well as this one and this one, introduced how much I love the North Carolina Museum of Art. (This one tells of NC's amazing Chinese Lantern Festival.)That was in only one of their two buildings... A second… Continue reading Outspoken and Ancient Art in North Carolina by da-AL