This is my favourite painting so far. The original cannot be reproduced well on our scanner and this is really not an accurate reproduction. You have to look very closely to see the big dipper in the sky. In the original you cannot see the big dipper if you look directly at the picture, but have to tilt it in order for the stars to show. It’s an almost halographic effect. The trees seem to jut out from the canvas and it looks like the snow could fall off at any moment if the wind just picked up a little.

In a lot of ways it’s like my life. If I stand and look just the right way I could probably hide my true self from the world. But my God has ways of letting me see when I am wearing masks and trying to hide my light from those around me.

I am not comfortable with masks anymore. I would much rather let my light shine for all to see. It comes from a Source much greater than that and I am constantly aware that He is there.

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I recently visited a wonderful recovery site called Tina's World. Tina has an inspired poem on her page called First Snow. Of course that was the first one I went to. Tina and I have struck up a friendship since my visit to her world and last week she gave me this award. Unfortunately Tina's World is no longer on the Web.

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This is my version of loons in the mist. I painted it the week I left Homewood in late January, 2000. It has such an ethereal quality that invokes in me a sense of connectedness to the rest of creation. I added it August 27th, 2000. On Wednesday, August 30th, I returned to the Homewood for another six weeks. I went to attend for the Post Traumatic Stress Disorder program. Again I left my family and the place I perceived as a safety zone. I ask that you keep us in your prayers.

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