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Japanese Lady Delegate for Peace Dancing in the Street
In 2006, Barb and Leo Barb attended the Second Global Summit for the Creation of Ministries for Peace and Departments of Peace. On the first day of the summit, the delegates went in to town for an evening of cultural events. At one stop, almost the entire global summit spontaneously... -
Eating is a Beautiful Thing
“They said they were hungry” to which I responded, “It seems to me that hungry people should eat.” She looked at me, held up her hands and showed a bill and some coins and with a quiet voice said, “I need $2.63 more for a meal – can you help... -
Snaggly Clouds
My favorite place to be is on the breakwater. Out there, near the lighthouse, I can take a deep breath… and life, with all its diversity of experience, seems to come together. This water connects to the water that connects to countries all over the world… I can breathe in... -
Meditate
Barb wrote: As I sit, I see the sea. Funny; This painting is very much about the sea and yet you can not see a drop of it in this painting . . . I think that meditation, silence, prayerful peacefulness, whatever you may want to call it, is one... -
Koi One
This is the first of two paintings of Koi that spontaneously arose in the spring of 2008. While Barb likes koi, she has no particular affinity for them. However, her daughter loves pets and has several tanks of fish. Perhaps it is a local restaurant which has a very large... -
Empty Chairs
When Barb was a young lass, she had the good fortune to meet Pierre and Elizabeth. These people became surrogate parents for her. Pierre got sick and was dying when Barb got a notice that Elizabeth had died. She was so expecting that it would be Pierre that it took... -
Lamp
When I first started to acquire the stuff of a future home as a teenager, I saw this lamp shade in a store and immediately liked it very much. I still live with it, actually. One day I was looking at it and thinking of how it would be to... -
A Visit to Craigdarroch Castle®
Barb wrote this about this painting:A friend of mine came from the mainland with her daughter to visit Victoria. She loves castles and has pictures and statues of them in her home but had never been to one before.It was such fun to see her face as she walked through... -
Greenhouse
Barb’s friend who is a teacher (see Barb’s Journal) has three people living with him. One of them is an amazing gardener. He is an expert on dahlias and he enters his dahlias in the flower show every year.Barb has gone into the home several times over the years while... -
Northern Exposure
I was doing a Northern Exposure (The TV show) marathon with Leo, my daughter and her boyfriend. I was relaxing with my family; I had a blank canvas and I wanted to paint something restful. This is what emerged. This painting is about rest and relaxation with the people I...
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