Some art and some words...

 

Marc Chagall's frescoes painted on the ceiling of Opera Garnier, Paris

"[Artists] live at times in their rare moments of happiness with such strength and indescribable beauty, the spray of their moment’s happiness is flung so high and dazzlingly over the wide sea of suffering, that the light of it, spreading its radiance, touches others too with its enchantment. Thus, like a precious, fleeting foam over the sea of suffering arise all those works of art, in which a single individual lifts himself for an hour so high above his personal destiny that his happiness shines like a star and appears to all who see it as something eternal and as a happiness of their own." 

Hermann Hesse, 1927  Steppenwolf 

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The Homecoming by N, C, Wyeth

Andrea Kowch

I love these, which seem to have a lot of Germanic words. Goodness, do Germans experience all of these emotions? One typo is in number 11, which should read "photographing."

No need for a quote today, as you've already had some!

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A friend of mine hasn't retired from her job yet....just one more month!! She had her big family Thanksgiving the weekend before the holiday, because she was working on that Thursday, though her husband was off.

But she got off around 2:30 and invited me (who had plans to roast a Tofurky alone) to come over to their house at 4:30. I contributed some potatoes to become mashed, and a package of green beans with almonds (yay Green Giant).

Their main dish was beef tips in sauce. It was delicious.

We even indulged in charcuterie before dinner, without an official board.

And we sat and talked and talked, and nobody paid much attention to the Cowboy's game on TV, then we finally had digested enough to try the sampler of cheesecakes. (I even brought  some home for my left overs too)

Earlier I'd watched the parades in New York and Asheville NC in the morning on TV, So I'd shared my photos  with my friend on her phone, while she was working, but between customers of course.

I had a very good Thanksgiving with lots of love, and messages shared with my own family who were miles away.

Today's quote:

Jim Harrison, poet and writer, said: "Life is sentimental. Why should I be cold and hard about it? That's the main content. The biggest thing in people's lives is their loves and dreams and visions, you know."

Marc Chagall The Betrothed and the Eiffle Tower