On March 17, I turned this picture into an Art Show Critique Luncheon in Desert Hot Springs, CA at the Miracle Springs Hotel and Spa.  I was thrilled to receive People's Choice and Best of Show Award.  It's a small 10" x 10" picture.  The expression on the face I believe is why everyone enjoyed it.  I enjoy painting faces with character. 

Poem – SLOW DANCE

Have you ever watched kids
On a merry-go-round?
Or listened to the rain
Slapping on the ground?
Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight?
Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?
You better slow down.
Don't dance so fast.
Time is short.
The music won't last.

Do you run through each day
On the fly?

When you ask How are you?
Do you hear the reply?
When the day is done!
Do you lie in your bed
With the next hundred chores
Running through your head?
You'd better slow down
Don't dance so fast.
Time is short.
The music won't last.

Ever told your child,
We'll do it tomorrow?
And in your haste,
Not see his sorrow?
Ever lost touch,
Let a good friendship die

Cause you never had time
To call and say,"Hi"
You'd better slow down.
Don't dance so fast.
Time is short.
The music won't last.

When you run so fast to get somewhere
You miss half the fun of getting there.
When you worry and hurry through your day,
It is like an unopened gift....
Thrown away.
Life is not a race.
Do take it slower
Hear the music
Before the song is over.

"Always check for an online coupon," was my friend's advice a few
months ago, when I was buying something online. Boy was she right.   Two out of three times, if I search the Internet--typing in the name of the company and the words "online coupon"--I discover a coupon code that saves me money. Sometimes a bundle; the other day I saved 25% and I got free shipping, too.  WooHoo!