Mimi's blog

  • Quaint... or current

    by Mimi Schlichter

    Walking through the beachside neighborhood of Megansett yesterday, I was struck by the dramatic differences between those homes that still stand exactly as I remember them from when I first visited there in the early 1970's and the ones that have been...

  • Going Grey...

    by Mimi Schlichter
    I said I'd write new posts every Tuesday and Friday, and here it is 10pm on Friday and, well, I haven't. Not that I didn't think of topics. Lots of them, in fact, since Tuesday. Simply didn't write them down, and now here I sit. My procrastination tool, this week? 

  • Lest we miss it...

    by Mimi Schlichter
    I didn't INTEND to get up at 5am this morning, but Rosie woke me up and needed to go outside and oh my goodness it was soooo beautiful with four inches of fresh snow so by the time I came inside ...

  • More Friday Fun ... firewood

    by Mimi Schlichter
    Maybe because the clutter of my cleaning and clearing project wasn't enough to keep me busy and distracted away from the easel (yes that's sarcasm) today I ordered... 

  • Miracle clearing

    by Mimi Schlichter
    Do you remember the  "Miracle on the Hudson"?  I do.  Because I was there. January 15, 2009*. I was in Soho, gallery hopping.  Heard a whole lot of sirens, more...

  • Friday 5 Minute Fun

    by Mimi Schlichter
    Two weeks into the new year.  How you doin' with those resolutions?I love setting resolutions.  Though we all know it's difficult to follow through...

  • No... or yes?

    by Mimi Schlichter
    "Are you creating up a storm?"

    A question asked of me today that I couldn't answer.  Or I should say I simply didn't want to.  Because the answer is ...

  • A new day. A new blog. A new...?

    by Mimi Schlichter
    Honestly, I intended to start this new blog on January 1.  And here it is a week later.  My point?  That sometimes, oftentimes, our best intended plans need to wait, just a ...