I love art. Crazy, expressive, wild art. Our house is filled with folk art and comical pieces. We used to buy all sorts of paintings and sculptures in the days before Truman. Now we use that money to buy things like groceries and Timberland sandals and jeans that don’t hold up in the knees.
Through the wonder of Facebook, I was reunited with an old college sorority sister, Tina Mackin. It turns out she’s an artist (her Web site is www.SmackinArt.com) and her work is brilliant and colorful and completely fun. She copied me on a portrait of some friends she …read more

This is our Matisse…the cat in the portrait. Her name is Matisse. Not to be confused with a painting by the great artist Henri Matisse. (And yes, he is our cat’s namesake.) In the years before Truman, I spent good money to have an artist come to the house and paint my cat’s portrait. God, how I loved that cat.
She’s still alive, mind you. She’s almost 12 now, and ornery as hell. She tolerates only two people – Rick and me. She often hides when we have guests and sometimes sneaks out just to watch people creep around her house. …read more

Adoptive Families wants to see your sweetest picture. Make sure you enter the Third Annual Photo Contest by September 8. You can enter the candid or formal picture categories and can enter either online or by mail.
I entered mine…Can anyone guess which one I sent in? I’ll be sure to link to it in September…so you can vote for it!
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2006 Winners