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Promenade: The Story of This Painting

Posted on April 15, 2014 by This Woman Writes

The Story of the Painting, Promenade, at Start Your Week with Steve by Steve Henderson Fine Art: Gardens are good places, whether they consist of vegetables and berries, or masses of flowers. From the beginning of time and the Garden of … Continue reading →

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Field of Dreams — The Story of This Painting

Posted on April 8, 2014 by This Woman Writes

The story of the painting, Field of Dreams, from Start Your Week with Steve of Steve Henderson Fine Art: Where we live, in the banana belt of Southeastern Washington, spring is here. A time of change and transition, spring gives us sunlight and … Continue reading →

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Dancer: The Story of This Painting

Posted on April 1, 2014 by This Woman Writes

The story of the painting, Dancer, by Steve Henderson of Steve Henderson Fine Art: A young woman, in a blur of movement and grace, blends imperceptibly into her background, creating a fusion of representational figure work with an abstract background. Dancer celebrates … Continue reading →

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Opalescent Sea: The Story of the Painting

Posted on March 17, 2014 by This Woman Writes

The story of the oil painting, Opalescent Sea by Steve Henderson The ocean isn’t blue, you know. Although on a sunny, cloudless day, the expanse of the sea looks blue indeed, when you get close to the waves and look — really, … Continue reading →

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The Simple Life: Adapt. Like a Frog. Or a Finch.

Posted on February 7, 2014 by This Woman Writes

I’m really not supposed to be chatting with you right now. If my schedule, the one I set up last night before the snowstorm, were in place, I would be 70 miles away at Costco, shopping. The monthly hunt and … Continue reading →

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An Unforeseen Encounter

Posted on February 3, 2014 by This Woman Writes

The Story of This Painting — An Unforeseen Encounter by Steve Henderson of Steve Henderson Fine Art: Like all lovers of Christmas, Santa enjoys browsing the festive, holiday-decorated streets. On Christmas Eve night, when all shoppers are home in their … Continue reading →

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The Simple Life: Follow the Old Saying

Posted on January 24, 2014 by This Woman Writes

What’s the old saying? Use it up; Wear it out; Make it do; Do without. I always have to look this up because I can never remember the order of 11 simple words, although I know they rhyme somehow. I … Continue reading →

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Shop Like a Man

Posted on November 8, 2013 by This Woman Writes

My husband, The Norwegian Artist, is a really boring person to go shopping with. I’d say that he shops like a man, except that in this politically correct environment which spews smog over every thought we have and word we utter, … Continue reading →

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Celebrating Christmas without My Stressy Bessie Doll

Posted on November 6, 2013 by This Woman Writes

If there were such thing as a Stressy Bessy doll, she would look like me. The Son and Heir says that I focus on minutiae: “Remember when we vacationed on the beach and I wanted to climb those 25-foot rocks? You … Continue reading →

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Recipe: Chicken Noodle Casserole

Posted on November 6, 2013 by This Woman Writes

I made this dish because of a 24-ounce bag of French’s French Fried Onions that I fell in love with at Costco and simply had to have. I was with the Son and Heir, whose level of thriftiness is such that he … Continue reading →

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