Guest Blog: Joan Corwin, Nancy Megan Corwin
Today’s guest blog is by sisters: Solace in So Many Words contributor Joan Corwin and Nancy Megan Corwin who is a jewelry artist/metalsmith from the Seattle area. Each year since 2004, Facèré Jewelry Art Gallery in Seattle puts on Signs of Life, a contemporary jewelry art show and companion jewelry art catalog/literary journal. The show features work by nine artists. The catalog/literary journal pairs these jewelry artists with ten writers in a unique publication. This … [Read more...]
Stoking my love for Chicago
I love Chicago but I don't love the politics, the gun violence, the segregation and probably a few other things if I thought about it some more. But this past weekend I forgot about the negatives and rediscovered my love for Chicago. That's because it was Chicago Architecture Foundation's Open House Chicago. This free city-wide event has been around for three years now, and each year, I find something more to love about Chicago. Plus, the event is so well run and all the … [Read more...]
Glimpse of Solace: Kathy Buckland, Open House Chicago
Big thanks to Kathy Buckland for these glamorous shots of Chicago. Kathy is a photographer from Glenview, IL, who goes exploring with her camera just about every weekend. … [Read more...]
Slice of Solace: Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish
Though it was not on the Open House Chicago tour, Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary Parish was near the restaurant we went to in River North so we stopped in. There was a place to pray to St. Peregrine, of the Order of the Servants of Mary, who is the Patron Saint of Cancer Patients (something I had not known). I think these statues are lovely and sweet. … [Read more...]
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