Well, somehow I managed to delete my blog, so here I am starting over.  Computers are sure fun!  :-)

Ok, just a warning, I am a lousy typist anymore, so please forgive any typos I miss correcting.  Funny what just a little nerve damage can do to your manual dexterity.

Tonight I spent some time at Big Bear Cafe in Washington, DC.  I attended a fund raiser for Clark Ray, hosted by Cheryl Edwards.  Big Bear Cafe was generous enough to provide a meeting place and we had some fine iced tea and iced coffee too.  Some people snarfed down some tasty looking pastries too.  I avoided those myself since I am on the gluten free diet.  They sure looked good though.

Cheryl emceed the art auction to raise funds for Clark Ray's campaign and did a great job of it too. Lots of art was sold including a couple of my minature encaustics.  I missed out on one of Cheryl Edward's New York water tower paintings though, danged if someone didn't out bid me at the last minute.

Mr. Stu Davenport, proprietor of the Big Bear Cafe purchased one of my minature encaustics.  Thanks Stu!  Another one was bought by a fine young couple whose names I didn't get.  Duh..!

Clark Ray talked about his campaign for at large council member for DC.  Clark had good points and of course my ears really perked up when he talked about funding for arts programs in the city school system.  Not that I have kids myself, but it sure seems like an important way for kids to learn a creative outlet for self-expression.

Hopefully I won't accidentally delete this blog page anytime soon...