A Bird in the Hand

I'm energized by a good day's work. All six translations are finished; now I can concentrate on the two articles I'm writing. On my walk this evening, I saw my first robin -- a harbinger of Sping.

Of course, there's more time for my artwork.

Two more portraits, looking more and more like my own -- which is the whole purpose of the exercise. This is one of them.

gouache on old paper

Simplicity is the removal of the useless and the unnecessary--source unknown