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- Outhouse Adventures 05/22/2016
- Moving, Moving, Moving Toward the Future: excerpt from my next book titled “Living with Twelve Men 06/25/2015
- Wet Weather Report… 03/15/2015
- Meet Mona Lisa and Vincent Van Groundhog 02/14/2015
- The Picture Palace by Guest author, Pauline Chand 01/31/2015
- Thanksgiving Wedding (sorry it’s late, but better late than never.) 11/29/2014
- Miss McKay 10/28/2014
- Waneta and Butch 05/05/2014
- How to Break a Bone 04/04/2014
- Show Me Yours and I’ll Show You Mine 03/11/2014
- Music Appreciation-Polk School-Cedar Rapids Iowa-1939 02/10/2014
- Parties for Poor Kids 01/11/2014
- Halo Shampoo Assembly Hit 11/05/2013
- A Good Lesson by Betty Auchard 10/02/2013
- All Hands on Deck by Betty Auchard 09/06/2013
- Bad Girl by Betty Auchard 08/09/2013
- Lucy, the Cat by Betty Auchard 07/27/2013
- The Inquisition (part 3 of the The Stranger and the Preacher) 06/21/2013
- The Gourmet Dinner (Part 2 of The Stranger and the Preacher) 06/14/2013
- The Stranger and the Preacher by Betty Auchard (Part 1) 05/28/2013
- Aunt “Nomi” 03/03/2013
- Written When We, Myself and I Turned 80 in August 2010 by Betty Auchard 12/09/2012
- Nose Rags (excerpt from The Home for the Friendless) 10/29/2012
- Halloween and the End of the World by Betty Auchard 09/28/2012
- Tattling in the Teepee (excerpt from the Home for the Friendless) 08/31/2012
- Dreams of Flying at the Home for the Friendless 07/29/2012
- Pin Cushion Spills its Guts 07/03/2012
- Welcome to the Home for the Friendless 06/26/2012
- Homemade Booze: a story that didn’t get into “The Home for the Friendless.” 05/26/2012
- The Wild Woman on L Avenue 05/01/2012
- My Mother’s Afghan 03/22/2012
- The Sure Fire Black Hole Rodent Trap vs Mr. Swat 02/20/2012
- Sleeping with Denny 01/27/2012
- New Year Storm 01/02/2012
- My Controversial Christmas Tree 12/01/2011
- Thanksgiving in the Tavern 11/01/2011
- ART LESSON: How to Create a Line Drawing 10/04/2011
- Reinventing Myself 09/12/2011
- Scoping Guys 08/19/2011
- Fill ‘er up! 07/31/2011
- Guest Post: Red Pepper Dreams and Dr. Seuss Nightmares 07/19/2011
- Betty’s Book Tour in Iowa 07/06/2011
- Guest Post: Sandi Corbitt-Sears, Editor 06/21/2011
- Holes Happen 05/27/2011
- Ode to the Clothesline 05/07/2011
- This is Not an Emergency 04/12/2011
- Guest Blog: 9th grade student essay 03/28/2011
- EAT LESS MOVE MORE 03/11/2011
- Starting at the Bottom 02/20/2011
- Art Lessons from Mother Nature 02/04/2011
- The Mad Walk 01/18/2011
- Read My Lips 01/08/2011
- Don’t Wear Slippers in the Forest 12/27/2010
- Any Tree Free. Merry Christmas! 12/15/2010
- A Friendless Proselyter in Iowa 12/05/2010
- Thanksgiving in the Tavern 11/25/2010
- Outhouse Adventures 11/17/2010
- Friendless Kids: Then and Now 11/11/2010
- Introduction 08/09/2010
- From Dancing in My Nightgown 06/25/2010
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Dear Readers,
Way back in the 70s, before I started writing, I was an art teacher in the San Jose Unified School District in California. To draw these large portraits I used oil pastels to render Mona Lisa and Vincent Van Gogh as groundhogs. I framed them and they’ve been hanging in my garage all these years. The reason for making them in the first place was to use as fun decorations for our pot-luck party that just happened to be on Groundhog Day. Recently, I photographed the couple, and my daughter, who is computer savvy, flipped Mona around to face Vincent, because for almost 40 years they’ve both been been facing left. They couldn’t even see each other though they knew they were both famous…after they died. Now, they’re face to face and finally getting acquainted. My daughter also added the balloons for captions so we can eavesdrop on their conversations.
I’m sharing them here for two reasons: to show off my good taste in fine art and to wish you all a Happy Valentine’s Day.
Betty Auchard
