by Jeffrey Scherer | Aug 19, 2018 | Uncategorized |
I am in the home stretch for the end of the first period of my recovery. This week I will have my splint changed to a full cast. The splint is basically a cast that is open on the the top to allow for swelling that occurs, naturally, post-operation. If all goes to the...
by Jeffrey Scherer | Aug 17, 2018 | Cultural, Health, People, Social, Uncategorized, writing |
One of the joys of being injured (albeit through elective surgery), is that we can learn to focus on things that we take for granted and enjoy new things we don’t normally notice. Our perspective changes and, if we are paying attention, we learn how our bodies,...
by Jeffrey Scherer | Jun 8, 2018 | People, Philosphy, Social, Travel, Uncategorized |
In the past week, the world has lost two Iconoclasts: Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain. This we all know. In this article I am not going to re-post copies of the numerous articles cropping up; repost the posts written by writers who brushed against them in the past;...
by Jeffrey Scherer | Jun 4, 2018 | Cultural, Health, People, Social, Travel, Uncategorized |
As most of my friends know, we recently relocated from Mérida, Yucatán, México to Portland, Oregon. This decision was made deliberately over quite some time. This post is not about the reasons for the move—those have been explained in previous articles. It is about...
by Jeffrey Scherer | May 26, 2018 | Art, painting, People, Uncategorized, Work |
As an artist, I am constantly on the look out for triggers. Triggers that spark an image or narrative that can result in a painting. I don’t want or need the whole story from a trigger. I do not want someone to finish the story for me—or even “give”...
by Jeffrey Scherer | Mar 23, 2018 | Cultural, People, Philosphy, Social, social media, Uncategorized |
I have completed step 1 of leaving Facebook. I have signed up for MeWe (see https://mewe.com/myworld). This relatively new social media site is the only site with a Privacy Bill of Rights. This is their mantra: “The Next-Gen Social Network that actually respects...
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