Anita Mathias's Blog on Faith and Art
I had wanted to choose “Accelerate” as my One Word for 2014 but God impressed “Alignment” on my heart, and it proved to have been useful through a tumultuous year—a cancer diagnosis, and surgery, the death of my beloved border collie Jake from … [Continue reading]
Roy made this collage of me over many days and many moods for my birthday. And here is my most-read writing on my blog this year 1 Yes, Praise the Lord Anyway. (Even for Loss and Fleas!) 2 Why I am no longer a Roman Catholic 3 In which I am … [Continue reading]
Friends, Happy New Year!! May it be a year of blessing and happiness for all of us My Christmas letter has morphed into a New Year’s letter--which is kind of how my year went! 2014! What a year! Here it is: January—I win an all-expense … [Continue reading]
The fairytale chateau of Chenonceau on the Loire, which, unusually, belonged to a series of women, including Diane de Poitiers, mistress of Henry II, and his vengeful widow, Catherine de Medici, who evicted her. Zoe, me, Irene and Roy outside … [Continue reading]
My father once read me a terrifying Greek myth about the giant Procrustes. Everyone who visited Procrustes fit perfectly into his bed. When a guest was too tall, he cut their legs off. When they were too short, he “stretched” them till they … [Continue reading]
Francesco, Artist of Florence The Man Who Gave Too Much on Amazon.co.uk Francesco, Artist of Florence : The Man Who Gave Too Much on Amazon.com (also available in Hardback) Might your children, or your favourite children, or you yourself, enjoy … [Continue reading]
I have designed my own 2016 Planner to plan and organise my creative work, and the other things I want to keep track of. I used the blueprint in 2014, and found it brought clarity to my day and increased my productivity. Here it is if you’d like … [Continue reading]
I read the papers and stress rises. So much injustice! 21 million people enslaved (14 million of them in India), land-grabbing, starvation, destruction of ecosystems, precious species going extinct, the restavek system in Haiti, slavery in Qatar, and … [Continue reading]