It's Been Much Too Highbrow Around Here Lately, So . . .

Across the Universe

["and the stars look very different today..."

art by ateazure]

Everyone is very excited about the Artemis II

space mission currently flying around the moon!

So it's time again to consider the vastness

of the universe and our relationship to it!

Okay, that's all I need to hear!

Knights, Cats, and Foul Beasts

"M’lord be it gay if I doth touch lance tips with Ser Gawain?"

Yeah! Some dragons or maybe a Foul Beast! . . . oh oh, nevermind.

Here's a brave knight fighting a modern Foul Beast . . .

may he (or she or they) have better luck!

[Photo by Len and Mae Sander © 2026;

used by gracious permission of Mae's Food Blog]

Monday Murals -- A Deeper Perspective

I'm taking part today in 

Monday Murals hosted by Sami.

This beautiful mural called A Deeper Perspective

is painted on a wall inside Edmonton's Kingsway Mall.

Its creator is Ashley Rosenow of Illustrious Interiors.

She is an Edmonton artist and international muralist.

The hands of the Divine Feminine reach out across the universe

to bless our Earth and our galaxy. Her hands and arms are inscribed

with positive thoughts, dreams and wishes such as:

Joy

Unity

World Peace

Save Ukraine

All We Have Is Now

Bee Happy

All the inscribed words were inspired by the comments

of passersby as Ashley Rosenow (pictured below) painted this mural.

[Photo #1 © Debra She Who Seeks, 2026;

Photo #2 is from the artist's website]

Got Your Easter Bonnet On?

Oh, thought I couldn't work

superheroes into this post?

Say hello to The Winter Rabbit,

also known as The Easter Bucky!

[art by solitary-serenity, found here]

And to all of you who celebrate,

the Butter Lamb and I wish you and yours . . . .

Early Music, Contemporary Art, Turkish Sofra, and Revolutionists

Early Music Concert

I'm a fan of "Early Music," the collective term for medieval, renaissance and early baroque music. Last weekend, I attended a wonderful concert by Ayreheart Early Music Band, which consists of two lute players, a percussionist, and a singer (alas, no recorders!) They performed an excellent program of British Renaissance music, including not only expected classics by John Dowland and William Byrd, but also traditional folk songs of that era from England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales. A couple of pieces featured lyrics by Henry VIII and Shakespeare. There were even a few outstanding modern lute pieces written by the group's leader, Ronn McFarlane.

Contemporary Art and Turkish Sofra

Also spent an enjoyable afternoon last weekend with the Rare One and her sister and niece who were visiting from Manitoba. We visited the Art Gallery of Alberta, saw some interesting contemporary art, and then went for delicious Turkish food at Sofra Restaurant. Look at Sofra's fabulous light fixtures!

The Revolutionists

With some theatre buddies, I attended a matinee performance earlier this week of The Revolutionists by American playwright Lauren Gunderson. Four badass women -- playwright Olympe de Gouges, assassin Charlotte Corday, former queen Marie Antoinette, and Haitian rebel Marianne Angelle -- lose their heads in an irreverent, women-powered comedy set during the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror. "It’s a true story. Or total fiction. Or a play about a play. Or a raucous resurrection … that ends in a song and a scaffold." Good times!

Friday Face OFF -- Snowy Owl

For today's Friday Face OFF link party

of art featuring faces, hosted by Nicole of

DVArtist, Art, Food and Everyday Things --

I was browsing through an old file folder of

photo prompts and found this forgotten

pen-and-ink sketch of a snowy owl

that I did 3 years ago.

It's just done on white bond paper

because I intended to redraw it later 

on watercolour paper and then paint it,

but that hasn't happened yet.

Maybe someday? Who knows?

In the meantime, here it is.

[Art © Debra She Who Seeks, 2023;

Photo of art © Debra She Who Seeks, 2026]