by EdKoehler | Jan 24, 2016 | Art and Whimsy
The Day Valentine’s Day, St. Valentine’s Day, to be exact, is a holiday fraught with ambiguity. No sooner have the stores removed the trees, ornaments, and Santa’s throne, the hearts appear. Pink-hearted cards, heart-shaped boxes of chocolate, chalky...
by EdKoehler | Dec 27, 2015 | Art and Whimsy
Whimsical or Not? My post from last week, entitled Christmas Whimsy, received a comment suggesting that Christmas was not whimsical. Since I like to think of a blog as a dialogue, all respectful comments are welcome and worth pondering. And so I pondered. Since one...
by EdKoehler | Dec 20, 2015 | Art and Whimsy
I haven’t written in a while and I do apologize. All the holiday hubbub, I suppose. Here we are, just a few days from Christmas and I want to get back on a weekly schedule for the new year. When I started Art & Whimsy in May, my purpose was to make a case...
by EdKoehler | Oct 11, 2015 | Art and Whimsy
The St. Louis Public Library We have seventeen library branches throughout our city. There are twenty more in the St. Louis County Library system, which is separate from the city, but part of the metro area. Pictured above is the Central Library, a Cass Gilbert Beaux...
by EdKoehler | Oct 2, 2015 | Art and Whimsy
Country Water This week’s edition of Art & Whimsy is a few days late, due to our conference/work/vacation time in Nashville. Judy attended the American Association of Christian Counselors conference at Opryland and I went around town leaving portfolios with...
