Author Archives: Bobbie Herron

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About Bobbie Herron

I live surrounded by watercolor brushes and paints, fountain pens, sketchbooks, and journals- often wanting more than anything to write and paint at the same time. If you like what you're reading, feel free to share it with others. If you see something that needs correction, please let me know. Thanks for visiting!

Part 1: “Typical American!”

Posted on February 13, 2017 by Bobbie Herron

How did that headline feel? Like a compliment? Like an insult? Like a gross generalization? It has happened to all of us of course.  When you hear someone is from California, Alabama, Minnesota, or Massachusetts, you can’t help but assume … Continue reading →

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Snow birches

Posted on January 5, 2017 by Bobbie Herron

Róisín Page called birches ‘albino trees’ when she came to visit us in the White Mountains of New Hampshire from her home in Ireland many years ago. The name has stayed with me: poetic, descriptive, humorous, just like Róisín. Several … Continue reading →

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Loosen up…but how?

Posted on November 3, 2016 by Bobbie Herron

Woodland strolls in the nick of time: autumn! I have had the good fortune to explore a few of Concord’s many beautiful trails in the last couple weeks. My companion sets the pace walking ahead of me, and I am … Continue reading →

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Back to School-at home

Posted on October 31, 2016 by Bobbie Herron

For 30 years I have been collecting top notch watercolor instruction books. During the first many years I diligently used them as textbooks, following the lessons, and with quite satisfactory results. That habit had fallen away with time, but is now resurrected … Continue reading →

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Your Values Matter

Posted on October 23, 2016 by Bobbie Herron

October Sunday afternoon,  Concord NH The flowers at the police memorial sculpture in Concord were beautiful in the noonday sun, but by the time I got back over there at 2 o’clock the light had changed and most of it … Continue reading →

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Keep it simple

Posted on October 19, 2016 by Bobbie Herron

I got to the last few pages of the small sketchbook I carry in my purse, and being frugal I could not just “call it done.” A beautiful autumn day, time to spare, and no sense of direction led me … Continue reading →

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The Story of Inkheart- and More

Posted on October 13, 2016 by Bobbie Herron

Sometimes when I am looking for a movie to rent, I do a search by actor. This time it was Helen Mirren (never a bad choice), and my search turned up a PG rated movie that was ostensibly for children, … Continue reading →

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A Day At The Beach, continued

Posted on September 29, 2016 by Bobbie Herron

  Part 2: The Arrival I walk toward the woodland entrance and as I start down the pathway I look up. Something seems wrong—- because it looks exactly the same. The same roots jut across the trail, and the same … Continue reading →

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A Day At The Beach

Posted on September 27, 2016 by Bobbie Herron

  I had been feeling blue and confused about my life and thought I needed to go someplace safe and warm to regain my strength, my clarity, and my conviction. It was my day off and early that morning I decided that … Continue reading →

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The Greatness of Blue

Posted on September 21, 2016 by Bobbie Herron

It was the 24th day of the last month of the year, snow was everywhere, and the summer animals had long since headed south for the winter. Or so the villagers thought. It had been difficult for everyone since winter … Continue reading →

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