by Charity Lee Jennings | Mar 3, 2024
Painting a ‘Row of Poplars’ in Watercolour by Charity Lee Jennings Join Us On Patreon Welcome to 'Art by Charity' Have you ever wanted to try watercolour? Here’s your chance. I love painting with watercolour so much, I want to share it with you. So...
by Charity Lee Jennings | Oct 13, 2023
The Weight of Gold (The Value of a True Friend) True friends accept us in the midst of our messiness, and today’s story shows how I learned this. This is the last in my series on grief and it ends with a showcase of artwork – the fruit of a painful yet beautiful...
by Charity Lee Jennings | Jun 7, 2023
A Hundred Good-Byes – Part 3 The kingfisher now guides me, as he rises and dips along the side of Bear Mountain. I grow stronger with the rhythmic move of the kayak paddle in my hand. I grow stronger as I dip my fingers into cold March waters, and watch...
by Charity Lee Jennings | Mar 13, 2023
A Hundred Good-Byes – Part 2 I was tucked away, beneath Bear Mountain, gaining strength. The Lake House was the perfect place. People were few but the birds were plenty. We watched their migration over the lake, as they headed farther north than...
by Charity Lee Jennings | Jan 24, 2023
A Star-Filled Sky I’ve told you the stories I’ve told you the stories, how our oldest couldn’t renew his visa, how our boys left home, how we followed not long after. How our life was turned upside-down. I’ve told of the sadness of saying good-bye. Of...
by Charity Lee Jennings | Mar 9, 2022
A World Away Their healing scent has filled these lands for a hundred years. As I reach the bridge, they’re in full view. Rows of massive eucalyptus trees following each side of River Pan Long far into the distance. Leaves and pods litter the path that...
