A long day's journey -- and the dream of breakfast

 

Served to perfection

Acrylic on canvas

10 x 10 inches

Barbara Muir © 2013

It has been a day of marking, prepping, teaching, and follow up emails.  I am about as
happy as a one night a week teacher can be.  My class was fabulous tonight, and 
I felt an intense sense of pride in the group. Sometimes that joy in people's performance
(it was a presentation night) is overwhelming, and if even a tiny part of their success
is because of something I taught them. Yay!

I was going to show you a few fast sketches I did, but because they were each done in
a couple of minutes, they need a few more minutes just to be presentable.  Which

made me think of sleep, of tomorrow, and of breakfast.  Although my schedule is

not the same as most people's because I work late hours, I look forward to breakfast,

which is almost always like this painting -- oatmeal.  Love it. 

But unlike my bowl of oatmeal at the kitchen table, this is a hotel breakfast --

something I miss so much. In a hotel that does good room service, every detail

of your breakfast is like a work of art.  Who would think a bowl of oatmeal could

be art -- but the people who cook and serve it make sure it is.  

And so to bed -- dreaming of magnificent hotel breakfasts rolled in on a collapsible

table, with a table cloth, cloth napkins and served with a flourish of attention to the
smallest details.  

Wishing you a great breakfast and a joyous, creative day.