During the lockdown of the pandemic, like many people, I spent more than my usual amount of time at home. To entertain myself, I stopped making my bed daily for about a week. I made sketches of the bedding arrangements as the week progressed. Then I made the painting.
Category: Nursing Lifestyles
Life Outside of Patient Care Areas
A Nurse and a Pharmacist Go On a Date That Resulted In Better Patient Care
“So, let me get this straight. If you have a cardiac event, or stop breathing, I can start CPR on you and potentially save your life, but if I go down, all you can do is call 911 and cry?”
The Role of Artists, Here and Now
It’s going to take time for society to recover from the pandemic. Not only its residual effects on the economy and its toll on personal lives, but already we’re seeing the results of profound change.
No Leaders Please
“invent yourself and then reinvent
yourself.
don’t swim in the same slough.”
Reflections of A Nurse-Mother
“Yeah, I’m taking classes to become a massage therapist. My mom is a nurse, and I’ve always been interested in health sciences because of that. I want to help people enhance their health.”
After The Smoke Clears: Re-Acquainting with an Old Friend
Yesterday was the first of of nine that our air quality in Portland, Oregon fell from “hazardous” to “good,” and … More
The Resilience of Tiny Things: Raising Young Children in The Pandemic
Our hazardous air quality in Oregon keeps me from nature journaling outdoors. Instead, I make ink and watercolor paintings in … More
Learning: The Best Thing for Sadness, Part II
Previously, I wrote about learning as a tool for managing the sadness accompanying home isolation and the losses … More
Julianna Paradisi Paintings in New Member Show at Gallery 114 During September
I’m excited to participate in Overlaid: New Members Show during the month of September at Gallery 114, in Portland, Oregon. Here’s … More
Birds, Faith and Troubled Times
Without prayer, without faith in the Almighty, the civil rights movement would have been like a bird without wings. … More