by Charity Lee Jennings | Nov 1, 2023
Painting A Kingfisher by Charity Lee Jennings Join Us On Patreon Welcome to 'Art by Charity' Hi, I’m Charity. I love capturing life with watercolour and ink – to highlight the beautiful and redeem the painful. And I help others do the same. If you want to...
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 | Mar 1, 2023
A Hundred Good-Byes The Canada we arrived to wasn’t one I recognized. We entered an airport full of masked faces, forms to fill out, and for some of us, Covid tests and quarantine. Dad J waited outside in February cold, for the hours it took us to...
