Where the lantern lights are dim : encountering the muse -- Snowbirding in Arizona --Super, natural British Columbia -- Canadian gothic, a parody -- En plein air -- Studying Michelangelo's sybils -- Second attempts -- Choo choo trains and garbage trucks -- Yellow tulips, white tulips -- Decorating with matisses -- Fiddling in the Maritimes -- My bird period -- The magic of three -- Studying Rembrandt's portraits -- A line never lies : portraits in pencil and charcoal -- Visiting Cape Breton -- Studying Renoir -- From Lake Como to Venice : the Italian paintings -- Returning home on a scooter -- Short short stories -- Paintings in my private gallery -- A list of drawings & paintings.