why the rat you ask?

good day everyone!


why the rat you ask? well....why not? he's cute and he's fun.  i saw him in the gift shop of the hospital that i work for and i just couldn't resist him.  i thought he would look really cute next halloween pumpkin on the coffee table so i bought him.  on the way home i put him in the cup holder of my vehicle.....or as she's better known PEARL46 and he looked so darn cute!  he was looking up and out the windshield with this expression like...where we goin? i started to chuckle and that is where he's sat ever since.  he has become my personal "roaming gnome" and he goes everywhere with me.

 let's see, his first big adventure was to the SPENCERIAN SAGA 2010 in geneva on the lake ohio.  that is the birthplace of the great master penman Platt Rogers Spencer.  he's the dude that was responsible for our modern cursive writing.  an art form that is on the brink of extinction.  do you know that most schools don't even teach penmanship anymore?  sure the kindergarten teacher teaches kids how to "write" their ABCs but now how to write their ABCs, at least not with any grace.  i mean how often do you get anything that is hand written?  even your kids do their writing on the computer and very seldom put hand to paper to do their homework.  i think that is very sad.

the coolest part of the saga was, one day, while he was practicing his letters herkimer overheard the two women behind us talk about Zentangle.  well, his little head whipped around and he asked them about it because whitinsville was where herkimer really wanted to be....you see the saga was the same week as the CZT training but alas and alack, the training was closed by the time i heard about it and we missed the boat...i remember that we actually got in trouble for talking in class about Zentangle!  can ya dig it?  48 years old and getting in trouble by the teacher for talking in class?  who'da thunk it!! i felt like i was 12...well, come to think of it that is the age i act like most of the time...at least the teacher thought so!  it took him 3 days to warm up to herkimer...but warm up he did, the MASTER PENMAN Michael Sull even made herkimer his own name tag!!  mr. sull should have been grateful because it was Maria Thomas that suggested to all of us that we take a class with the master penman michael sull in the first place so it was Zentangle that brought us to the saga!!

well, we managed to get a lesson from those two FABULOUS CTZs Lisa Ruschman and Launie McDevitt and after talking with them he was hooked!! now we're ALL CTZs...yes, even herkimer, he did attend the CZT training after all!

so you see Zentangle can benefit your life in loads of ways, the best one being life long friendships! if you are in the cleveland ohio area and want to learn, Launie and Lisa are the best!! you can find them on the web at twototangle.com.  if you are in the central illinois area herkimer and i are available.  you can reach us as lacey709@yahoo.com or you can go to the zentangle.com website and find a CZT in your area! 

God bless you and keep you where ever you are. 

herkimer