Good afternoon everyone! Marisol here! Today, we have a guest blogger, Donna Ranskinski from Fayetteville, NC. She is a professor from Roosevelt University in Chicago. Please enjoy.

Through My Eyes

Claude Monet was a fantastic impressionist painter when he was alive. The colors, the vibrancy of the flora and the light airy dreamlike mood Monet created was a fantasy come true. The Robin Williams film What Dreams May Come reminded me much about Monet paintings and how one can see what the want to see in heaven, much like Monet wanted to see in his paintings.Monet was a special painter because he could not see color and images like many people do. Monet was legally blind, as am I. Click to read more …

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Good evening, everyone!

Marisol here with her daily post. Today, I’m not got to be the one actually posting, instead, we here at Sketching House have a guest blogger. You read me right, guest blogger. Sketching House has only been around a short time and we already have a cult following. One of our loyal readers, Roger Ranskinski, a freelance writer from Fayetteville, North Carolina, has been reading our site since November when he stumbled upon us while searching for English language/Spanish language (we have a translation feature on the right of our screen) website to help his 10 year-old daughter learn how to draw and how to speak English. Since then, Roger and his wife Donna have been two of our biggest contributors and dear friends of the site. Roger has cited the relationship posts to be his favorite posts since, for his freelance work, he writes about relationships along with programming tips. Roger and wife also head up a Pit Bull rescue organization which helps to rehab Pit Bulls; they have housed some of Michael Vick’s dogs. Roger’s wife is also a traveling professor teaching Gender History at Roosevelt University in Chicago.

Roger and his wife have had problems in their relationship and yet, have been happily married for 36 years. In his post, Roger will share his secrets for a happy and successful relationship. I hope you enjoy this post and please comment.

Love always,

Mari Dominguez Click to read more …

Tags: Family Issues, Guest Blogger, Happy Relationships, Love, Meddling Families, Michael Vick, Pit Bulls, Relationships, Rescue, Sketching House