It’s nice to be home again, nice to be feeling better, and oh, so very nice to have my art studio here, ready and waiting for my return.

Of course, we don’t have to have an “art studio” in order to create art, and this is one of the primary reasons why art is so enjoyable. No matter where we are — inside or outside — we need only pick up a pencil, grab a piece of paper, and we’re off!

Just about anything will do in a pinch.

People have made beautiful drawings on napkins or tissue. You can use pencils or pens, and I suspect people have also used other mark-making tools from time to time. That’s what art is at it’s most basic form. Mark-making.

And so it was that even while I was hospitalized, I was still able to enjoy art. My husband brought me the…