Painting again is not and will never be like painting before, when I used to isolate myself and lose myself completely in my painting from the time I started through the time I finished.

As a single grandparent and house administrator I now have to stop painting from time to time in order to attend to family members coming and going and to staff members of M.'s cafe who need a variety of things.

The good news is that I am still enjoying painting as much as I was, and that the constant distractions allow me proper detachment from my work.