“Always behave like a duck — keep calm and unruffled on the surface but paddle like the devil underneath.”
– Jacob Braude
– Jacob Braude
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Copyright Beth Parker Art 2013
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A Fly By – 4″ x 6″ Watercolor
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Of course I have to paint
during airport layovers. I filed this image away in my brain on the way
to Denver, then started the painting while waiting for my flight to
Idaho Falls. I didn’t paint on the planes this trip because I was at
the tail end of a good book. I was reading The Kite Runner by
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I love books! I hope to
never have to go to an electronic reader, such as Kindle. I’m pretty
tired of electronic devices, by the time I curl up with a book. There’s
just something pure about that kind of joy. 
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About Jacob Braude
American
judge and author Jacob Braude was a fount of humorous and inspirational
stories and quotations, which he used to regale the courtroom in Cook
County, Illinois, where he presided for more that 35 years. His books of
sayings, including Speaker’s Encyclopedia of Humor and Braude’s Treasury of Wit and Humor, have been mined by toastmasters and lecturers for decades. He was born in 1896 and died in 1970.
