Meladramas

"Queen of the Night"
1985
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© 2026 Pamela MacCarthy

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Meladramas

Tuesday, December 02, 2025

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Jetty Palm

A day at the beach
On the first of December...
How magnificent!

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My sister Debra & I partook
of Fort Pierce's Jetty restaurant's 'Margarita Monday',
and then spent a few hours
watching the waves, birds, and surfers...

Pamela MacCarthy Photos 2025

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Pamela's Jetty Portrait

Jumbo
(K. Hyde, R. Smith, D. Emerson)

Underworld

From the Album

Beaucoup Fish

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Labels: Artist Pamela MacCarthy, Autumn 2025, December Photos, Florida, Fort Pierce, Haiku, Pamela MacCarthy's Meladramas, The Jetty, Underworld, YouTube

3:55 PM

Thursday, November 27, 2025

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A Thanksgiving Still Life

Digital

Giving thanks to God
With fam'ly, friends and neighbors
For all our blessings!

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Happy Thanksgiving, All!

It's been a tough year,
but a good one.
I'm thankful to God,
Debra & Jim, my family,
and my dear friends, near and far!

Thanks to my doctors and all the wonderful people
who worked with me in the healthcare world,
who made a tough time easier,
also the many drivers, who offered empathetic conversation,
as well as smooth rides...

Oh, and this little girl,
who arrived in May, in the midst of it,
a wee kitten then, who appears now
as I'm photographing today's still life,
to say "And wuddabout me?!"

Pamela MacCarthy Photos 2025

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Onyx, the Kitten-Queen
at
Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving Theme
(V. Guaraldi)

Vince Guaraldi Quintet:
iVince Guaraldi, pf, Fender Rhodes
Tom Harrell, t, brass arr.
Chuck Bennett, tb
Seward McCain, el b
Mike Clark, bs

From the Album

A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving

Till Next Time...

Labels: Artist Pamela MacCarthy, Autumn 2025, Debra & Jim, Florida, Haiku, Happy Thanksgiving 2025, November photos, Onyx the kitten, Pamela MacCarthy's Meladramas, Vince Guaraldi Quintet, YouTube

8:25 AM

Saturday, November 22, 2025

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Onyx the Kitten-Queen

The highway trucks pass
In the distance I hear them
Cat's in window sill...

Another morning:
All things unwind like flowers-
Arabica blend...

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Almost Thanksgiving...

I have a lot to be thankful for,
but I confess I don't like formal holidays.
In Japan I grew so comfortable loosely following them-
But I do hope to see my son, it has been a while...

Pamela MacCarthy Photos 2025

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A Florida Bloom...

Truckin'
(B. Weir, J. Garcia, P. Lesh, R. Hunter)

Grateful Dead

From the Album

American Beauty

Till Next Time...

Labels: Artist Pamela MacCarthy, Autumn 2025, Florida, Grateful Dead, Haiku, November photos, Onyx the kitten, Pamela MacCarthy's Meladramas, YouTube

5:30 PM

Sunday, November 16, 2025

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Light...

Pierce Public Market
The One Eleven Building
Downtown Fort Pierce

I like discoveries:
I'm still relatively new
to this area...

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Had a day in Fort Pierce
checking out a new marketplace.
I was expecting a green grocer
sort of thing,
instead it was every kind of thing
you would find at the beginning of the month
market, outside near the beach...

The building was built in 1919,
the floor tile work still exists.
The rest rooms have that space and quality
that once existed in that era.

The markets had no fresh produce at all...

But there was a guy there on keyboards
playing a Dave Frishberg tune,
so I enjoyed that...

Later cocktails, and a walk around the Marina:

Pamela MacCarthy Photos 2025

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It's Not Easy Being Green
P-Mac In My Room/Studio

Avocet
(B. Jansch)

Bert Jansch, guitar
Martin Jenkins, mandocello, violin, flute
Danny Thompson, bass

From the Album

Avocet

Till Next Time...

Labels: Artist Pamela MacCarthy, Autumn 2025, Bert Jansch, Florida, Fort Pierce Market, Haiku, November photos, Pamela MacCarthy's Meladramas, The Marina, YouTube

3:33 PM

Monday, November 10, 2025

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At Vero Beach...

Mood Elevators:
Being at beach with frozen
salted concoction...

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Pamela MacCarthy Photos 2025

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It's November, Pamela!

I Can Almost See You
(M. Byrd, A. Thompson)

Hammock

From the Album

Raising Your Voice Trying to Stop an Echo

Till Next Time...

Labels: Artist Pamela MacCarthy, Autumn 2025, Haiku, Hammock, November photos, Pamela MacCarthy's Meladramas, Vero Beach, YouTube

8:08 PM

Sunday, October 26, 2025

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"October Night in Nakagawara"
1995

Black Ink, Oil Pastel, Watercolor

37.5 cm x 25 cm
10” X 14”

On Watercolor Paper

This painting captures
History and memories
So precious to me!

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I painted this 30 years ago, this October...

The links above detail the history part of this painting,
but the memory is what I've never talked about.

My late husband Akio was with me,
and our (at that time) young son, Michio.
We decided to take a walk in the cool
October night, all three of us...
That was rare, as I often had singing gigs at night,
and Akio was mostly away teaching his music students.

I remember how Halloween was only an inkling
of a notion in Tokyo, then.

The wide-open rice field held recently
harvested and neatly arranged and hung bundles-
I still remember the earth-y scent of it.

In time that would be replaced with apartment buildings, etc...

But that night in late October, 1995,
we 3 walked and laughed together,
and that as well as
the moon and beautiful scenery,
is what inspired me to paint this,
the next day, from memory-

To capture that wondrous night and time together,
as a family, through this work.

It's in my private collection,
my takara.

Till Next Time...

Labels: "October Night in Nakagawara", Akio Ueda, Artist Pamela MacCarthy, Autumn 2025, Haiku, Michio Yves Ueda, Pamela MacCarthy's artwork 2025, Pamela MacCarthy's Meladramas, Watercolor Paintings

2:15 PM

Saturday, October 25, 2025

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"Mandarin Cutie"

October's magic-
Sometimes it's as simple as
Eating an orange!

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It won't be long...

Blue Monday
(G. Gilbert, B. Sumner, S. Morris, P. Hook)

New Order

From the Album

Power, Corruption & Lies

Till Next Time...

Labels: "Mandarin Cutie", Artist Pamela MacCarthy, Autumn 2025, Haiku, New Order, October Is My Favorite Month, October photos, Pamela MacCarthy's Meladramas, YouTube

10:06 PM

Sunday, October 19, 2025

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Oktoberfest Ferriswheel

The pretzels and beer
At Oktoberfest
were good
But not the expense!

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My first Oktoberfest in Florida.
I loved everything;
the beer, the soft pretzels,
the music, watching the polka dancers,
the guys in lederhosen...

But the prices kept me sober...

Pamela MacCarthy Photos 2025

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Pamela & Debra
at Oktoberfast 2025

'Tis Autumn
(H. Nemo)

Red Garland, pf
Paul Chambers, b
Art Taylor, ds

From the Album

All Kinds of Weather

Till Next Time...

Labels: Artist Pamela MacCarthy, Autumn 2025, Haiku, October photos, Octoberfest 2025, Pamela MacCarthy's Meladramas, Red Garland Trio, Vero Beach, YouTube

2:10 PM

Thursday, October 16, 2025

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Sunburst Hibiscus

Digital

Octoberfest's soon...
It's going to rule, people!
Anticipation...

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I'm liking my short hair,
but not sure yet about the silver.

Any thoughts?

Pamela MacCarthy Photos 2025

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Rock-tober
Miz Mela Mac
2025

I Scare Myself
(D. Hicks)

Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks
feat. Rickie Lee Jones

From the Album

Greatest Licks - I Feel Like Singin'

Till Next Time...

Labels: Artist Pamela MacCarthy, Autumn 2025, Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks, Haiku, October photos, Octoberfest 2025, Pamela MacCarthy's Meladramas, Rickie Lee Jones, Vero Beach, YouTube

5:10 PM

Wednesday, October 08, 2025

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Kitty Long Legs
Onyx the Kitten

October at last
My favorite month is here!
Juicy delicious...

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I have been busy doing non-noteworthy,
but necessary things...

My new hair is quite silvery,
and curly.

One will pass, I'm told, and return to original.
The other is up to me.
Imma live in it for awhile...

Pamela MacCarthy Photos 2025

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Pamela's October Portrait
2025

Al Birwa
(A. Brahem)

Anouar Brahem, oud
Klaus Gesing, bass clarinet
Björn Meyer, bass
Khaled Yassine, darbouka, bendir

From the Album

The Astounding Eyes Of Rita

Till Next Time...

Labels: Anouar Brahem, Artist Pamela MacCarthy, Autumn 2025, Haiku, October Is My Favorite Month, October photos, Onyx the kitten, Pamela MacCarthy's Meladramas, YouTube

11:11 AM

Monday, September 22, 2025

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The Beach at Vero:
Slices of Color

Today it's Autumn!
Though here there's no outright signs-
It's a mystery...

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Happy Autumn!

Viddene
(J. Garbarek)

Jan Garbarek, soprano sax
Ralph Towner, 12 string guitar
Jan Erik Kongshaug, windharp

From the Album

Dis

Till Next Time...

Labels: Artist Pamela MacCarthy, Autumn 2025, Florida, Haiku, Jan Garbarek, Pamela MacCarthy's Meladramas, September photos, Vero Beach, YouTube

3:33 PM