Meladramas

"Queen of the Night"
1985
Romain de Tirtoff
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"Meladramas"
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© 2026 Pamela MacCarthy

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Meladramas

Saturday, October 31, 2026

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Hallowe'en Still Life

Happy Hallowe'en!
October exits stage right
It's soon November...

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Pamela MacCarthy Photography 2026

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Sunset on the Lake

New Morning
(B. Dylan)

Bob Dylan, vo, g, pf
Al Kooper, Hammond organ
Ron Cornelius, el g
Charlie Daniels: el b
Russ Kunkel, ds
Hilda Harris, Albertine Robinson,
and Maeretha Stewart, backing vo

From the Album

New Morning

Till Next Time...

Labels: Artist Pamela MacCarthy, Autumn 2026, Bob Dylan, Florida, Haiku, Halloween 2026, October Is My Favorite Month, October photos, Pamela MacCarthy's Meladramas, YouTube

8:40 AM

Friday, October 23, 2026

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Mimosa Leaves

Perusing the grounds
There's always something to see
When eyes are open...

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Pamela MacCarthy Photography 2026

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October Dragonfly

At last, it's starting to feel like pleasant
Florida weather.

But truthfully, I miss Tokyo Autumn!

'Tis Autumn
(H. Nemo)

Stan Getz, ts
Jimmy Raney, g
Bill Crow, b
Frank Isola, ds

From the Album

Stan Getz Plays

Till Next Time...

Labels: Artist Pamela MacCarthy, Autumn 2026, Haiku, October Is My Favorite Month, October photos, Pamela MacCarthy's Meladramas, Stan Getz, YouTube

10:53 AM

Saturday, October 17, 2026

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Sunset Landscape

Capturing the light
through photography, bike rides,
and inspiring jams...

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Pamela MacCarthy Photography 2026

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October Sky Palms

Someone once said
"No news is good news".

Yeah, that would be me, lately.

Mostly, I just want to share
my photos... ;)

Pamela MacCarthy Photography 2026

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Sunset, After Rain

Cinnamon Girl
(Depressed Mode Mix)
(N. Young)

Type O Negative

From the Album

The Least Worst Of

Till Next Time...

Labels: Artist Pamela MacCarthy, Autumn 2026, Florida Sunsets, Haiku, October Is My Favorite Month, October photos, Pamela MacCarthy's Meladramas, Type O Negative, YouTube

10:10 AM

Saturday, October 10, 2026

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White Autumn Roses,
After Rain

This year's Autumn is:
Rain, more rain, heat, bugs, more rain...
October is here!

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The flowers love the rain...

I got my passport, at last.

Not as easy as it once was,
but then it was a mail-in,
to the Tokyo Embassy.
The new USA passports are quite a wonder,
in their intricacies...

My health is on track...

And, I got a haircut.

No photo, yet.
Here are the digital drawings
I presented my haircutter,
whom I've been seeing more than
a year now...

Since first getting my very long
straight ponytail chopped off,
into a very chic short do.
Then, a pause, during my "beret time",
then the slow progress (and haircuts)
while regrowing my new,
silver streaked, curly hair!

Pamela MacCarthy Digital Art 2026

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"October Haircut"

Digital

My hairstyle is now as this digital image,
except the back.
To get that "W" effect,
it would require a close clipper cut.
So instead, I opted for a scissor created "shingle"...

Big thanks to my hairdresser, Kattya M.!

I went to visit the Empress Onyx,
and we hung out for a little while.
Our friendship is forever,
and although I don't see her day to day
as I once did,
when we meet, it's fun.

Pamela MacCarthy Photography 2026

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Empress Onyx:
And Where Is My Churu?

Richland Woman Blues
("Mississippi" John Hurt)

Maria Muldaur, vo
John Sebastian, g
Rowland "Roly" Salley, b

From the Album

Richland Woman Blues

Till Next Time...

Labels: "October Haircut", Artist Pamela MacCarthy, Autumn 2026, Digital Art 2026, Haiku, Maria Muldaur, October Is My Favorite Month, October photos, Pamela MacCarthy's Meladramas, YouTube

12:50 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

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

Thursday, October 24, 2024

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"Billowing"

Black Ink, Watercolor
on
Watercolor Paper

11" X 15"
28 X 38 cm

Sometimes there aren't
Quite enough words to say what
Music and art can...

© 2024 Pamela MacCarthy

I voted on 21 October.

I finished my October music playlist yesterday.
Follow the title, to the YouTube link.

10 - 2024 Music Playlist:

Dancing With Kadafi - Infected Mushroom
Love My Way - The Psychedelic Furs
Funk Aspirin - Cimafunk, George Clinton
I Give My Tears - Trentemøller feat. Disa
Autumn - Ben Böhmer
The Man with X-Ray Eyes - Bauhaus
Anna - Gunnar Madsen
Spectre - Radiohead
Laughing Bodies - The Smile
'Never Stay For Love - Weval, feat. Eefje de Visser
I Thought - Bryan Ferry
Belladonna - Siouxsie and the Banshees
'Tis Autumn - The Nat King Cole Trio

Till Next Time...

Labels: "Billowing", Artist Pamela MacCarthy, Haiku, Intuitive Painting, Music playlist, October Is My Favorite Month, Pamela MacCarthy's Meladramas, Presidential Election 2024, Watercolor Paintings

4:00 PM

Thursday, October 17, 2024

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Hello, And Where's
My Sunflower Seeds?
10/15/'24

This squirrel was bold
He came right up to my shoes
And I had no treats!

© 2024 Pamela MacCarthy

I visited Woodstork Trail Park with Jim and Debra.
It was good to get out into nature...

Pamela MacCarthy Photos 2024

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Snowy Egrets and Spanish Moss
10/15/'24

Just yesterday, Debra and I wound up in the Jensen beach area.
The wind was picking up, along this backroad along the water.
We stopped to get our bearings,
and I got out to photograph this most unusual looking tall shrub,
nearby...
But then I felt something stinging my ankle.
I looked down to see red ants crawling on my feet and ankles.
I got them all off,
and returned to the car...

I did get a great shot of that bush...

Today, the Internet is back!

Pamela MacCarthy Photos 2024

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Sea Grapes
10/16/'24

'Tis Autumn
(H. Nemo)

The Nat King Cole Trio

From the Album

The Complete Capitol Recordings Of The Nat King Cole Trio

Till Next Time...

Labels: Artist Pamela MacCarthy, Autumn 2024, Florida, Haiku, October Is My Favorite Month, October photos, Pamela MacCarthy's Meladramas, Sea Grapes, The Nat King Cole Trio, Woodstork Trail Park, YouTube

3:20 PM

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Pomegranate
10/13/'24

I love pomegranates.
I could not buy these easily while I lived in Japan,
but they're in season, here, now.

I was hoping to use this in a still life,
but instead I needed to do a meditative intuitive work,
rather than a heavy-focus realism piece.

In the same vein (not only the materials used, but frame of mind)
as "The Dream":

Pamela MacCarthy's artwork 2024

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" Disconnect "
10-14-2024

8" X 9"
20.3 X 22.8cm
Charcoal pencil, lead pencil, markers,
on paper

"Spectre"

Radiohead

From the Album

A Moon Shaped Pool

Till Next Time...

Labels: "Disconnect", Artist Pamela MacCarthy, Intuitive Sketching, October Is My Favorite Month, October photos, Pamela MacCarthy's Meladramas, Radiohead, YouTube

2:30 PM

Wednesday, October 09, 2024

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Golden Dragonfly
with Mexican Petunia

Milton's on the way
Last minute looking around...
Be safe, Florida!

© 2024 Pamela MacCarthy

Down here at my sister Debra
and brother in law Jim's place.

All prepped for Milton,
the rest is in God's hands...

The ducks, and various critters
don't seem fazed...

Pamela MacCarthy Photos 2024

Labels: Artist Pamela MacCarthy, Florida, Haiku, Hurricane Milton, Mississippi Fred McDowell, October Is My Favorite Month, October photos, Pamela MacCarthy's Meladramas, YouTube

1:25 PM

Sunday, October 06, 2024

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"October Still Life... Florida"

Black Ink, Watercolor, Oil Pastels
on
Watercolor Paper

11" X 15"
28 X 38 cm

Saying no thank you
To all and everything
That harshes my cool...

© 2024 Pamela MacCarthy

Another storm
looking to disrupt the plan
of peace, love, and prosperity...

I painted this today, to celebrate my favorite month,
October...

Ratio

Floating Points

Till Next Time...

Labels: "October Still Life Florida", Artist Pamela MacCarthy, Autumn 2024, Floating Points, Haiku, October Is My Favorite Month, Pamela MacCarthy's Meladramas, Watercolor Paintings, YouTube

9:15 PM

Tuesday, October 31, 2023

" 4 Tails "
c. 1910
Artist Unknown
Vintage Postcard

This year, something new
Halloween in Florida
With waning gibbous...

© 2023 Pamela MacCarthy

"Bela Lugosi's Dead"
(Skinnerbox edit)

Bauhaus

Till Next Time...

Labels: Artist Pamela MacCarthy, Bauhaus, Haiku, Halloween 2023, October Is My Favorite Month, Pamela MacCarthy's Meladramas, Vintage Art Postcard, YouTube

12:00 AM

Thursday, October 26, 2023

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"Looking Up"

So peculiar
Not since the 80's have I seen
a warm October...

Went swimming today
And it finally hit me:
I'm in Florida!

© 2023 Pamela MacCarthy

" Pink, Orange, Red "

Cocteau Twins

From the Album

Tiny Dynamite

Till Next Time...

Labels: Artist Pamela MacCarthy, Cocteau Twins, Florida, Haiku, October Is My Favorite Month, October photos, Pamela MacCarthy's Meladramas, YouTube

5:30 PM

Saturday, October 21, 2023

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" Ring "

Black Ink, Watercolors, Oil Pastels
on
Watercolor Paper

15” X 11”
38 X 28 cm

I'm painting again
Cold green tea and chocolate
Music list shuffled...

© 2023 Pamela MacCarthy

" The Windmills of Your Mind "
(M. Legrand)

Toots Theilemans

From the Album

Footprints

Till Next Time...

Labels: "Ring", Artist Pamela MacCarthy, Haiku, Intuitive Painting, October Is My Favorite Month, Pamela MacCarthy's Meladramas, Toots Theilemens, Watercolor Paintings, YouTube

5:05 PM

Friday, October 20, 2023

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"Resonator"

I've been traveling
and taking care of business-
I hope to paint soon...

© 2023 Pamela MacCarthy

Happy Belated Birthday to my sister, Wendy!

" Elsa "
(B. Evans)

Bill Evans, pf
Julian "Cannonball" Adderly, as
Percy Heath, b
Connie Kay, ds

From the Album

Know What I Mean?

Till Next Time...

Labels: Artist Pamela MacCarthy, Bill Evans & Cannonball Adderley, Haiku, My Resonator, October Is My Favorite Month, October photos, Pamela MacCarthy's Meladramas, YouTube

5:45 PM

Sunday, October 01, 2023

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" Veil, Revisited "

Digital

October, misty,
earthy and magical, it's
my favorite month..

© 2023 Pamela MacCarthy

I created today's art GIF
from a digital work from 2014,
titled "Veil"...

That was then,
and this, is now...

Follow the link to hear my playlist on YouTube:

10-2023 Music Playlist:

Last Bloom - Floating Points
The Crying Universe (Stephan Thelen) - The Al Pari Quartet
Babel - Lustmord, ft. Aina Skinnes Olsen
Cherish (The Association) - Pat Metheny
Angry - The Rolling Stones
L'amitié - Françoise Hardy
Plateau - Lustmord, ft. Bohren und der Club of Gore
Sleepwalking Man - Sivert Høyem
Another Land - Dave Holland
Half Truth (Полуправда) - Moth Equals
To Autumn (John Keats) - Marianne Faithfull and Warren Ellis

Till Next Time...

Labels: "Veil Revisited", Artist Pamela MacCarthy, Autumn 2023, Haiku, Music playlist, October Is My Favorite Month, Pamela MacCarthy's Digital Art 2023, Pamela MacCarthy's Meladramas

1:00 PM