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  • Statue of Liberty at sunset.
    Adventures,  blog,  new life,  Thoughts,  Thoughts,  travel

    Taking a Bite of the Big Apple!

    April 2, 2023 / 6 Comments

    Tomorrow we leave on our next adventure. We will be going to New York City for a full week. We have lots of adventures planned. We arrive tomorrow evening where we will be staying at The Lotte. Below is our full itinery of things we will be doing. Let me know in the comments if you’ve been to NYC and…

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    blog,  dealing with life,  divorce,  marriage,  new life,  Thoughts,  Thoughts

    Slow Down

    April 1, 2023 / 2 Comments

    There was a lot to hate about the pandemic, like not being able to see loved ones, hanging out with your neighbors, traveling, dining out and all the ugliness that a certain orange one encouraged in his followers. There was a lot I hated about it and I greatly struggled in the first few months of it. I did not…

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  • A Year of Mary
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    Messiness

    April 1, 2021 / 12 Comments

    Today’s picture is from Effy Wild’s “Year of Mary” lesson. Each month she does a painting inspired by the poetry of Mary Oliver. This was the lesson for March and it created so many challenges for me. In fact, it’s been sitting on my art cart for about two weeks because I could not get her face done right or to what…

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    Ripples in a pond

    March 15, 2021 / 2 Comments

    My dog is sick. She started holding her rear hind leg up close to her body about two weeks ago. We took her to the vet a week ago on Friday. He prescribed some antibiotics and an anti-inflammatory. We thought she was doing better, but by mid week, it was very obvious that she was not getting better. She was…

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  • Acrylics,  art,  blog,  colored pencils,  dealing with life,  depression,  mixed media,  Thoughts,  Thoughts,  watercolor

    My saving grace

    February 16, 2021 / 2 Comments

    We went to a burial on Friday. It was for my husband’s brother-in-law who had suffered from a stroke a few months ago. It was in a rural part of the state and it was eye-opening for me to see the number of people out and about without masks. My husband and I both were double-masked throughout the day. He…

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    Just Play

    January 30, 2021 / 2 Comments

    This past week, I watched a live session from Effy on the full moon in Leo as she worked on an art piece. My art journey started back in April or May of last year. It’s very easy for me to be critical of the work I’m doing and compare myself to people like Effy, Tamara and Toni or the…

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    Santa Cruz

    January 25, 2021 / 2 Comments

    A couple of months after the ex and I started dating, we went on a week-end trip to Santa Cruz. I was still living at home and told my parents that I was spending the night at my girlfriend’s house. He had a motorcycle, so I rode on the back with my arms around his waist as we zipped around…

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    Random Thoughts 1162021

    January 16, 2021 / 6 Comments

    1. It’s been a while since I’ve sat down to write any poetry. And I’m ashamed to admit that I’ve never owned any poetry written by Mary Oliver. This past week, I purchased her book “Devotions” as well as the book of poems from Kate Baer called “What Kind of Woman” from Powell’s Books in Portland. I’m diving into the…

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    Wants and Obsessions

    January 4, 2021 / 6 Comments

    It’s weird how the universe works. That saying that there are no coincidences seems more and more profound to me. Right now, I’m doing a program called Moonshine, which is an art witchery program. To me, it’s another path of exploring my spirituality and one that I’ve been interested in for a long time. It’s been a want of mine…

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    Release

    December 26, 2020 / 1 Comment

    This is a hard time of year, even though it’s also a good time for me in my life. I’m with someone who adores me and is good for me and to me in many ways. We are working on creating memories together. This is our second Christmas spent together and it’s been nice. Simple and sweet. I really, really…

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