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  • Effy's Blog Challenge
    Adventures,  art,  blog,  new life,  obsessions

    beautiful creatives

    April 2, 2021 / 8 Comments

    Just so you know, dear reader, I’m partaking in a blogging challenge. Do you remember those, when blogs were all the rage back in the early aughts? This one is led by Effy Wild and runs through the month of April. I do hope you’ll read my blog and maybe hop over to Effy’s blog and maybe join the challenge as…

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  • A Year of Mary
    Acrylics,  art,  blog,  dealing with life,  divorce,  divorce,  marriage,  mixed media,  new life,  Thoughts,  Thoughts,  watercolor

    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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  • happy owl
    art,  blog,  dealing with life,  meanderings,  Thoughts

    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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  • spirited
    Acrylics,  art,  blog,  mixed media,  Thoughts,  watercolor

    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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  • Acrylics,  art,  blog,  dealing with life,  divorce,  divorce,  marriage,  mixed media,  separation,  Thoughts,  Thoughts,  watercolor

    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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  • blueflowers
    Acrylics,  art,  colored pencils,  dealing with life,  divorce,  marriage,  meanderings,  mixed media,  poetry,  Thoughts,  watercolor

    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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  • sparkly_me
    blog,  clothing,  obsessions,  wants

    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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  • Acrylics,  art,  blog,  dealing with life,  new life,  Thoughts

    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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  • blog,  Journal Prompt,  Thoughts

    Journal Prompt #2

    December 21, 2020 / No Comments

    I’ve written previously here about the journal prompts done by Effy Wild. So today’s blog post is an attempt to answer the prompt. Her prompts have three parts. The first part is usually art related, which I haven’t done (but may in the future). The second part is writing, so I’m doing that part today. She breaks it down like…

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