Tag Archives: My Life

Frozen World Still Life Studies

Days are short and cold. I rise in the dark of the morning. When I come home it is dusk. The last couple of days I have been walking in the late afternoon and into the twilight. I visit a … Continue reading

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Light fell on the Floor

In our classroom the sunlight slanted in and lay on the floor in a bright pool inspiring young artists and older ones too. They sat on the edges of the light arranging random objects and enjoying the contrast of the … Continue reading

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Working with Wet Wood In the Wet Wood

I was out in the woods behind my house, and I came across a lot of branches and roots scattered about. Everything is so wet and broken after a week of rain and wind. As I was looking at the … Continue reading

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Sunday Walk at Dusk

I walk back from the asphalt of the school playground where I picked up a piece of wood a tree thought brought down in the wind of  two nights ago. along the sidewalk home someone might mistake this branch for … Continue reading

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A New Month / A New Novel: NaNoWriMo

Two years ago, in November,  just after I started my blog, I wrote 50,000 words that almost came together as a novel. That was my first NaNoWriMo experience. It was good to find out that I was capable of putting … Continue reading

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