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Sometimes when I consider what tremendous consequences come from little things…I am tempted to think…there are no little things.
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One Good Thing EveryWhere EveryDay
In other words – pay attention to the small stuff and be prepared to be amazed. A leaf here, a bird there, and before you know it spring has sprung. If you hadn’t looked you might have missed the whole wonderful thing! Continue reading
Posted in badass-ness, Do the Work, gardens and flowers, life around us, taking time to look
Tagged dothework, observation, science, TakingTimetoLook, teachers
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The Wine of Blessedness
“…their joy was like swords, and they passed in thought out to regions where pain and delight flow together and tears are the very wine of blessedness.” ? J.R.R. Tolkien Continue reading
Posted in Art in the world, badass-ness, Lotr, reads, RESIST, what I'm listening to
Tagged badassness, LordofTheRings, LoTR, Reads, RESIST, tolkien
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Thursday – Time for Something Different
I thought – why break the painting streak? Maybe something fun, quick and different. So here you go: two fun, quick and different paintings. Continue reading
Posted in badass-ness, Do the Work, From the Quote Box, geeky stuff, landscape, the creative process, watercolor
Tagged abstract, badassness, dothework, geekystuff, landscape, process, quote, watercolor
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Painting while Poem-ing
Yesterday was Day 19 of 19 of doing at least one watercolor each day during National Poetry Writing Month and I’m sticking with it. When doing a month-long writing thing, I have found it nearly impossible to paint so that … Continue reading
Posted in badass-ness, Do the Work, gardens and flowers, gratitude, NaPoWriMo, the creative process, watercolor, words
Tagged dothework, garden, gratitude, NaPoWriMo, process, teachers, watercolor, words, writing
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Sewing Follow-up aka The Serger
Since I whined a bit yesterday about the serger, I thought I better show what I was doing with it. I used both my serger and my newly fixed Bernina to make chair cushions for a chair that has been … Continue reading
Posted in badass-ness, Do the Work, gratitude, In the neighborhood, the creative process
Tagged cushions, fabric, process, serger, sewing
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