Category Archives: the creative process

NaPoWriMo 2023 Day 24

Clouds hurrying past •
One potted plant has new shoots •
showing finally Continue reading →

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NaPoWriMo 2023 Day 23

Painted inside •
a still life, vegetables •
cold from the frig Continue reading →

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NaPoWriMo 2023 Day 22

wind sparking light •
sky caught in tree branches •
i lay down, content. Continue reading →

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NaPoWriMo 2023 Day 21

Beautiful bright sun today. So many birds singing. I’m needing a nap — sat on the front steps painting fading daffodils Only I know what the front yard looks like today things caught by the sun full of yellow my … Continue reading →

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NaPoWriMo 2023 Day 20

Yes today is 4/20. Yes today is the twentieth day of a month of poems and paints. Today it was hot. When I sat outside to paint the small biting flies were pestering me. I went to visit Mom and the … Continue reading →

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