Category Archives: the creative process

4 June 2020

Posted on June 4, 2020 by Mary Beth Frezon

Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive. — Dalai Lama Had a day of work training, all virtual, today. It’s been a long week and yesterday I allowed as I had hit the Wednesday wall. … Continue reading →

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Chasing Clouds all over town

Posted on May 24, 2020 by Mary Beth Frezon

I did set out to paint but ended up chasing clouds around New Lebanon (mommy why is that woman taking video of the sky? (I’m not – panoramic is the name of the game sometimes) So here, unedited are all … Continue reading →

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A beautiful day in the neighborhood

Posted on May 7, 2020 by Mary Beth Frezon

I went out because the clouds and sky were glorious but the colors of spring are mysterious and fugitive. Tonight I went out to the car because I’d left my snack out there uneaten. I sat there and ate it, … Continue reading →

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May the Second

Posted on May 2, 2020 by Mary Beth Frezon

I sort of took yesterday off, but suffice it to say there was rain to go along with the day. Today though the sun was out and the clouds… well, I took a lot of cloud photos, a lot of … Continue reading →

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NaPoWriMo – Day Twenty-Nine

Posted on April 29, 2020 by Mary Beth Frezon

The penultimate day of April and so the almost-last poem of NaPoWriMo. Hopefully it’s been a good month for you all too wherever you’ve been laying low and waiting for COVID-19 to pass over. I was out and around looking … Continue reading →

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