Category Archives: the creative process

NaPoWriMo 2019 – Day One

And we’re off, today taking a quiet lesson from the wee beasts I live with: This morning, I turned off the radio, needing to believe that evil will not win. In the end, it will not conquer. So, silence the … Continue reading

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NaPoWriMo 2019 Eve

I thought of this yesterday, the notion of eve of eve… how long things take to arrive when you’re waiting not so patiently. Yup – it’s time to buckle up for another month of National Poetry Writing Month folks! Starts … Continue reading

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Helpful Cats…

Several mornings in a row I awoke to find various brushes out of the roll up they live in and scattered upstairs and down. Not amused. The most favored of course are the sables and squirrel mops. The cat(s) seem … Continue reading

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Patience vs Persistence

I’ve long advocated for persistance. It gets things done. It keeps you plugging along, if slowly, towards the goal. Watercolor requires patience. You have to let things dry or blend. You have to leave things untouched. There’s nothing that can … Continue reading

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A Late Paint

From Kristy’s Barn in Castleton/Schodack. Hope you all go out and look at that moon, too! Took some nice photos of the sunset after this. It was good to go out and look at the sky. I managed to buy … Continue reading

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