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NaPoWriMo 2026, Day 26

You want an ars poetica? I’ll give you ars poetic! And your little dog too and a host of golden daffodils! Continue reading →

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NaPoWriMo 2023 Day 3

toss junk no mercy
return small memories
to be found again Continue reading →

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for the quote box

Tip o’ the hat to James Gurney and his fine painting vlog: The grandest and simplest things contain worlds within worlds… seeing them is a metter of the right point of view, and your painter’s eye is the special portal … Continue reading →

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NaPoWriMo – April Thirtieth Already

Lots of wind, my first growler (go ahead, you can laugh, I live to entertain), and other things. What an April it has been and now onto May. You may continue to see some poems here for awhile until the … Continue reading →

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World Watercolor Month Day #7, Out and Around

SO BRIGHT and shiny this morning! Stopped to see this in New Lebanon, NY. Perhaps they fixed it up for the recent anniversary year – the water is running and the sign looks new. Sat and drew this (and not … Continue reading →

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