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I desired dragons with a profound desire. Of course, I in my timid body did not wish to have them in the neighborhood, intruding into my relatively safe world, in which it was, for instance, possible to read stories in peace of mind, free from fear. But the world that contained even the imagination of Fáfnir was richer and more beautiful, at whatever cost of peril.
— J.R.R. TolkienThe Cat Cam
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Monthly Archives: April 2017
She Wins!
This morning my phone indicated a call from Williamstown and the nice voice said I’d won three books. One was particularly exciting but I can’t say what it is because it’s –ahem– my first holiday gift for 2017. So here … Continue reading
Posted in badass-ness, reads, the creative process, watercolor
Tagged Books, judychicago, princeofwales, watercolor
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NaPoWriMo Day Twenty-four
This image hit me on the way home. driving home the houses run through the trees to meet those driving home. they may not know the journey, carefully matching the straight and turning pavement with the lean of the car … Continue reading
Posted in deadline, Do the Work, life around us, NaPoWriMo, the creative process
Tagged dothework, NaPoWriMo, process
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Tools and Thankfulness
There’s nothing like going down the road of “researching” something – maybe a tool that might be useful in what you’re doing. More like a deep hole than a road, where occasionally you wonder – do I really need this … Continue reading
Posted in Do the Work, gratitude, stash, the creative process, watercolor
Tagged service, stash, tools, watercolor
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NaPoWriMo Day Twenty-three
top step creaks with frost •
Morning, child fog expanding •
gold floods the hillside. Continue reading
Posted in deadline, Do the Work, haiku, In the neighborhood, NaPoWriMo, taking time to look, the creative process
Tagged haiku, intheneighborhood, NaPoWriMo, process, TakingTimetoLook
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Calling it done
I’ve been working on this most of the week, on and off, and I’m calling it done. I learned a lot doing it and I’m pretty darn pleased with how it turned out. Continue reading
Posted in Do the Work, gardens and flowers, In the neighborhood, the creative process, watercolor
Tagged daffodils, dothework, garden, process, watercolor
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