memories
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Happy Hanukkah!
This evening I had the pleasure of attending my friend’s annual Hanukkah dinner. She is an amazing cook and goes out of her way to make as much of her meal as possible gluten-free for me, including her delicious latkes.… Continue reading
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349 – Poetry Inspired Art
Today I worked on some ideas for artwork inspired by my friend’s poetry. As part of his birthday present I offered to make some art to go with his writing and he was very excited by the idea. He sent… Continue reading
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316 – Veteran’s Day
Today is Veteran’s Day, and there are many veterans that make up my circle of extended family and friends to whom I celebrate today. The closest of these is my husband, of course. He was feeling quite miserable today with… Continue reading
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Inktober day 5
Today’s Inktober promo was Binoculars. Binoculars always make me think of my grandfather. He kept them next to his La-z-boy chair in front of the picture window looking out at Breevort Lake. I don’t have any pictures of his binoculars… Continue reading
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Remembering Uncle Mike
Today was Uncle Mike’s memorial and it was a lovely day for it. I was moved by the gun salute and Taps on the bugle. After the military honors, the personal stories and the collective toast of his favorite single… Continue reading
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Poetry play
This evening, my mom and I attended a poetry workshop led by Michigan’s Poet Laureate, Nandi Comer. It was a fun and inspiring event. Here is the first poem I wrote in the workshop. Our inspiration was a memory which… Continue reading
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Shadowy Forest
My son is six and is confident in his knowledge of art. He told me that I shouldn’t paint so much from pictures and instead, use my imagination like he does. So today I decided to take his advice and… Continue reading
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Day 215 – Friday Zoom
Our basement flooded a bit in the heavy rains overnight. Since I was up cleaning up the mess and working to get the water out for a good chunk of the night I wasn’t sure I would be able to… Continue reading
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Oh my, fish fly!
So today was a wonderful and exhausting day. We celebrated my amazing daughter’s graduation from high school and community college concurrently. I am beyond proud of her. I worked on this brag board in the wee hours this morning, only… Continue reading
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New flowers blooming
My kids had a four day weekend and today was their first day back. In that time the last of the daffodils and tulips have died off but some new blooms greeted us this morning. Purple columbine and lily of… Continue reading
366 Days of Art 