Archive for January, 2008

Last week’s theme for Mixed Media Monday was Childhood and, while I am late in uploading this image, I was so very pleased with how the silhouettes worked out that I have to post it. Plus, this blog needed pictures!
The image above was made using a page torn out from an old book (I love [...]

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Go for it: Thing-a-day 2 starts in six days

Saturday, January 26th, 2008

Do you make things? Any sort of things? Do you take or draw pictures, write poems, knit, sew, bake, direct your friends in avant-garde flicks or fold origami? Then join Thing-a-day with me and commit to making one thing every day for the month of February.
Put your trepidations aside; it’s the shortest month of year [...]

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Friday Fill-ins #56

Friday, January 25th, 2008

1. Spending time in my studio makes me happy.
2. I would like greater fulfillment for my husband, please.
3. Red wine, fresh baked cookies, last night’s salmon…all these things taste SO good!
4. Monday is my favorite day of the week because after the antics of the weekend, I get to enjoy a quiet house.
5. I’m unaware [...]

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Friday Fill-ins #55

Friday, January 18th, 2008

1. The last compliment I got was from a friend; he said “so once again, you’re smarter than me.”
2. I’m reading The Book of Illusions by Paul Auster. I’ve previously read his novel Timbuktu and was so very impressed with his storytelling and look forward to seeing his take on different characters and situations.
3. I [...]

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Another quarter heard from

Wednesday, January 16th, 2008

Life shrinks or expands according to one’s courage. — Anaïs Nin
Originally, I had a narrow impression of what a blog could be: to wit, a journal shared in a public space. Having my own blog and reading those of others, however, I have been impressed by and enamored of the way a blog can also [...]

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