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My recollections of the (human) race...
Anne Sibley O'Brien has been writing (rather provocatively, I might add) on the state of race relations, guilt, and the idea of empowering people to live their best lives. One of the things she's asked people to examine is how race has impacted their lives. I'm going to write of my personal experiences, and as honestly as I can, in the hopes of ( Read more... ) -
True to form...
I decided to write about a very personal matter. Last night watching Keith Olbermann talk about his father, just brought me to my knees. Hearing of his father's battle, and knowing he'd just lost his mother recently, my heart went out to him and I wept ( Read more... ) -
Ramble and a picture...
I was watching the Undercover Boss the other day, and there was a tumult of feelings and thoughts about this new installment. I have very mixed feelings about it. First up front, for the most part I do not like Corporations (though I'm the one hoping my husband and brother incorporate-- yeah I know sounds hypocritical). What I don't like about them ( Read more... ) -
Cinquo de Viernes
In honor of the graphic novella I'm working on, Friday's Five is in Spanish. All of my five springs from this, with caveat set ups for any reading. I have to wrap my mind around it again. I thought I was brilliant as a kid, because I aced Spanish in highschool graduating with a 105% (no, don't try to wrestle with that logic!) because the French ( Read more... ) -
Drear day.
It is raining here in Maine, so I can't enjoy the unseasonable warmth. A dank suppressed day, the wind howling amplifies the sounds. I thought I heard a far off train whistle, but was the tricks. Had some great thoughts about those kinds of senses, the "affected" ones, and the differences (wind can drown out sound or just have a really eerie ( Read more... ) -
Friday's five-- again!
Boy does time vanish so quickly ( Read more... ) -
Five Friday...
1)This has been a week of ups and downs. The ups, I'm doing a (wedding) portrait of a lovely young woman, Corliss, I LOVE your name, and was forced to rearrange my work space (a very good thing, btw). I'm liking the result (hope she loves it!),and the money will afford me my Picture Book ad payment for January and February. That closed door (L.L. ( Read more... ) -
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The second image... a faerie. I figure I'd do a bunch of roughs and then spend a day cleaning them up, after my s-i-l helps set up the website (I'm thinking I'll tell my lj and FB buddies, and perhaps put an ad on craigslist... any other inexpensive ways (as in $000, lol) ways of advertising it? If nothing much comes of it, I AM having fun, and ( Read more... )
