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all's well that ends well
"Happy St. Patty's Day" - famous last words? Well, I hope as much has happened in your life since then as has in mine. While I'd like to start blogging again, I feel that this blog has run its course.
Have you ever used Wordle? (If you haven't, you really must check it out - it is too cool.) A while back I stumbled upon it and entered this blog on ( Read more... ) -
happy st. patty's day
Happy St. Patrick's Day, everyone! Although I must say, it hardly feels like it, without a smidgen of corned beef or cabbage in the house. Natheless, I bring you a wee bit of Ireland today, with the film Once:
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information overload
You know how you put something off so long, not because you dread it but just because, but it's so long overdue that you begin to dread it, which makes you put it off more and dread it more? That's what this post is like. I miss you all so much though that I've decided to face the dread and do it. Here's a glimpse of what the past 2 weeks have held ( Read more... ) -
resonance
res·o·nance: the comparatively large-amplituted vibration that results whenever the frequency of some driving force closely matches a natural oscillation frequency of the system on which it acts
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I had a post all planned on how I was going to thank you all for your lovely bits of encouragement, whine talk about my lonely-hearts Valentine's Day, and share some links of courageous creativity.
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courage and creativity
"But courage and creativity are linked, for all serious creation requires intellectual courage. It is frightening to enter your workroom early in the morning and face an empty canvas, a blank sheet of paper, or a score sheet, knowing that must inscribe the marks of a completely original work. The fact that you have done it before helps, if only in ( Read more... ) -
she sews, she knits, she sews knits
After wearing this dress twice without any decent pictures, today I finally snatched it off my bedroom floor (where else would it be while waiting to be washed?), put it on the dress form, and snapped away. Please excuse the lint and wrinkles.
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but let a splinter swerve -
I love getting mail. So you can imagine how ecstatic I was when a package came last week from my dear friend Heidi, containing (among other things) a new inspiration journal. With blank, unlined pages. In eggplant purple.
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cowl = cow+l, rhymes with towel
Thanks everyone for your words of encouragement on the last post. It's refreshing to know that others struggle with the same things. The blogging community is a wonderful, inspiring place, but it poses a trap in the temptation to blindly follow others' work. I think that Blanche said a true thing: we create "unique art by building on or breaking ( Read more... )
