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My life seems to be changing very quickly now.  I've awoken to a new day- with new promises and new challenges.  I've had some major realizations now that are helping me to see that I truly create my own destiny.  This has helped me to walk on down the road- though this road has been difficult in many ways, I'm so thankful for all of the blessings ( Read more... )

Last weekend my mom and stepdad came to visit.  It has been a while since they have visited Bridgetown.  Luckily, the weather was perfect- especially for traversing in the wonderful Japanese gardens...


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I was fortunate enough to spend another lovely weekend with
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I've been doing a bit of work lately and I've made good progress on two dolls.  My wood-witch is almost finished and Jack Crow is coming along...
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Today I went to visit my friend Little Byrd- http://little-byrd.blogspot.com/ 
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Had a wonderful time this past weekend visiting friends in the Land of the Clouds. My journey started off with a trip to big D to visit my best friend, Susan. She and I spent the hot days indoors: chatting, eating Tex Mex, drinking swirls (frozen margaritas swirled with Sangria) and enjoying doing absolutely nothing. This is my idea of a great ( Read more... )

"Pierrot Barra was a visionary constructeur of Vodou icons who worked out of the Iron Market in downtown Port-au-Prince. He worked with textiles, discarded dolls, toys and all manner of plastic and rubber novelties that came his way, assembling them into powerful representations of Vodou spirits which he adorned with charms, sequins, glitter, beads ( Read more... )

Recently, I had the good fortune to travel deep into the forests around Portland to this wonderful place: 
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I've decided to come back to LJ after a brief stint with blogspot (I felt totally isolated!) and a 2 year general hiatus.  I'm happy to be back.  Much has changed in my life- all for the better.  I've moved to Portland (for updates on the move check out: http://silkandbone.blogspot.com/ )  I'm working, maybe too much, but at a good job.  I love ( Read more... )