One fun art project is to depict the same subject in four different ways. It’s a really enjoyable thing to do and it helps you stretch your creativity. And so, I did exactly that. I started off with an ink drawing that I made in response to the Inktober week six prompt, which was “granny.” […]
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Today is the last day of the January version of the Ultimate Blogging Challenge. It’s been an experience, especially with this crazy weather. So much snow and the arctic blast that stays on and on and on. Today, I went out to a workshop that was about both winter and the hope for spring. It
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Today, all of the smoke detectors and pull cords in this apartment building were tested. The pull cords are things that you pull if you feel really sick or if you’ve fallen and can’t get up, assuming that you conveniently fall next to a pull cord. There are pull cords in the bathroom and the
The prompt for week four of Inktober 52 is “cozy.” Here are two bears, enjoying a very cozy nap in a lovely bed. #wordlesswednesday
Today, our small group of mice are safe on a little island that we have yet to name. We haven’t been here long. Maybe a week or two. A sweet young man who some of our friends met at the zoo helped us by ferrying us to this little island. I will tell our story
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The snow has finally stopped falling. All of that snowfall was the result of a giant storm that affected much of the United States, from Arkansas to New England, as well as parts of Canada. The storm left snow and ice and extremely cold temperatures. Many people lost electricity, and travel was extremely hazardous. Yesterday,
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when the weather is atrocious… A huge storm is predicted to arrive early on Sunday morning. It could bring snow or ice and winds and who knows what else. There is the likelihood that states will declare states of emergency and travel bans. On my phone, I am getting alerts for a winter storm warning,
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In the summer of 2008, I participated in a 500-mile walk called the Witness Against War walk. On July 12th, we began our walk in downtown Chicago, Illinois. We arrived in St. Paul, Minnesota, at the end of August. We spent most of our time walking through Wisconsin. We visited Minnesota three times as we
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It’s been cold and snowy. The winter storm warning continues until tomorrow afternoon. I thought that today would be a good day for me to share some of my poetry with you. I never thought of myself as a poet but a few years ago, my sister suggested that I try writing poetry. And I
When I was a child, I had many dreams, which ranged from exploring space in a rocket ship to drawing comics that were published in newspapers all across the United States and even the world. I dreamed that I would walk across the United States, starting at the shores of the Atlantic Ocean and ending