Today’s prompt is to create a list of things that you could do to nurture your creativity. In this case, it’s all about the brainstorming process. Step one: choose how you want to be creative. Do you want to write a story, draw or paint a picture, sew, embroider, do other fabric arts, cook or […]
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Today’s prompt for the Ultimate Blogging Challenge is to share five blogs or websites that I think my readers would enjoy. Which I will do. But first… part four of the steampunk bear’s story The seven ravens with their passengers flew all night. They saw the lights extinguished on the second mountain. As they flew
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Today’s prompt from the Ultimate Blogging Challenge is to share a song lyric or phrase that has meaning to me. My song lyric comes from “No Place Like Home,” by Stephen Schwartz and Cynthia Erivo, which was part of the movie, “Wicked: For Good.” It it’s about the value of a space, of one’s homeland,
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This week’s prompt is for me to share connections with my readers! … not like a bug crawling all over people, which can be annoying, but through social media. I share stories and artwork and photographs on facebook, instagram, and sometimes on X, formerly known as twitter. If you want to find me on facebook,
Today’s prompt from the Ultimate Blogging Challenge is to talk about my favorite number and why that number is my favorite. My favorite number is nine. It’s a magical number. If you multiply anything by nine (except for zero, which eats all numbers), with the result always being zero), the answer will either add up
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Today’s prompt was to answer questions that you, my wonderful readers, ask over and over again. I have to admit that no one has asked questions, but several readers have expressed a fondness for Bearnacle Bear and his friends. So, today, I am going to tell you how the steam punk bear became mangled. One
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Today’s prompt from the Ultimate Blogging Challenge is to post a top ten list Drawing with pen and ink has been something that it has taken me some time to like. It wasn’t an immediate “I love you moment” as far as art mediums are concerned. Once I understood that I could make my initial
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Today’s Ultimate Blogging Challenge prompt is to write about something that is fun. “What do I do in my personal or professional life that’s fun?” I enjoy anything that gives me a chance to escape the frustrations of daily life and helps me to reach beyond myself. One thing that I do is to participate
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Today’s Ultimate Blogging Challenge prompt is to teach something. What I am going to teach you how to do is to draw a fanciful bear in color. In the past, I have had wonderful instruction in drawing animals from Western New York artist Nikki Milley. I have been practicing many of the techniques that she
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The prompt for day two has to do with how I found my niche or my market. I’m not totally sure, but I can say that it was a long process to get to where I am. I’ve always loved storytelling and photography and artwork, and I think of that as my niche. But, before