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Paying Attention - Simple Pleasures

June 26, 2017

Paying attention to the garden

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    • Jan 3, 2018 Is Juggling a Good Idea? Jan 3, 2018
    • Jan 1, 2018 Last chance – last dance - new creating – no mugwumps Jan 1, 2018
  • December 2017
    • Dec 9, 2017 Right by my Studio WIndow... inspiration for a poem Dec 9, 2017
  • October 2017
    • Oct 22, 2017 Side-By-Side Oct 22, 2017
    • Oct 5, 2017 Expectations; Small and Otherwise Oct 5, 2017
  • September 2017
    • Sep 27, 2017 This little bird has had quite a journey! Sep 27, 2017
    • Sep 24, 2017 Switch-hand sketching… getting out of my rut Sep 24, 2017
    • Sep 17, 2017 Remembering the curiosness of the storm Sep 17, 2017
    • Sep 4, 2017 Note to Self... about work and risks Sep 4, 2017
  • August 2017
    • Aug 31, 2017 WATER - POWER - CHANGE - IN THE VERY SAME BREATH Aug 31, 2017
    • Aug 27, 2017 The Pleasure of Objects Aug 27, 2017
    • Aug 20, 2017 Note to Self... Focus On the Why Aug 20, 2017
    • Aug 16, 2017 Some Unexpected Magic Aug 16, 2017
    • Aug 13, 2017 The weight of the work of one's hands Aug 13, 2017
    • Aug 11, 2017 Haiku Friday - the depths of knowing Aug 11, 2017
    • Aug 7, 2017 Sketching... where it begins Aug 7, 2017
    • Aug 6, 2017 Note to Self - Not shallow... Aug 6, 2017
    • Aug 4, 2017 HAIKU FRIDAY... Aug 4, 2017
    • Aug 3, 2017 Imagining... Without A Net Aug 3, 2017
  • July 2017
    • Jul 31, 2017 FLYING INTO THE UNKNOWN Jul 31, 2017
    • Jul 30, 2017 NOTE TO SELF... RISK-TAKING Jul 30, 2017
    • Jul 28, 2017 Haiku Friday... Dreams Rearranged Jul 28, 2017
    • Jul 26, 2017 Waking from a dream, remembering... Jul 26, 2017
    • Jul 25, 2017 The weight of rocks Jul 25, 2017
    • Jul 24, 2017 Landscapes of Dreams Jul 24, 2017
    • Jul 21, 2017 Haiku Friday... Bird Wisdom Jul 21, 2017
    • Jul 20, 2017 TBT – Fledgling: It’s Time to… Jul 20, 2017
    • Jul 18, 2017 : A Look Inside the Studio… “Neither Here Nor There” Jul 18, 2017
    • Jul 17, 2017 Imagining the In-Between Stages Jul 17, 2017
    • Jul 16, 2017 Sunday Morning Jul 16, 2017
    • Jul 13, 2017 The Gift of Rain Jul 13, 2017
    • Jul 12, 2017 Journeying in Dreams Jul 12, 2017
    • Jul 10, 2017 LONGING FOR WATER Jul 10, 2017
  • June 2017
    • Jun 26, 2017 Paying Attention - Simple Pleasures Jun 26, 2017
    • Jun 6, 2017 ROOTED DISCOVERIES Jun 6, 2017
    • Jun 4, 2017 Five Good things: Resistance through Art to Global Warming Jun 4, 2017
  • May 2017
    • May 22, 2017 Change is Never Easy May 22, 2017

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