Arrivederci!

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Less than 12 hours until take off! Someone's heading off on a great Italian adventure and she's excited! The teeny suitcase is loaded up with books, art supplies, and a few pairs of underpants. I may have thrown in some......

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The Festival Of Orange

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Today I'm serving up a stack of freshly gessoed & painted pages made from file folders. Everything I see, hear, taste, and feel in Italy will get deposited onto these sea & sky colored pages. In the evenings I will......

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Where I Sew And Use Foul Language

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Will you get a load of my sister's travel journal! Is it a bundle of fabulousness or what? Huh? OR WHAT? Mine should be ready to roll in a couple of days. Hopefully American Airlines will be up and rolling......

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There Is A Line Between Real And Imaginary

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I like not working. I like it very much. I have a new job and it's called LOOKING. It's all I do. No errands, no to-do lists. One thing after another is calling for my attention in the garden. I......

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Dear Plant, You're Pretty

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I am in love with this plant that sits in my next-door neighbor's garden. This is the first I have seen it bloom in 5 years. I suspect it is in the agave or yucca family, but I don't know.......

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The Haystack Of Light

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Every day I see or I hear something that more or less kills me with delight, that leaves me like a needle in the haystack of light. from Mindful by Mary Oliver...

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Deep Listening

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Deep listening in the late morning. From the open window sounds of hundreds of delirous bees gently roaring around the pride of madeira nearly in full bloom now. A warm morning unlike the last few days of clouds and cool.......

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Bright Beads Of Rain

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Bright beads of rain sprinkled down yesterday morning, covering the leaves with fat silver droplets. Each globe of water - a little world spinning in its own galaxy. Some of the drops teeter towards the edge of the leaf, but......

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The Bluest Shade Of Purple

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Using some spraypaint experiments done on heavy watercolor paper, I fashioned a pouch to hold journaling supplies and collage fodder I collect during the day while in Italy. This will go in my bag so I can write while exploring.......

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Bedtime Stories

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Early spring in Los Angeles. The night air is luscious. Less fragrant now that the days are heating up more and the blossoms from my mystery trees are nearly spent, but sweet all the same. The current temperature is an......

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