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My that was a truly lovely holiday season. I’d be counting my blessings, but, truly, I can’t count that high. The gouache above is a “picture in my head” from our 5 days in the Alaskan Interior in early November. We went chasing the Northern Lights with dear friends. We failed, but we had the Read more
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It’s been a busy past few months, and I’ve given permission for many things to take me away from writing and painting. Isn’t it wonderful how, in the midst of our hectic, over scheduled, anxious and often chaotic lives there are these shining moments of profound joy. Moments of Grace, some of my friends would Read more
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We’ve spent the past two evenings warmly wrapped in joy (and excellent food and drink!) as invitees to the 3 day marriage festival of our good friends’ only child. She is marrying into a family from abroad, and the large cohort of friends and family from both sides are diverse and far flung. This reminds Read more
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Warning: I am not at all sure where this is going. Recently I’ve been contemplating friendships (or relationships, what have you). Why we are friends with some and not others, why we start up friendships and why we end them, why we keep hanging on and when we gently (or maybe not gently at all) Read more
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Lately I have had the feeling that I am nearing the end of the road. It isn’t a feeling of fear or depression or anxiety, it is just a sensation that I’ve been trying to better understand. I retired recently, so it could be that cutting loose the anchor of a daily schedule has set Read more
Coastal Notes 