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Househunting in Japan: 2000 vs 2021
This blog started in July 2000, and at that time we were looking for a new place to live in Tokyo. One of my earliest posts was about househunting. As I launch this new, casual and sporadic podcast, I am once again househunting in Japan. Have a listen. If you use Spotify, you can follow…
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Transformations with Jayne
You know how hearing your own voice recorded is just so strange? Listening to my interview on Transformations with Jayne is like listening to my sister and niece. We have the same voice! Which makes hearing that voice both weird and easier. Jayne and I talked about rural Japan life, my old podcast project, yoga…
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Observe 2021
Although I embarked on my theme word selection in November, when I was planning and teaching the first of three sessions of “One Little Word” for Drawing Meditations, it took me until today to finally decide that this year’s word is OBSERVE. It’s the word I started with, but on reflection in the workshops my…
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2020 Staycation: 24 ideas to create SE Asia in your home
We all want to have a fun and happy summer but with the coronavirus running rampant, a trip to a distant tropical island in southeast Asia is not on the calendar. It’s time for a staycation to fake the experience at home. Start off by thinking about the things you want to do on tropical…
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Eye on Intruders
[This was written during a workshop on Memory, Identity and Magical Realism run by my talented sister, Jenny Hill, at ActsofJennius.com. I highly recommend exploring the offerings there. In this assignment we altered a photograph that had a specific memory associated, and then wrote about the altered version.] Eye On Intruders “Alert, Alert! Interlopers! Intruders!,”…
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Garden art
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Free Art
I might not be going anywhere, but I can still do things. From yesterday ’til today, I’ve drawn 18 little artworks on slabs of wood, drilled them, strung them with twine, and hung them on a tree in the yard that overhangs the road so people can stay far away, but still get a freebie.…
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Dreamers & Doers Journal
This is project from 2014 that got lost in the ether when the star-tink website closed, but it is time to bring it back. Half the battle in creativity is acting on your ideas. The other half is having ideas! The Dreamers and Doers journal is a workbook that alternates pages of creative prompts with…
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COVID-19 status posters: quarantine, isolation, all clear
These graphical posters are easy-to-read alerts for your neighbors, delivery people, and others who may come to your door while you are under quarantine or isolation. Or let everyone know that you are healthy and safe to approach. What’s the difference between quarantine and isolation? Quarantine means you have been in contact with someone with…
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Half self
Decided to try a self-portrait in the mirror this morning. It’s been a while since I’ve really focussed on drawing myself with realism. See that slightly startled expression? It’s me looking in the mirror carefully reproducing every bump, wrinkle and flap I see. I’m wondering wtf is up with the extra chins? They weren’t there…
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