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Locking down at home til April 5th
I feel like I’ve been an irresponsible citizen by ignoring the COVID-19 drama while hosting a foreign visitor and then taking a 300 km road trip to fulfill a promise to help a friend. Being out in a city filled with people, away from our sparsely populated rural paradise, I felt pretty vulnerable. Even though
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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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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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Peacock in the countryside
Feathers in the sun on the way to yoga this morning. Perfect palette match with the sky, trees and foliage. I had no idea I lived in a peacock world.
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Morning fog
(Mar 3, 6:38 am) (Feb 15, 6:37 am)
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Neko-bouzu
At Wara Coffee, I saw a sweet cat version of the Japanese weather charm, teru-teru bouzu. So I sketched it. Naomi gave me good marks: 大変よくできました.
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Blue skies, plum blossoms
The classic February weather that makes everyone feel hopeful. I was very happy to enjoy this day after several grey and rainy ones.
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Drawing weeds
Taking advantage of the lovely weather and a break in my workday, I went outside to sketch. My helpers came with me. She wasn’t wrong. I need to work on my drawing skills.
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Happy 2020
Welcome to the year of the rat. This is the 6th in the “new year elephant zodiac” series, starting with year of the horse in 2014. This year we did not send nengajo because of Mom’s death but I wanted to keep the elephant series intact.
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25 Words
All shall be well but I’m overwhelmed with love and loss. Mom’s with my ghostly siblings and ancestors. Jenny’s farm soothes. Typhoons traumatise. Kittens console. This is the 19th time I have summarised my year in exactly 25 words. Here are all the 25 Word entries I’ve written since 2001: 2018 A contented year at
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