Tag Archives: Leaf

Did You Know?

You know that diagram that goes something like this:   (In case you’re wondering, I used my newly liberated ‘carrots’ to create this visual – so much fun!) A recent conversation bumped me from Quadrant 4 to Quadrant 1. I … Continue reading

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Simple Pleasures

When my mug crashed and burned (okay — here’s where I admit that I am still using it despite its precarious nature, BUT only for as long as it takes me to find a beautiful one to replace it). (I’m sorry, … Continue reading

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So You Think You Want to Launch a Kickstarter Project?

When Lyndsay suggested we create a kickstarter project to raise the funds to print Down in the Jungle, I was . . . um . . . less than enthusiastic. I had never heard of kickstarter and, after checking into it, … Continue reading

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After the Launch . . . the Long Exhale

Life has been . . . full. At times, too full, as evidenced by the piece I wrote after Down in the Jungle’s  launch last May and then forgot to post. How does a person forget to post a blog? Especially … Continue reading

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Tomorrow is the Big Day – Come Launch With Us!

Well, it’s finally here! Lyndsay and I hope you can join us. We’ll talk about the creation of Down in the Jungle. Lyndsay will show you how she did the illustrations on her computer. We’ll read the story. And then … Continue reading

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And to All a Colorful New Year

Over the last few years, I’ve learned to be vigilant when I attend Christmas Markets. Other than saying hello to my fellow vendors, I keep my eyes down as I bring in my market paraphernalia and focus only on my … Continue reading

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Creativity doesn’t have to be this HUGE thing

Too often, I think we hear the word, creativity, through a filter of novels written, paintings hung, dances performed, plays produced. Creativity is more – and considerably less – than that. What we create does not matter in the least … Continue reading

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Thank You. Thank you. Thank you.

Have you ever stopped and thought about all the wonderful things that make up your life? All of them? Have you ever paused long enough to be grateful for all of those wonderful things? I thought I did, but a book I … Continue reading

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Another Vision Fulfilled

I’m very grateful that it only took me nine months to carry and birth my sons. Everything else in my life, it seems, needs to gestate for years. Take Leaf, for instance. Gabriel was two years old when I got … Continue reading

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The Three Incestuous Sisters

I bet that title got your attention! I mentioned in my last post that I might tell you the story of Audrey Niffenegger’s book. Just in case you don’t recognize the name, she is the author of I read this … Continue reading

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