Monthly Archives: October 2016

From the Quote Box

A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light. — Leonardo da Vinci

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The Eve of NaNoWriMo (aka Halloween)

Yup, it’s that time again when words fly, charts grow, pencils get gnawed, and a writer’s mind turns to – well, how can I get 1667 words down today? I was off today and I set myself some chores to … Continue reading

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Not among the missing!

Nope, I’m here. Just been busy and tired and doing this and that which doesn’t always seem like very much. Put together a packet of poems to send the two workshop teachers I’ll be meeting with soon enough. That’s coming … Continue reading

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Living in a Box of Paints

Click here for whole watercolor album on Flickr.

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The View and the Words

Not as in spring when flowers, pulled upward, fill the yard, cherries spilling without thrift In an October morning, the hillside having spooned with a cold night or two, begins to shed her green cloaking, slowly stored sunlight bursting out … Continue reading

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