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SACRED DIRT: July 2014
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Thursday, July 31, 2014. The Writing Process: How we work. Well, here is a fun thing. Thank you Richard Jesse Watson. For picking me to join this blog tour. Fun facts about Richard Jesse Watson:. Besides being an award-winning children's book illustrator,. Richard roasts his own coffee. He once dismantled a hotel window so he could. Roast coffee for an illustrator pal without setting off the fire alarm. Here's a stunning painting Richard created to go with one of my manuscripts. And he's my dad. Why do I...
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SACRED DIRT: April 2014
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Thursday, April 10, 2014. The Funny Thing about Mice. It's a little bit scary to tell you things I'm happy about. Things that feel like little green tips at the edges of my wintered-over branches. Not that it's wrong to feel pleased with good things,. But when I remember the gravity of last year. Will I jinx it somehow? Over the last year, I convinced myself I have permanent writer's block. But then this week, a few words eeked out, and I wondered. Maybe it's not writer's block. Maybe it's just fear.
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SACRED DIRT: Hearts and Hoots
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Thursday, February 12, 2015. It's been entire lifetimes in elephant years since my last post. Entire oceans of whales have migrated North and South. The ducks are returning to our backyard pond. And I have been studying hard. For an illustration class at UCSD, with art director/genius/professor Joy Chu. Learning how to find the essence of a story,. Learning how to write through art. After the feathers fly and the dust settles,. I will look for more words to share. Enjoy each new page. Your blog is really...
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SACRED DIRT: October 2014
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Wednesday, October 22, 2014. Do You Mask Merry? We like to masquerade in these parts. Especially when learning our Pacific Northwest animals. Especially when all fuzzed up about pumpkins and costumes. I started with a few sketches,. The kids made their own beautiful batches,. Need a quick costume this week? I'm offering a few freebies for your personal or classroom use. Please note that these images are my original art. They're not to be sold or passed off as anyone else's work. Print on card stock,.
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SACRED DIRT: July 2015
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Tuesday, July 28, 2015. The twins are fast approaching ten! Double digits, doubled! And just like that, a decade ebbs. Having soaked up the Emily Windsnap books lately,. They want to be mermaids. So, I've been making art. Cupcakes art = yummy. Mermaids, this way. Your party awaits. The Mermaid and the Shoe by K. G. Campbell. The Tail of Emily Windsnap by Liz Kessler. The Little Mermaid - Hans Christian Anderson, ill. by Lisbeth Zwerger. Breathe - Scott Magoon. The Forgotten Sisters - Shannon Hale. Seize ...
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SACRED DIRT: February 2015
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Thursday, February 12, 2015. It's been entire lifetimes in elephant years since my last post. Entire oceans of whales have migrated North and South. The ducks are returning to our backyard pond. And I have been studying hard. For an illustration class at UCSD, with art director/genius/professor Joy Chu. Learning how to find the essence of a story,. Learning how to write through art. After the feathers fly and the dust settles,. I will look for more words to share. Enjoy each new page. I write and make art.
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SACRED DIRT: December 2013
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Monday, December 23, 2013. This year, this crazy Everest of a year! Out of all of it -. The heart surgery -. Out of all this year,. I have packed this jewel into my life suitcase:. Even in dark times, there is light. Maybe not a beacon, blazing with answers. Maybe not something you can grab onto or tangibly feel. Maybe not a voice that speaks that everything will be alright. Because sometimes, it's not alright. Sometimes the rotten stuff still happens -. Like war, and poverty, and cancer, and loss. When ...
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SACRED DIRT: February 2014
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Wednesday, February 12, 2014. How Does Your Garden Grow? Words still glomm together in my mouth. Like lumps of peanut butter. I speak to people and wonder if they notice, too. Can one be socially lame, but robustly well? Because I am so alive, so well. Maybe these word troubles are writer's block,. Part of my recovery from troubles;. An awakening to the idea that life is short. That more than publishing stories,. I want to love. To make it count wherever I am. I'm taking an art class. But more to feel.
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SACRED DIRT: September 2013
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Tuesday, September 10, 2013. Heart surgery on Friday. And I survey my world,. Reaching out to touch,. Like worn prayer beads,. All these things for which I am thankful. I find myself brushing fingertips along our bumpy, imperfect walls,. Savoring the unfinished-ness of them,. Remembering that we are all unfinished stories,. Sacred in our imperfections. To feel the stained rim of a teacup,. A grooved picnic bench,. Lichen on a tree. To soak up with my eyes. Tissue-thin curlings of bark,. For art and words.
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SACRED DIRT: Do You Mask Merry?
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Wednesday, October 22, 2014. Do You Mask Merry? We like to masquerade in these parts. Especially when learning our Pacific Northwest animals. Especially when all fuzzed up about pumpkins and costumes. I started with a few sketches,. The kids made their own beautiful batches,. Need a quick costume this week? I'm offering a few freebies for your personal or classroom use. Please note that these images are my original art. They're not to be sold or passed off as anyone else's work. Print on card stock,.
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