Seven Januarys Ago

my 

sister-in-law's blog

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changed the way I looked at 

my creative 

life.


On New Year's Day 2008

Castles Crowns and Cottages

went live

to

share

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and

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 But as the walls of my cottage 

narrowed

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the outside world grew wider

when I tied on my wings to

fly

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and hover over a

gallery

of memories

where I found

you.

are you who

have been with me

through

my experiments 

in 

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and 

poetry.

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And

while it is impossible 

to reciprocate 

every act of kindness

you have gifted me 

know that

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So while facing possible

transitions

to come in 2015

hold on to 

the good things 

that never change

and

 will keep you grounded for your

journey above and beyond.






And many thanks to my new readers and friends

who have joined in the last year.

Happy 2015!

Please visit Tina

at

The Enchanted Home

where she has invited me to be a part

of

 New Year's With Friends.

She is so gracious.

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I gave my students a daring challenge.

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I asked them to

spool out

a reading assignment

into 

a writing opportunity

to

stitch in the details
 

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unseen 

in the story

about the 

character's dilemma.

  I asked them to think. 

I asked them

But one young man responded:

Madame, I can't.

I can't use my imagination...

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This world is too harsh of a place

for me.

 

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castles crowns and cottages

and

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set the stage for

problem-solving

to evolve

in a world that 

can't believe

but where harsh realities 

must bow

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to the power

of one who hopes

and spins out

a masterpiece

of

 possibilities.

From Moment to Memory

to the retelling

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a

very special holiday experience

risks becoming 

ordinary

in a rushed attempt to condense it

in these last few days of 

2013.

So I'll just say

that 

I'm back home

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at home castles crowns and cottages

at home castles crowns and cottages

 

at home castles crowns and cottages

after spending

Christmas

with my cousins

in 

Southern California.

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 I hope to find the right language throughout

2014 

to produce the imagery that celebrates  

the forgotten 

and 

hidden treasures 

of

our lives because

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Thank you dear readers, friends and family

for following. See you in 2014!

 

 

First Thing In The Morning

I follow the sun.

After my morning tea

 I grab the camera like a 

butterfly net

and run 

from room to room

 


in an attempt to chase

and trap the

fleeting and flittering

 textures

that light

and shadows make

  
in an explosion 

 

or in a quiet vignette

of wonder in my home.

but rather what something

could be 

and where it might 

belong one day

 

 
so that's probably why

  

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 Therefore on 

Tuesday June 18th

I will begin 

a new writing adventure

that will extend to August 13

so you won't be reading

any new blog posts here

for a while

but you will be seeing me

pop in to visit you.

I'm off to follow the sun

 to look for what isn't there


but what possibly


could be seen


one day. 

 

All photos by Castles Crowns and Cottages

Paper Art by Anita Rivera