Twelve Years Ago

I published my first blog post

and 

the content was based

on 

what I knew and loved best:

My home.

In the last 12 years

I opened my garden gate and explored 

various paths other than home décor

that led me to 

YOU.

Many of my readers inspired me, encouraged me

and they changed my life.

I took a year off from my teaching job

to open an Etsy shoppe.

I took writing classes that ignited a love for

poetry.

I have been gifted fine photography equipment

to launch off my idea to compose

a written and visual collection of memoirs

and 

my dreams continue to expand
as

I've shared my photos on

Instagram

for the past five years.

But on this first day of a new decade

I return home

for 

just a moment

to not only share a photo gallery of progress

but 

to celebrate the child-like happiness

my husband and I share

as we build our life together. 

Kitchen 1997

Same kitchen corner transformed in 2000

 

Kitchen hood redone beams installed 2019

Timbering installed 2019

Hallway/kitchen pantry 1997

Hallway/kitchen pantry with timbering 2019

Front room 1997

Opening the wall off of living room 2000

Creation of my studio space off of living room circa 2003

Studio space December 2019

Living room 2019

Studio space fall 2019

As I look at the things

we 

were able to achieve

I am in constant awe

to think that one day

It will be revealed just how much

my soul 

has been salvaged and transformed.

Happy 2020

 

The Next Time

 

you

look at the 

scattered stars

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listen to them impart

 the sacred

writings of old

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 from

Sweet Divinity 

that whispers wisdom 

into the 

open human heart.

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However

Poetry

comes from within us

so we can 

speak to each other.

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We 

read and write

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to know that

we are not alone

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for

the poet 

unearths the forgotten

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and what is observed in the 

darkness

shines the brightest

unknown

 

and while our

philosophies

may never move the 

heavens

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passionate hearts 

and determined minds

 can move  

the inhabitants 

of earth

toward unity

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with

the power of the pen.

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and

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You are not alone

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for you are

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