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Dala Gotland Sheep, or: a study in persistence
Sometimes an idea pans out beautifully from the moment pencil hits paper–and sometimes, even knowing exactly what one wants–it doesn’t.
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Fantasy
A new Havok story!
Greetings! I’m excited to announce a new flash fiction piece being published through Havok (formerly part of Splickety Magazine). It is this week’s Fantasy Friday piece, based on the theme Stories that Sing: the 80’s. From Havok:
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Art in the Bible
In my daily bible reading, it’s not often I’m struck while reading the books of the law–particularly the latter half of Exodus and Leviticus. But I encountered a passage that struck me anew. It wasn’t that I haven’t read it before, and even before this, I could have given a brief overview of what happens:
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Fairy Tale
East of the Sun, West of the Moon
2017
Read more “East of the Sun, West of the Moon”She would follow him to a land that lay East of the Sun, West of the Moon . . . but there was no way there.
Dala
Minnesota
Spotted Touch-Me-Not
I was out on yet another bike ride on the Wobegon Trail (where better to find all the nature that Central Minnesota has to offer?), when, what to my wandering eyes should appear, but Spotted Touch-Me-Nots! Having recently posted about Meadowhawk dragonflies it is only fitting that I should find–and photograph–the lovely little flowers from my as yet sole dragonfly drawing.
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Minnesota
Meadowhawks
It’s always fun to encounter a plant or animal I’ve drawn, and it’s especially fun when all I have to do is step outside my door and there it is. I went outside to water my plants recently, and behold: a meadowhawk dragonfly resting on my moss roses. I am no dragonfly expert, but I do know that mature meadowhawk males are ruby-red, while females and immature males are a golden tan. So this is probably a female taking a break just outside my window and most considerately letting me photograph her!
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Minnesota
Trillium
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| Large-flowered Trillium ~ Trillium grandiflorum, 2015 |
Come Mother’s Day in central Minnesota, it’s usually a good time to go driving by the woods. On the right year, the forest floors can be a carpet of showy white blossoms easily seen from the road. The trillium were close to a week late this year, but they’re finally out!
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Fantasy
New Flash Fiction!
Greetings! I’m excited to announce a new flash fiction piece, “Dragon Armor,” being published through Havok (formerly part of Splickety Magazine). It is this week’s Fantasy Friday piece, about finding a new use for something old and forgotten.
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Noveltea Tins
This isn’t a post about my artwork, or about any story I’ve written, as much as might I wish I could be part of the brilliant endeavor. It is, however, about literature, art, creativity, and–best of all–tea. Read More