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Start With Art
Make art because it feels good. Art is as therapeutic as a glass of wine or a good work out. 5 reasons to make art: Your imperfections are beautiful You are in the moment You see things differently You...
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10 Minutes of Nothing
I sat outside for 10 minutes at lunch time. I did nothing. I closed my eyes. This video inspired me. Taking a 10-minute break connected me to my senses. I felt the sun on the back of my neck. I heard...
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Mindful Teaching
Just home from watching the Martian, a fun 3-D movie, suspenseful and relaxing at the same time. It’s been a long day. I started with my 80-minute 10th grade English class — our current topic is...
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One Day, One Week, One Month of Happiness
You want to be happy but there’s so many chores to do. For one moment, put your happiness first. The other day, I bought myself a really cute pink party dress from Talbots. Once, as a preteen, reading...
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Mastery of the Craft
Last night, I got into watercolor painting. I’m a rank amateur compared to my brother Brendan and my father, but I do love to push paint around paper and see if anything emerges. I try to get into the...
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Positive Self Regard
What you see is what you get. If you look for signs that you are disliked, you will find them. If you look for signs that you are loved, you will find them too. I believe this. But this rugged self...
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Winter Westport Weekend
We walked for a while. We stopped at the school house. I’m happy when I’m with my kids. And I’m always at home at a schoolhouse. We visited our old beautiful home. Memories of winters gone by. Some...
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Lost and Found
If I visit the small lost and found department of my life, I wonder what I would find there. The things that I don’t even recall losing. That high-collared Lanz of Salzburg flannel nightgown, I wish I...
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February
February comes, a month of hygge,squirrels burrow in the knots of trees,stalks huddle in the too-cold shade,waiting for the glimmer of a warming sun.February kills my high,bums me out.with its soft...
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They’re selling face masks at the art galleryflowers, polka-dots, rainbow, BLMStill we bleed because we are humanNo end in sight On the porch, she rockssewing somethingwaving from her roost They’re...
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