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In This World
Cellobration! 23 August 2025 pause completelyfor a moment,if you will.locate yourself in your body,drop your shoulders,let your hands go soft,let your giornata—your day’s work—fall away, dissipate:the slicing of strawberries,the angry motorist who nearlyhit you in a crosswalk,the website that insisted you createa new password to replace the old, again,the unceasing news reports,the mixing of concrete Continue reading
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Offering
So Many Small Somethings to Notice, November 2025 into the day comes invitation:to plant the feet,to notice. so, each in turn, we offer our attention. i offer my attention to the hammered-silver earringson top of the chest of drawersand the reflection of the overhead lightbulb in my tea,to the tiny scratches on the tableand the Continue reading
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Open to Moments
Interconnected Prerequisites twenty or so years ago nan refers jane to me,jane needs a tutor for her son.i work with her son, jane and I strike up a friendship.she is a radiologist, tells me I can request her for a second read of x-rays anytime.when a routine mammogram reveals a possible lesion i’m sent to Continue reading
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Tail End of Vacation
Cabin Patch, Cascade Mountains a spit of steep landunpretentious, rough and true,a deft dreamcatcher. —dotty seiter ===== ==== Notes about poem and art:• “Cabin Patch” speaks of a visit with Scott and Alisa to the Cascades where they have a sweet little patch of land.• Walking Barefoot came into being at our gate at SeaTac Continue reading
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Hiking Beside, Not Kayaking In
Deception Pass, Whidbey Island narrow channel. fierce tides force whirling eddies, whitefroth a bright blessing —dotty seiter ===== ===== Notes about poem and art:• “Deception” is a haiku that places me right back on the high bridge that spans Deception Pass where we watched two kayakers contending with the force of the outgoing tide. Better Continue reading
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Island Entertainments
Whidbey Island Center for the Arts countless practice hours,days, weeks, years. Django guitar,harmonica, wow. —dotty seiter ===== ===== Notes about poem and art:• “Whidbey” celebrates a world-class musical performance by Antoine Boyer and Yeore Kim as part of DjangoFest NW 2025. Totally knocked our socks off.• A Moment celebrates the meditative joy of playing with Continue reading
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A Wednesday in September
Perfect Pacific Northwest Vacation Day hike the high bluff trail,walk the beach beneath, cozyup in fleece to nap —dotty seiter ===== ===== Notes about poem and art:• “Perfect,” with a mere seventeen syllables, puts me right back on Whidbey Island on the bluff, on the beach, in that fleece blanket. • At Ease took considerable Continue reading
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D&D Getaway
Daybreak tide out beach exposedquiet water in the soundgood morning whidbey —dotty seiter ===== ===== Notes about poem and art:• “Daybreak” captures in a few syllables the feeling of waking to our first dawn on Whidbey Island in September in a rented home right at the water’s edge.• Dry Footfalls is my color swatch memento Continue reading
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Off the Ferry
Buonissimo! pepper, hummus, andpeach picnic at payless foods on whidbey island —dotty seiter ===== ===== Notes about poem and art:• “Buonissimo!” reflects the fun of an impromptu solution to getting lunch on arrival day on Whidbey Island. Gluten free, inexpensive, tables and water fountain at hand, and we had to shop for groceries anyway. Worked for Continue reading
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Nothing New Under the Sun
Steal Like an Artist in the limitless-ness of not knowing—yay forcopy-cat inspo! —dotty seiter ===== ===== Notes about poem and art:• Traditional haiku often uses natural imagery and seasonal references to capture a moment. The form aims to freeze a fleeting moment in time, creating a picture in the reader’s mind. No seasonal references in “Steal,” Continue reading
My Story
In 2014, I grab an unexpected opportunity to paint.
To make art.
I get hooked.
In 2015 I start a blog—a diary of my life as an artist.
I post my paintings and their stories. The good, the bad, the ugly.
My compass points: bust through fear, be playful, get messy, trust my gut.
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