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Afternoon, Early Summer, Hot and Humid
Across and Down although muth used to do a daily crossword puzzlei do not.even so, will shortzwould no doubt be quickto point outthat i nonethelessengage with puzzlesevery day. what’s a 10-letter word, 4th letter i, for activelyand repeatedly dislikingthe color of the blossomsof the rhody in our back yard,a pinkish purplish hue thatmisses the mark—and Continue reading
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A Way Forward in Life
New Prescription Glasses these drips of honeysoft lenses refracting lifeeven grief sweetened —dotty seiter ===== ===== Notes about poem and art:• I highly recommend Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer’s All the Honey. RWT’s poetry and ways of being curious have inspired me to adventure back into writing poetry and to be more mindfully curious myself, for which Continue reading
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Hypnagogic Hints
Even as My Empty Hand Reaches my head heavy on my pillowconsciousness in a slidefrom wakefulnessto sleepi notice my mindcomposing linesof poetrylush phrasesintricate cadencesmeaning-dense metaphorsthat— in the darkof nightin the presence of gravity’s pull on my bodyin the absenceof paper and pencil at hand—evaporateinto a breathingmicro-mist create a biomefor deep deep dreams i wonder will Continue reading
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If I Am Very Still
Thrumming With Energy waiting for clearanceto land, poems circling ina holding pattern —dotty seiter ===== ===== Notes about poem and art: • I enjoy working with the haiku form, having something I wish to say and 17 syllables at my disposal with which to say it; three lines—of 5 syllables, then 7, then 5. • Continue reading
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Bookmarking Joy in December, 7
Way back in the day, year after year, I baked cookies, cookies, cookies for sharing during the Christmas season. Now, it seems, I “bake” bookmarks, bookmarks, bookmarks. Back in the day, a new friend was likely to receive a plate of cookies in December. Now, a new friend just might receive a bookmark instead. Bookmark Continue reading
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Bookmarking Joy in December, 6
from a place in my heart, a signal to my hands:putter joyfully! Continue reading
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Layered Taffeta
What a wonder,the yards of fine fabrics,with tiny hooks or invisible zippers,tucks and linings and finishing seamsa work of art.Some with lace,some with petticoats under layered taffeta … —Shelby Hearon, Hug Dancing A few weeks ago, my friend Daisy asks me if I’d be willing to give her one of my painted bookmarks to hold 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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