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Some Favorite Things

Some Favorite Things

Today I need to write something positive, just cuz.  So, here’s a blog post about some random ‘favorites’ of mine…with certain follow-ups. First up: Favorite Colors Yes, kindergarten is over thirty years behind me, and yet I am still going to tell you about my favorite colors.  I really, really like colors, okay?  …Which means I can’t possibly have a favorite.  But some colors I adore are: So, what’s more wonderful than gorgeous colors?  Gorgeous color-combinations.  A single, flat color…

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MT Mountain Wildflowers

MT Mountain Wildflowers

This post is mostly just going to be pretty pictures.  This summer, we went on an overnight backpacking trip with my dad in the Bitterroot mountains in Montana, on the trail up toward Glen Lake.  My dad remembered the trail as very forested, but since he’d been there last, wildfire had gone through and taken out nearly all the trees.  So, instead of a shady forest, we had a very sunny trip, with lots and lots of wildflowers.

Beloved Book of Trees

Beloved Book of Trees

(Warning, this post contains a lot of exclamation points.) Okay.  It is time to tell you about another piece of art that I really love. Ta Da! This wonderful book (Trees A Visual Guide by Tony Rodd and Jennifer Stackhouse) is an example of a niche art-form I will call Coffee Table Reference Books.  One might be tempted to label it as simply a Coffee Table book considering that it has such beautiful, glossy photos and such beautiful commitment to…

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Story Ideas are Cheap – An Example

Story Ideas are Cheap – An Example

Okay, it’s time for another post about writing (because I like to write about writing, apparently).  This one is about story ideas! Story ideas are lots of fun and can feel really precious, but are actually pretty darned easy to come by.  This, of course, is not news.  It seems like nearly every writer’s blog I’ve read has some variation on the idea that story ideas are the easy part of writing (the actual writing is way more work!), or…

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