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SACRED DIRT: July 2014
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Thursday, July 31, 2014. The Writing Process: How we work. Well, here is a fun thing. Thank you Richard Jesse Watson. For picking me to join this blog tour. Fun facts about Richard Jesse Watson:. Besides being an award-winning children's book illustrator,. Richard roasts his own coffee. He once dismantled a hotel window so he could. Roast coffee for an illustrator pal without setting off the fire alarm. Here's a stunning painting Richard created to go with one of my manuscripts. And he's my dad. Why do I...
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SACRED DIRT: Hearts and Hoots
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Thursday, February 12, 2015. It's been entire lifetimes in elephant years since my last post. Entire oceans of whales have migrated North and South. The ducks are returning to our backyard pond. And I have been studying hard. For an illustration class at UCSD, with art director/genius/professor Joy Chu. Learning how to find the essence of a story,. Learning how to write through art. After the feathers fly and the dust settles,. I will look for more words to share. Enjoy each new page. Your blog is really...
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SACRED DIRT: October 2014
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Wednesday, October 22, 2014. Do You Mask Merry? We like to masquerade in these parts. Especially when learning our Pacific Northwest animals. Especially when all fuzzed up about pumpkins and costumes. I started with a few sketches,. The kids made their own beautiful batches,. Need a quick costume this week? I'm offering a few freebies for your personal or classroom use. Please note that these images are my original art. They're not to be sold or passed off as anyone else's work. Print on card stock,.
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SACRED DIRT: April 2015
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Friday, April 17, 2015. I'm bubbling about the SCBWI conference today. This is the weekend children's book illustrators and writers in my region gather like starlings. I go for the coffee and the courage. For inspiration and advice. To find out about thrilling new books. To hug and high-five friends and peers. To gain wisdom about crafting words and art. My heart flies high. I'm bringing new art. More here. Art grown out of Joy Chu's UCSD Thinking in Pictures class. Here's a peek at one of my projects:.
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SACRED DIRT: February 2015
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Thursday, February 12, 2015. It's been entire lifetimes in elephant years since my last post. Entire oceans of whales have migrated North and South. The ducks are returning to our backyard pond. And I have been studying hard. For an illustration class at UCSD, with art director/genius/professor Joy Chu. Learning how to find the essence of a story,. Learning how to write through art. After the feathers fly and the dust settles,. I will look for more words to share. Enjoy each new page. I write and make art.
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SACRED DIRT: December 2013
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Monday, December 23, 2013. This year, this crazy Everest of a year! Out of all of it -. The heart surgery -. Out of all this year,. I have packed this jewel into my life suitcase:. Even in dark times, there is light. Maybe not a beacon, blazing with answers. Maybe not something you can grab onto or tangibly feel. Maybe not a voice that speaks that everything will be alright. Because sometimes, it's not alright. Sometimes the rotten stuff still happens -. Like war, and poverty, and cancer, and loss. When ...
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SACRED DIRT: September 2013
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Tuesday, September 10, 2013. Heart surgery on Friday. And I survey my world,. Reaching out to touch,. Like worn prayer beads,. All these things for which I am thankful. I find myself brushing fingertips along our bumpy, imperfect walls,. Savoring the unfinished-ness of them,. Remembering that we are all unfinished stories,. Sacred in our imperfections. To feel the stained rim of a teacup,. A grooved picnic bench,. Lichen on a tree. To soak up with my eyes. Tissue-thin curlings of bark,. For art and words.
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SACRED DIRT: Art and Starlings
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Friday, April 17, 2015. I'm bubbling about the SCBWI conference today. This is the weekend children's book illustrators and writers in my region gather like starlings. I go for the coffee and the courage. For inspiration and advice. To find out about thrilling new books. To hug and high-five friends and peers. To gain wisdom about crafting words and art. My heart flies high. I'm bringing new art. More here. Art grown out of Joy Chu's UCSD Thinking in Pictures class. Here's a peek at one of my projects:.
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SACRED DIRT: Of Rafts and Feasts
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Wednesday, November 26, 2014. Of Rafts and Feasts. In remembrance, I find a feast. It's in big things, like remembering. Rough stones that have lined my journey,. And seeing them smooth some of my sharp edges. Like the poets, I count the ways. I count that it's been over one year since I had a stroke. And heart surgery,. And here I am,. When I remember, there are skeins of thanksgiving. Woven into this heart. Six months since Winnie’s leg, the worrisome spot,. The relieving news, the surgery. November 29...
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SACRED DIRT: May 2014
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Wednesday, May 21, 2014. Has a bone scan and CT tomorrow. Out of sunny skies, we are all stormed over. They've seen a spot around her femur that is "worrisome.". That's a gentle way of describing what this mama feels. All my courageous muster has flown out the window. And Winnie is my most heart-filled wildebeest. Dreamer, writer, artist, she feels. Every nuance in the room. We have no certain news yet, but. Some of you have asked how you can help us as we wait. And I have been thinking. For art and words.
