Tag: Ocean
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Selkie times
::: TWIST OF HEMP week 37 ::: It’s the ocean side of this journey, and we couldn’t be happier. It being Tuesday, I have a John Joe Badger drawing to share with you, of course. His journey and mine are interwoven in music and adventure and so, this week’s illustration features oceanic imagery and the…
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Enchantment on the edge
” I sat down on the bank above the beach where I had a splendid view all around me. Dead indeed is the heart from which the balmy air of the sea cannot banish sorrow and grief.” ~Peig Sayers We are more than a week home to Ohio now. In this time we have run…
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A ballybunion morning
Ballybunion is a bustling seaside town in the summer, but it quiets down quite a bit in the ‘off season’, as many of the best places do. There is a sweet sign in the park which overlooks the ocean, reminding us not to take ourselves so seriously, something time spent at the beach can often…
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Comings, Goings. Doings, Beings.
“I don’t want realism. I want magic.” ~Tennessee Williams There is much coming and going of late. Hither and thither we work and play. I’ll share a bit here as I set aside remembered things to pack away for upcoming workshops. Antigua beckons….. Narry a week ago, I was working in my own sketchbook in…
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Comings, Goings. Doings, Beings.
“I don’t want realism. I want magic.” ~Tennessee Williams There is much coming and going of late. Hither and thither we work and play. I’ll share a bit here as I set aside remembered things to pack away for upcoming workshops. Antigua beckons….. Narry a week ago, I was working in my own sketchbook in…
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Mind on Fire
Difficult to believe that at this time just last week, we found ourselves in the magical, mist-ical lands of coastal California -my hub just barely cracking through his shell of over-work, only to have to dive straight back in again. But it was good to see a glimpse of himself to be sure. I am…
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Changing Tides
Today is my 46th birthday. As is often the case this time of year, things are in a state of semi-controlled chaotic flux, what with school starting soon and Big Moves happening for both of the kids. Jack returned from Brazil just in time to join us on our annual summer sojourn to the coast…
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Dive
“What will today bring? I hold my breath, dive down. Come to the surface, gasping, empty handed. I catch my breath, then dive again. Maybe this time. I reach for treasures in this underwater landscape. Ones that only I can see. Ones that, should I discover them, will be mine and mine alone. I…