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Creative Challenges: Women who are both mothers *and* artists/writers

"Everyone expects women to choose, but what if you didn't?**From Who Does She Think She Is?



Last December, I contacted Tatyana Mishel for some creative coaching.



Since I am a creative person by...



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Consulting Requests & New Online Class!

Kelli & Jeannine trying to do a Charlie's Angels pose for the camera.  



A few of you have recently asked whether I would be able to work with you on your poems or poetry manuscript with...



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Huh. I Guess I Do Have a *Slight* Addiction...

So there was this test on Huffington Post called "What are you addicted to?" 





Okay, actually it was called, "The 4 Addictions That Destroy Your Dreams (They're Not What You Think)"and since...



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Hidden Bear in Toblerone Chocolate Logo and Other Reasons to Pay Attention

Look at the above image of the Toblerone Chocolate Logo.  Do you see the bear?



I love this kind of stuff.



To think this bear has been on my chocolate all along.  Now I cannot look at...



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Confession Tuesday - The Poet Crush Edition

Dear Reader,



I confess I plan on being around all summer for Confession Tuesdays.  While I live a very dull, basic life, somehow being able to confess makes me feel a little more interesting...



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New Summer Hours... June thru August

(New Sumer (sp) Hours - but the drive thru is always open!)













I realized that from National Poetry Month and on that I've got into the habit of posting something daily.



This is both...



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Tips on Proofing Your Manuscript

(Above image is part of T.S. Eliot's poem "The Wasteland" with edits/suggestions from his friend Erza Pound.)





I've spent the last month doing the first major proof of my manuscript for the...



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Happy Memorial Day

In Memory of my Father, Gale A. Russell, Navy, WWIIand my step-fatherBert Baker, Air Force, WWII, POW

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I love this photo of my dad as a young man in the Navy, his blue eyes and dark auburn hair....



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Gratitude Journal

1)  Jelly Bellies (artwork by Jelly Bellies above)



2)  The black mama bear with her cubs in our community



3)  My betta fish



4)  Jasmine rice with raisins, curry, and cumin



5)  New books of poems I haven't read yet



6)  To do lists (so I don't forget what I need to do)



7)  Three day weekends!



8)  Lazy days



9)  Almost being done with the first proof of my manuscript



10)  Kindness, compassion

The Food Reading: Skagit River Poetry Festival

Tim McNulty, Lorna Crozier, Matthew Dickman, & Susan Rich 



This was one of my favorite readings at Skagit.  The theme was food (it was called Oranges and Cabbages, Celery and Beets).



The reading started well with Matthew Dickman saying something about when he heard the title of this reading, he assumed it was a metaphor for sex.  He was very engaging as a reader and I appreciated his poems ever more after hearing them read.



Lorna Crozier read some of her poems from The Sex Lives of...