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Tag: grief

Posted on February 11, 2018September 14, 2018

Living with Loss

I just finished reading “All the Light we Cannot See” by Anthony Doerr and already I am missing the characters. The novel takes place during WWII in a small walled…

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Posted on June 13, 2016February 24, 2019

Keeping the Light On.

Photo: Reuters/Lisi Niesner Have you ever been wrestling with demons in the darkness only to discover, when the light comes on, that the demons are not who you thought they…

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Posted on June 7, 2015December 28, 2019

Grief Lifeline

He held a coiled manila line in his hands with what looked like leather reinforcement for twenty inches or so… “No, it’s not leather,” he said, “it’s a rubber hose.”…

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Posted on August 4, 2014August 4, 2014

Remembering

I haven’t updated my CPR training since high school. I got to thinking about this because I was asked to make a new canvas bag for a “Lifesling” which is…

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Posted on September 9, 2013

The Messy Process of Art

“This is not going to work.” That’s what I said to myself in the middle of my latest bookbinding project. It was a commissioned piece… a wedding guest book for…

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Posted on April 8, 2013August 4, 2013

The Art of Saying Goodbye

Not one boss, but ten of them. That’s what freelance bookkeeping is like. And each boss has a different way of doing things: the process is different, the results they…

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"Summer Haiku", poem by Jeanne Celeste (me!)
Playing with clipping masks in Photoshop...
Found something fun to do with my masterboards...swipe to see the process, one full piece 9x12 for the inside and the other piece for the cover. Now what? Maybe some poems inside or favorite quotes or...
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When I was young, I played with dolls...I loved finding everyday objects that would work for their miniature world...brownies became doll cakes; shells became doll sinks; boxes became doll palaces. My grandmother and aunt sewed clothes for my dolls and I delighted in rotating the small outfits.
Some gelli plate, some stamping, some stitching and some deli paper collage...I'm in my happy place! How about you?

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