Collection

Before the Creative Process

The everyday beginning

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Your Life Story

Whenever you’re at a loss for what move to make next, just ask yourself, “What would make a better story?”

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One Moment in France

Moments and what ifs’…

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Runaway to Italy (or When In Rome:))

A Little Glimmer Does the Heart Good Okay, okay….how ’bout we just start with getting our bags?  I think we can manage that 🙂 (This is the part where those of you that are arm chair traveling with me notice how clean your teeth, skin and hair feel and smile smuggly to yourself while sipping…

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Second Chance for France and The Magic of Lavender

It is one thing to rest the body It is another to rest the mind. A stilled mind rests the body A rested body cannot still the mind It is more important to seek that which stills the mind for by doing so, both mind and body are at rest 🙂 How can the mind…

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"Around the Corner in France"

“Longhouse Laundry Day” Watercolor If video doesn’t appear, just click here:)) And one more image for your watercolor journal. (The photos I share here, of our time in France, are to be used as reference for  doing watercolors for  your personal journals or postcards only.  I please ask that they are used soley for that…

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Timeless Moments in France

Well if you won’t tell then neither will I. We’ll just hope that the local authorities don’t figure out what happened ’til we are well on our way back home;)) (I know Eddie said it was safe to smoke the lavender but we both should have known better.   Since when can he be trusted?)…

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A Colorful Kind of Joy, a Ten-Pack of Winners and the 2014 Workshops Are Coming!!

Eddie says I need to  just go ahead and  announce the ten awesome peeps who won a copy of my latest book Be Inspired, Adventures for the Heart. Says the excitement is killing him. (I’m sure it has nothing to do with him wanting to take a nap  on the chair where I have the…

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A Delightful Thanks

“All sanity depends on this: that it should be a delight to feel the roughness of a carpet under smooth soles, a delight to feel heat strike the skin, a delight to stand upright, knowing the bones are moving easily under the flesh.” ~ Doris Lessing
“We must risk delight. We can do without pleasure, but not delight.” ~ Jack Gilbert.
“The quality of life is in proportion, always, to the capacitybicycles….

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Edzactly

The hiding of the eggs. It’s an Easter tradition. I was actually looking forward to doing it this year, what with having a youngster in the house, one Eddie Pierre….now a whole one year old.
Excited until….
“I tell you Phyllis you have to pull out all the stops when it comes to hiding these things….its eggsactly what I told you. He’s EATING LIKE A HORSE!!!”

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A Light Dance in the Garden

There are many things to love. Fresh laundry drying in the breeze
moss providing a soft green seat on low stone walls
Sister pots hugging favored flowers under the arms of younger….