Category: non-fiction
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Miss Blue Shoe
“Don’t step on my blue suede shoes.” -Elvis Presley I’ve been on quite the “illustration journey” these past couple of days… and today especially. If it wasn’t enough that I was feeling a little low last night, my son – who lives in Texas – called, and he was down too. As a mom who…
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Speed Demon
“In a world addicted to speed, I blur the moments into one unholy smear.” -Ann Voskamp Par for the course, I’m sharing this before it’s really ready. Or before I’m ready. I don’t have a ton to say on the matter, so it will be brief. I mentioned the other day that speed is a…
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A Birds Eye View
“It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.” -Henry David Thoreau I seriously think I’m all talked out for a while. It’s a satisfying feeling (maybe for you as well?). Anyway, I said that my next post would be “different,” so I decided that – for one thing – it would…
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The Beauty of Change
“To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.” -Henri Bergson I said the other day that I was looking for solutions. Maybe it’s not as simple as that. Solutions might work when you’re repairing your car, or fixing a leaky pipe, but life is…
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The Jubilation Jig
Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it. —William Arthur Ward I tried to fast forward last night… and then I closed the book altogether. It’s a good book, don’t get me wrong, it’s just not what I was looking for. The good news is that the first chapter…
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Leap of Faith
“The leap is what defeats the fear, not waiting until fear disappears.” -Brené Brown I’ve always loved illustrating dancers, so I knew that “dance” was a category that I’d want to continue with. To add a little depth, I decided to call it … “Dance like Nobody is Watching.” It’s pretty broad (and cliche too,…
a sprinkle of faith 