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After the Fall… Of Leaves, That Is
Despite the cold snap that sent this week’s morning temperatures into the upper 30s, the big Bradford pear that graces our front yard is stubbornly hanging onto its summer-green, heart-shaped leaves. The spreading branches teem with a luxuriant mantle that refuses…
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November 24 Art Show Invitation
November 2024 is a special month for me as a writer and artist. I am the November Artist of the Month in the Atrium Gallery at the Bosque Art Center in Clifton, Texas. Alongside my watercolor and colored pencil paintings, I’ll…
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The Banana Peel Rule
It was one of those hectic mornings (Weren’t they all?) at the urban preschool/kindergarten where I was an administrator. It was Music Day for the 4-year-old classes. Schools often label those breaks in the daily routines as Specials and so they…
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When You Need a Cardinal
As I sat in a small corner of my patio just after dawn, I wasn’t sure if the morning’s erratic winds would allow me to linger in that special spot, surrounded by a trellis of fragrant jasmine, trays of colorful calibrachoa,…
