Author Archives: Francesca De Grandis

Creative Process: Hand-Painted Silk

Hand-Painted Silk Art Altar Cloth for Warrior Poet PG, you said on my Facebook page link you like to see the process. Hence this post. Click pics to see em full size. Folks, skip process to get to Product and … Continue reading →

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Deer Painting

I was commissioned to paint a deer.  I love deer, live with two deer skulls and assorted other parts, and deer visit my yard.  I try to learn from deer about both gentleness and ferocity. Painting my 1st deer was … Continue reading →

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Distance Healings of Body, Spirit, and Life

This spiritual transmission improves your whole life, gives you luck and protection, and heals and strengthens your body and spirit Continue reading →

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Dandelion Blossoms

So Many Dandelion Blossoms, So I Can Fill with Sun April, 2012 I know why, early spring, dandelions proliferate in wild crazy abundance. The flowers are full of sunshine to restore my depleted body and spirit, replace the enormous amount … Continue reading →

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Secret Complexities of a Crip’s Life

April 15, 2012 Waiting for guests to arrive for a jam.  Thinking. Forgetting that I’m a crip is usually a good thing, as long as I don’t hurt myself. But sometimes, it causes me disappointments.  I tweeted today, “Now set the … Continue reading →

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Be a Leaf

Magic to keep your light shining, stay optimistic, keep fighting the good fight, and keep working on your goals. Don’t let anyone stop you. Pagan prayers. Continue reading →

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Techniques to Create Laziness?

exhausted, obdurately non-lazy person.  Continue reading →

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Self-Acceptance—A Blessing

Self-Acceptance—A Blessing I send this blog into the world as a blessing. It takes less than a minute to receive: * Touch the pic, * then take a deep relaxed breath—nothing fancy, just the sort of yummy breath that, for … Continue reading →

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Fantasy Portrait

Your spirit portrait is truly one of kind. Brush-stroke by brush-stroke, I meditate on the otherworldly you. Many digital portrait painters use templates—e.g., the same faerie wings for all their clients. Or they digitally alter a photo. I paint the … Continue reading →

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