Category Archives: Community

Upcycling Queen Award

Upcycling Queen Award: Win boasting rights! And a deer antler pendant. Art’s like life: Its value is not in its mundane ingredients but in what we create with them. Continue reading

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First Drafts

Are either of these pieces any good? I would love opinions. Thanks! Hanging by a spider-woven thread. We watch the eagles and remain unchanged? Continue reading

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Rewriting Hell. Writers are Crazy People.

I had to take a pic of this. Rewriting Hell. The long dreaded, umpteenth million—but final—rewrite of the book. Writers are crazy people. Continue reading

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Fairy Pin Contest

Fairy Pin Contest. Easy to enter. Feel free to tempt this fairy to your home when you post here! Continue reading

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Supporting a Person with Disabilities: Ask; Ask How; Dialog; Listen.

Supporting a Person with Disabilities: Ask; Ask How; Dialog; Listen. Part One in a Series about the Hidden Life of Disabled People Continue reading

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Gratitude Gallery

Gratitude Gallery: to thank friends for art supplies, plus share recent artwork. Filigree jewelry, vintage doilies, dye art, wearable art, hand-painted clothing. Continue reading

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Guest Blog: Comfort Food for a Cold Day

God is food, the stove’s an altar. An ecstatic mystic takes care of soul and body! Guest blogger Kathi says: “On a cold winter’s day, a dish hearty and warm soothes the heart as well as the body.” Continue reading

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I’m Not a Normal Woman

I’m Not a Normal Woman: Love affairs with guitars, cheating with another man’s mandolin, & a crush on Jacquard Products. From my upcoming book. Continue reading

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Old Gods in the Modern World

“The old gods have never left us, because we cannot leave them.” – Kathi Somers Continue reading

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Giveaway Expands Me, Out into the Stars

Giveaway Expands Me, Out into the Stars. Hoarding will contract me. Do you want these garnet and pearl earrings? Free! Continue reading

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