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He moves through the light and sound of his efficient machine, pulling levers here, pushing buttons there, trusting the process, a business acumen akin to faith. He presents a mystery I don’t care to unravel, but now sitting across from me there is talk, and then there are the words… Continue Reading Portrait #36 – Across the Table
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Checking out my statcounter stats, I noticed several people had visited from blog.thisnext.com. I couldn’t figure out what the link was. Then I found it here http://blog.thisnext.com/blog/sweet-tea-tree.html. I was quoted. Cool. Does this mean I’ve arrived? / Digg this / Stumble this
Look what I found on Etsy this week! God, these are adorable. Imagine how hip your fridge is going to look with these droplets of subtle colors and reflection holding up your kids’ artwork (or your own). These Fairy Drops Magnets would make wonderful gifts and for the price, you… Continue Reading Etsy is the Besty
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I have been wanting to return to my own writing, so this week instead of a quote, my own 100 words on the challenge. Lemonade – The Sweet and the Sour They are 10 years old, the best of friends, still in overalls and pigtails, running a lemonade stand out… Continue Reading 100 Words on Lemonade
** “This Week’s Etsy Find” will be a weekly feature as of this very moment. Yep, I just decided, so if you want to get your etsy fix, you’ll know to come back here every Monday morning for Velvet Verbosity’s ultra-hip and tasteful finds. For those of you not in… Continue Reading This Week’s Etsy Find
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I’m still here. Just swept along in a current of activity and work. Photographed the reception for a family wedding over the weekend. Here are a few shots (taken with just my little Canon Powershot). / Digg this / Stumble this
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My daughter’s recent work. / Digg this / Stumble this
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Dear Son of Mine, You are a young man now. Still creative, still easy to cry when you brush against nostalgia, still angry and suffering. Only now we know it might be bipolar. “Bipolar”. What does that really mean? Is it just a bandaid diagnosis we slap on the knee… Continue Reading You are 16 going on Bipolar
“I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.” ~Martin Luther King Jr. Feeling a little, no, a lot overwhelmed this week, and it’s only Monday! Oy. Not to mention I’m one of those people that suffers from Seasonal Affective Disorder, and it’s already… Continue Reading 100 Words on Bear
I am sitting at Apple Care with a dead laptop. My only laptop. My only computer. All evidence suggests a dead hard-drive, but hope springs eternal and I won’t cry until my personal Apple genius looks me in the eye and tells me it’s over. Four minutes til my… Continue Reading This is Why Your Mama Told you to Back Up, Back Up, Back Up
