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On Gardens and Writing and Not Writing and Summertime Sweetness
One of my all-time favorite books is Dandelion Cottage by Carroll Watson Rankin. This story, from 1904, never fails to fill me with the good kind of…
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Mary Ann Samyn
Country Mouse
In which A Country Mouse goes to the City to see, well, country mice and rabbits and cats...
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In My Nancy Drew Era
I mean, always, but especially this summer
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April Things
Happy surprises on the page and on the loom and in the garden
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What's Working for You?
Poem Diagrams and Poem Recipes, Mandy and the Weaving Closet, Cupcakes and Quick Bread
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Announcing... Fiber/Lyric and Summer & Fall Workshops... also, a poem prompt, the DIA, and some thoughts about publishing
Each new weaving feels like “the best yet!” or “my favorite ever!” This one, “Dream a Little Dream,” really might be. I had intended to do an all-white…
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Seven is Magic: book news, more weavings, a question for you, and the pleasure of making things
I still own Seven Is Magic, my second grade reader, with its memorable purple cover. A little surprisingly (though happily), this book includes a poem…
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It's the little things
In the ups and downs of January and February, it really is the little things that make a big difference. Like Jack, my green apple friend, who is not…
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Beginnings and Beginners
First I began with the fussy snowy-rainy-icy-slushy day, the back-to-school day. I’ll tell them that, I thought. But I deleted most of it. Then I began…
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Mary Ann Samyn
Into the New Year
Hello from Northern Michigan where I’m spending New Year’s Eve. No snow, which is unusual, but plenty of beauty, as always. I’m continuing to read This…
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"Let your heart be light": Holiday Baking, Winter Reading, and a Whimsical Poetry Prompt
One of my favorite Christmas songs is “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” and my favorite line in that song is “Let your heart be light.” Every…
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End-of-semester Bakes and Nurturing Your Creative Practice in December
Amidst December’s busyness, much of which I do enjoy, I also want to slow down and remember those things that nourish my creativity, things that might…
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