Sketch Journal Time — with Tea!

 Like many of you these days, from what I read, I’m regularly confronting a hurdle (which occasionally takes on the imaginary proportions of a very tall, very solid wall) of anxiety or sadness verging on…

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Just Showing Up . . . With Words and Sketches (and even OOTD photos ;-)

 You might be surprised to know that even after 13 years of blogging, I can be paralysed here at the keyboard. It’s not “writer’s block” in the sense of having nothing to say. Rather, while…

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Another Year Underway. . .

The Christmas wreath has been taken down, but I’m not ready to strip it yet. Perhaps the sparrows will enjoy it, out in the “terrace” (our condo rooftop, covered with trees, shrubs, perennials in containers).…

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A Bit of Random Cheer, 3rd Monday in Advent. . .

Odds and Ends this morning, and then I’m off to meet my sister for a walk in the rain — walking together outdoors is the only socializing we’re currently permitted here, outside of our immediate…

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Autumn in Croatia? Let’s Go . . .

I’ve been considering posting twice weekly again, and reader Zagorka gave me the perfect opportunity when she left a message for fellow Croatian reader, Dottoressa in the comments section ofthis post. The message mainly comprises…

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