"ok, so I THOUGHT that the pens were permanent...awk! But here is my first try at the doodling and color..
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There's A Little Goddess In All Of Us
goddesses, art, poetry, discussion
Ntosake Shange stated: “I found God in myself and I loved her fiercely.”
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Carol replied to Carol's discussion Soul Talk - Poetry"Keening Time
there is a keening in chokecherry bush
a whining in raspberry patch
a weeping riot in roses a sigh in new-turned soil
my garden is lonely limp with lackluster
for sparrow lies beneath a leafy…"
Carol replied to Carol's discussion LifeBook 2012 with Willowing"Working away on Lesson Twenty doodling with Jody Ohl.... funnism! Thought I would take a picture before I wreck it...
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Carol replied to Carol's discussion How'd You Do Dat?"Here it is all finished for a challenge... Meeting the Challenge - showgirl http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=347429008655666&set=a.347428981989002.83779.147284858670083&type=3&theater
showgirl
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Susan Hosken replied to Carol's discussion How'd You Do Dat?"Great Carol to see your latest art adventures. haven't seen bicarb before. must try in my next creativity spurt.
lots of love from susan JOY
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Carol replied to Carol's discussion How'd You Do Dat?"So, once I tried baking soda over wet acrylic, mind said, said mind....why not try baking powder and vinegar?
foam and foam and foam some more
dry and scrub with soft cloth
sealed....and I love it"
Carol replied to Carol's discussion Soul Talk - Poetry"Sigh Sail
slow slip of sailboat unlatching from dock
to sweep gentle waves of Bay
to cross riotess reefs to reach soft sough
of open sea where water takes you
on a lullaby of leaving
stipple tongue of sunset speaks
language of…"
Carol replied to Carol's discussion How'd You Do Dat?"Jackie, my fault... the soda must sit and dry on the paper first before brushing....
With this piece I put gold and brown on my paper to see what a mottled look I could get. I then went in with stamps and brush to define some…"
Carol replied to Carol's discussion Soul Talk - Poetry"Bare
most birds come home after wretched flight
exhausted last small flutter to alight
upon bare branches nubbins grown
feathered blossoms a grasp to own
each knew a map and followed true
where no buffeting could…"
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A Mother For Every Season
Posted by Carol on May 14, 2012 at 10:50am 0 Comments 0 Likes
What do you call a woman who is not one’s natural mother, but sees a child given to her as love and needing love and giving that love day by day, touch by touch, tear by tear, kiss by kiss, memory by memory…. I called her “Mother”.
Norma G Woolf was an angel to her family of origin and then to our…
Continue ShirRae BryAnne is 32 today - another Mother's Day Gift
Posted by Carol on May 10, 2012 at 10:35am 0 Comments 0 Likes
Giving birth to an old spirit is humbling. ShirRae BryAnne was born one year and two days after Dustin.
Breath-taking Daughter of Mine
From her first breath
ShirRae was ShirRae.
From her first breath,
she took my breath away.
To those who helped to raise her:
Thank you for giving her a safe place to breathe.
To her girlfriends, the Boogy Bunch:
You have been a breath of fresh air in our lives.
To Quinn: Take a deep breath.…
My Thoughts About "A Little Goddess In All"
Posted by Carol on May 8, 2012 at 8:09pm 1 Comment 0 Likes
It so surprises me when someone says they are not comfortable with thoughts about goddesses…..about having a goddess within. Perhaps they are in some fundamental religion or religious state of mind and go by those connotations. Being open-minded is what helped me have a personal relationship with Creator/God. Honoring the Mother within is part of all that. Perhaps religions are so patriarchal that they make it a rule not to consider any other filling in of spiritual understandings. …
Continue Dustin Oak
Posted by Carol on May 8, 2012 at 11:00am 0 Comments 0 Likes
Some things are miracles.
Dustin Oak was nothing short of a miracle in his birth. In June of 1978, I had my fallopian tubes replaced and connected to my uterus. I knew there were more babies, had dreamed of them, had felt their urgent need to come to this earth. I was willing to do…
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Ah, Aw, Awe, and/or Ahahahahahaha Moments
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Maxine Howarth's Weekly Moments For Consideration
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Prompt Piece...
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National Poetry Month 30 poems in 30 days
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So I Said To Self, Said I.....Challenge of the Day
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April's Creative Challenge - "JOURNEY"
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