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It’s December 21

By lifstrand | December 21, 2024 - 7:06 pm |December 21, 2024 Art, Dark Green, Photography

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And you know what that means! Days are going to start getting longer and I say HURRAY to that! And even better, the sequel to Dark Green, will be published soon! Big announcement when that happens, for sure! Happy New Year!

What’s up?

By lifstrand | November 4, 2024 - 6:56 pm |November 4, 2024 Art, Dark Green, Education, Fabric art, Photography

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I don’t know about you, but the past months have been stressful. And yet I’m excited in a positive way. What’s up with that? What’s up is my feelings of excitement about things to come, and those feelings are based on things I’ve been doing. Such as: Art: Fabric, paints,… Continue reading →

CRAZY!

By lifstrand | August 29, 2024 - 1:02 am |August 29, 2024 Writing Business

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That’s how I feel right now! Totally whacko crazy, but not in a bad way. I just now finally finished the revised revision of the edit of my manuscript! I’ll be sending it off to my editor tomorrow or Friday. And you know what this means? It means that I’m… Continue reading →

So much… overwhelm

By lifstrand | August 22, 2024 - 7:33 pm |August 22, 2024 Writing Business

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So much has happened and is happening right now! I’m this close to feeling totally overwhelmed… but I’m not there yet. Anyway, I want to apologize to whoever might have been wanting to know about what the heck is going on with the horses and the writing and whatnot. I… Continue reading →

Of valerian and other out-of-control issues

By lifstrand | June 28, 2024 - 1:10 am |June 28, 2024 Art, Critters, Dark Green, Homesteading, Writing Business

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Before I say anything else, I want to mention that the flowers in the photo at left are pink valerian and orange marigold. When I found the valerian plant at a local nursery I got excited. I’ve discovered that valerian helps me get to sleep and I thought it would… Continue reading →

Testing comments

By lifstrand | June 27, 2024 - 12:23 am |June 27, 2024 Writing Business

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I don’t think the comments are enabled for this site anymore and I’m not the one who disabled them. Darn it!

The value of education

By lifstrand | April 28, 2024 - 9:11 pm |April 28, 2024 Art, Education, Writing Business

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“College is not about grades. No one cares what grades you got in college. College is about exploring. Just try stuff.” That’s what Kevin Kelly says in his book, Excellent Advice for Living. I agree! After learning the basics of reading, writing, and arithmetic, I believe the value of any… Continue reading →

Writing update

By lifstrand | April 17, 2024 - 12:24 am |April 17, 2024 Art, Dark Green, Writing Business

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I’ve been meaning to post a writing update but it’s been crazy whacko here, what with a huge push to get my manuscript out to my beta readers so it can then go to my editor, plus some veterinary emergencies, plus some travel commitments, plus counting down to the 2024… Continue reading →

I thought it was spring

By lifstrand | April 6, 2024 - 7:33 pm |April 6, 2024 Dark Green, Weather

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Because, you know, it’s been almost three weeks since the spring equinox. Sure, the days are getting longer – and yay for that – but the weather? Grrrr! This morning I woke to 3 1/2 ” of snow. Okay, it’s really beautiful, but sometimes a girl needs to wake up… Continue reading →

Progress reports

By lifstrand | March 10, 2024 - 7:39 pm |March 10, 2024 Dark Green, Misc blather

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Spring is almost here, which is not to say that winter is over. But I have news! At least three tulip bulbs survived the winter, so that’s some kind of progress, isn’t it? On the other hand, an unidentified critter has been munching on the tulips and the crocus, so… Continue reading →