Down the Long Lane Helping Women Write
all about my art and about other artists I admire
I’m redesigning my entire website, refocusing it on what I love to do and to write about: HORSES.
Don’t panic if you’re not a horse person. I’m hoping to find a community of people (or perhaps gather a new one) who just loves horses. You won’t need to know anything about horses to enjoy it. It’s not about “how to” but rather “why I love my life.”
In my future blogs, I’ll be talking about what it takes to care for horses and why the joy I experience is worth all the work.
Today, I’m finally taking a break from my writing, poking my head above ground to see what’s been happening while I’ve been hiding on the farm working. I’ve missed bopping into town to visit my friends (which I will do tonight at the Spring Artscene in Rockford Illinois
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I wanted to post a piece of my art from the past to illustrate my “in between” state that I am currently in: the center egg, about to give birth, nestled in the colorful foliage, being nurtured and protected.
This is how I feel after coming home from my last conference,
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With all the non-stop human suffering around the world, it’s hard to concentrate on everyday tasks at hand. I have a sensitive nervous system that responds to tragedy by either shutting down or exploding into high anxiety, so I try to limit my exposure to the news so that it won’t rob me of all my muses for my writing and my art.
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