Music & Art Weekend Vibes

Friday Night Vibes

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March 1, 2025

Friday night, a deadline looming, and nothing for it but to set the mood for a late night work marathon.

Might as well make the most of it….

Photography

That Was Then, This is Now

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February 26, 2025

(A Creative Evolution)

Melting point. ca. 2013

Rosebush ca. 2012

Almost exactly 13 years ago I wrote a blog post chronicling the re-emergence of an old passion, after gifting myself a…

Music & Art Parenting & Relationships Personal Growth & Spirituality

Let it Be

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February 16, 2025

I’ve been an audiophile since my earliest memories.  The joy of rifling through my parents’ record collection kept me entertained for hours upon hours (remind me WHY kids need…

Music & Art Photography

Live Life Artfully

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June 20, 2023

Originally shared June 20, 2023

Art isn’t about the ability to paint, or write, or be a photographer, or a musician, or any of the myriad other things that we…

Grief & Loss Love Parenting & Relationships Personal Growth & Spirituality

Another Landslide

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October 17, 2022

A little over ten years ago, as I sat with my young son in his bed while sleep fought to overcome him, overwhelmed and emotionally depleted, on the verge…

Personal Growth & Spirituality

Birthing

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September 11, 2022

“Why do you hurt yourself Carrie Ann?  You are so beautiful.”

“I know,” I reply.  “This is just temporary.  A way to feel it all as deeply as I possibly…

A Retrospective Depression Personal Growth & Spirituality

Words

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May 24, 2012

Originally published May 24, 2012

I have had a love affair with words all my life.  One of my most powerful memories is of a Carrie five years old, sitting…