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Back Again...

6/15/2016

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After more than a year, I'm back to this blog, attempting to break out of the procrastinator's spiral down to absolute zero.  The last year has given me so much to write about that I am daunted by the task of getting the blog caught up, so I give myself permission to pass over the missed time and simply pick up with what's happening now.  I will feel free to fly back in time and fill in the the huge blank as I can.

I am keeping a list of words that please me -- favorite words, for lack of a better designation.  I am planning/starting a thematically-linked  cluster of projects that have grown out of these words (more about that another day).  The first one completed is a variation of a structure I learned from Shereen LaPlantz's book, The Art and Craft of Handmade Books (pp 40-43).  The word is YONDER.  It's fun to say, and I like the homey feel.  Even more, I am attracted to the aspirational pull of phrases like "the wild blue yonder".   It's easy to let oneself be seduced by the promise of great rewards just (be)yond(h)er(e).  I made the paste paper; the plane and sun images are from public domain collections (NYPL and NASA respectively). 
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An encouraging word in the comment section would be very, well, encouraging.
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Nancy Akerly link
1/15/2017 02:20:35 am

Charming pondering! Love your paste paper. Clever use of public domain images. I am also an educator currently wallowing in the paper arts. Aren't we lucky!

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Paul
1/15/2017 08:56:57 pm

Thank you for the kind words, Nancy. We are lucky indeed! /P

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Home Organizers Washington link
12/3/2022 11:38:33 am

Thank yoou for sharing this

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