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Author Archives: bethnyland
One quiet weekend nearly drove me crazy
This past weekend, I had way too much alone time. My son is in Africa, my daughters were with their dad, and my husband was on a seven-day business trip. […]
Writing is good
My 16-year-old son is in Rwanda. He is there with 16 other people from our Lutheran congregation—a mix of teens and adults—to learn and serve people whose lives and communities […]
Not-So-Idle Hands
My hands are seldom idle. For eight or nine hours each work day, they are busy at the keyboard, tapping out business writing for clients of Spencer Grace. After hours, these […]
Hart Crane
One must be drenched in words, literally soaked in them, to have the right ones form themselves into the proper patterns at the right moment. Hart Crane, poet (1899-1932)
Make Something: Loud
That’s it. One last creation in a year of making things each and every day. I did it. Three-hundred-sixty-five straight days of thinking and doing and playing and sharing. […]
Make Something: Birthday
My birthday is May 1 … just two days away. I’m calling this year my halfway point. As I reach age forty-five, ninety seems a reasonable life expectancy—just a bit longer than my mom […]
Make Something: Extended Photo
Beyond the Edges How interesting, to stare at a tightly cropped photo and wonder. What was in the space beyond? Better yet, to imagine. What could be in the space […]
Make Something: Rainbow
We are a blended family with six children, ages nine to nineteen. Every other weekend, we are all together—eight people under one roof. Jim and I live in our home always […]
Make Something: Bleached
“Work with bleach to make something by taking away color.” I applied a few letter stickers to a swatch of brightly colored fabric, then spritzed the whole lot with a 50/50 […]
Make Something: Organs
“Use an internal organ as your inspiration today.” Home from a week-long business trip, reunited with my kids, I used today’s prompt as an excuse to play with letters while […]
Make Something: City
Today’s order of business: make a city from whatever is on hand. I’m at a business dinner …
Make Something: Freeze Time
“Create the illusion that time has stopped and something or someone is frozen mid-action.” CLICK I have something to say. First, tip of pen must be set free. Thumb depresses button. […]
Make Something: Digital
Today’s make something assignment is to take something natural and make it look digital. Operating with just my iPhone between business conference events, I pixelated a pansy.
Make Something: Book Cover
Today I needed to make a cover for my favorite book. I have always said my favorite book is Alice in Wonderland. But in truth, my favorite books are the […]
