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Haiku: window watching

August 13, 2014by bethnyland Leave a comment

branches shiver dance lemony finch flits sits chips cat and whiskers twitch

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Being Creative, Poetry, Writing

One quiet weekend nearly drove me crazy

July 29, 2014by bethnyland 8 Comments

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. […]

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Being Creative, Life & Work

Writing is good

July 27, 2014by bethnyland 3 Comments

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 […]

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Being Creative, Life & Work

Not-So-Idle Hands

July 22, 2014by bethnyland Leave a comment

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 […]

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Being Creative

Hart Crane

July 21, 2014by bethnyland Leave a comment

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)

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Being Creative, Beloved Quotes

Make Something: Loud

April 30, 2014by bethnyland 1 Comment

  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. […]

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Being Creative, Make Something 365

Make Something: Birthday

April 29, 2014by bethnyland Leave a comment

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 […]

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Being Creative, Make Something 365, Poetry

Make Something: Extended Photo

April 28, 2014by bethnyland Leave a comment

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 […]

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Being Creative, Make Something 365, Poetry

Make Something: Rainbow

April 27, 2014by bethnyland Leave a comment

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 […]

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Being Creative, Make Something 365

Make Something: Bleached

April 26, 2014by bethnyland Leave a comment

“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 […]

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Being Creative, Make Something 365

Make Something: Organs

April 25, 2014by bethnyland Leave a comment

“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 […]

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Being Creative, Make Something 365

Make Something: City

April 24, 2014by bethnyland Leave a comment

Today’s order of business: make a city from whatever is on hand. I’m at a business dinner …

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Being Creative, Make Something 365

Make Something: Freeze Time

April 23, 2014by bethnyland Leave a comment

“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. […]

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Being Creative, Make Something 365, Poetry

Make Something: Digital

April 22, 2014by bethnyland Leave a comment

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.

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Being Creative, Make Something 365

Make Something: Book Cover

April 21, 2014by bethnyland Leave a comment

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 […]

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Being Creative, Make Something 365

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