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Go-Go Boots

July 20, 2015by bethnyland 5 Comments

I wanted white go-go boots so bad. I wanted to look glamorous and tough. I wanted to sing and dance and strut. I wanted go-go boots. Knee-high. Long zippers, from […]

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Poetry, Writing

Hillary Clinton is not a thing.

April 25, 2015by bethnyland Leave a comment

I was scanning Facebook this morning and saw a photo of Hillary Clinton. The photo linked to some online content, and the summary pointed to a speech Clinton made this […]

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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

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: Letter to a Fictional Character

February 19, 2014by bethnyland Leave a comment

Dear Alice, I am writing in hopes that you will entertain a new career opportunity. I’ve seen your work, and I’d like to offer you a position in my organization. […]

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Being Creative, Make Something 365

Make Something: Narrow Focus

January 5, 2014by bethnyland 2 Comments

Here’s today’s make something prompt: Pick a small area indoors or outdoors and inspect it very carefully. Use the details you would normally overlook to inspire you. I chose the […]

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Being Creative, Make Something 365, Poetry

Make Something: Crayons

September 28, 2013by bethnyland Leave a comment

I have always loved to color. Show me a brand new Crayola box, all green and gold and sharp-cornered and tidy, and my fingers will twitch at the possibility of getting […]

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Being Creative, Make Something 365

Make Something: Holes

September 19, 2013by bethnyland Leave a comment

This day’s make something task was to cut holes in a magazine or book page, revealing what’s underneath, to create something new. I sliced into a page from Sports Illustrated, […]

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Being Creative, Make Something 365

Make Something: Impossible

August 13, 2013by bethnyland Leave a comment

When Noah Scalin wrote today’s prompt—make something impossible—he clearly had in mind something visual: “Can you trick the eyes into believing they’re seeing something that they’re not?” I thought of […]

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Being Creative, Make Something 365

Make Something: Orange

August 2, 2013by bethnyland Leave a comment

Work only with orange materials today. Try working on an orange surface for a real challenge. I enlisted my eight-year-old daughter’s help for this Friday evening creation. We hunted the […]

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Being Creative, Make Something 365

Make Something: Piñata

July 29, 2013by bethnyland Leave a comment

After the papier-mache experiment earlier this month, my shoulders slumped when I saw today’s make something prompt: “Make a piñata and destroy it.” I simply could not face papier-mache again. Determined to stay […]

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Being Creative, Make Something 365

Make Something: Soap

July 23, 2013by bethnyland Leave a comment

Use a bar of soap to make something new. I’m going to bend the rules again. Rather than using soap to make something new, I’m going to use it to […]

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Being Creative, Make Something 365

Make Something: Back Story

July 17, 2013by bethnyland Leave a comment

Today’s make something assignment is unlike any thus far: Make up a name and write a back story for a stranger you see today. As a person who works from […]

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Being Creative, Make Something 365

Tractor: Simple Shapes Convey Complex Ideas

June 29, 2013by bethnyland Leave a comment

Daddy taught all of us to draw a tractor. We drew tractors every Sunday in church, sitting beside him or on his lap. So when our Sibling Discovery Project turned up […]

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Being Creative, Sibling Discovery

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