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Off For A Stretch

I am going off-blog for a few weeks. See you when I make my way back later in August. Peace (and quiet),Kevin

Daily Create: Drawing, Complete

via GIPHY The prompt at the Daily Create was to complete a drawing and I was stumped, so I made this gif that has not real theme. Oh well. Peace (and butterflies),Kevin

Daily Create: A Hat for an Urchin

via GIPHY The prompt this morning was to create a hat for a sea urchin, which I guess is a thing that urchins do? Or not? Peace (on the shoreline),Kevin

Book Review: Make Believe

This short but jam-packed book by Mac Barnett makes the strong case for children s books that are filled with imagination rather than life lessons. Barnett, in a very engaging voice, shows how picture books and young adult novels have their own space apart from books for adults, and how we should value what sparks thinking [ ]

CLMOOC Silent Sunday

Peace (in rhythm),Kevin

Poetry: Sand Castles

Peace (on the beach),Kevin

Daily Create: Third Eye Poem

The prompt for the Daily Create was to illustrate a Third Eye Poem, so I wrote one first (a poem about something unseen) and then added a little bit of art. Peace (in the story),Kevin

Daily Create: Cherry Tomatoes

We are writing cinquain poems for the Daily Create and I went with cherry tomatoes, since they have started to ripen here and are so delicious. I can remember, as a kid, plucking tomatoes off neighbor s garden plants as snacks. Peace (off the vine),Kevin

Testing Embedding

Something odd is going on with my image embeds so this is just a test (using this morning s poem). Peace (it works?),Kevin

Daily Create: Art, Outdoors

river walk animal sculptures flickr photo by Dogtrax shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-SA 2.0) license The Daily Create prompt is about making art outside, but I don t have time this morning, so I dug up this collage of wood sculpture creatures that my friend makes in our nearby woods and trail. Peace (in the [ ]