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Quan Yin and Mimi’s Clock Pins

My grandmother left me an odd stash of ten little clock pins with mother-of-pearl faces. I don’t know why she had ten. I don’t know why she had them at all as they don’t look like something she would’ve worn. … Continue reading

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The Grace of Ritual

My gratitude was easier even though it was a tough week. Politics is effecting me, making me so sad. While we try to live in the present, we also look to the future, as Chagdud Rinpoche once said, “with a … Continue reading

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Finished a Sketchbook for the Month of July

Amazing how fast this sketchbook filled with me drawing every day. The more I drew the more I wanted to draw, and the habit begins. A lot of Buddha heads, due to drawing in the middle of the night! Looking … Continue reading

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