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Dreams Coming Alive… in the Remembering Places
“Going around by the main road would have been so unromantic; but to go by Lover’s Lane and Willowmere and Violet Vale and the Birch Path was romantic, if ever anything was.” ~ Anne of Green Gables – L. M. Montgomery I was only nine on the cusp of turning...
Brunswick by the Sea: My Photographic Challenge
Ah... Brunswick by the Sea, it had to have been the most challenging, most difficult painting to photograph, and one which after numerous attempts under different lighting situations, I have been unsuccessful in capturing just right. The glare,...
I Hear God Singing to Me: Going Public with my Faith
This past year has been many things, a full stop, a radical shaking up, and a washing away of a lifetime of grief, disappointments, and shame. It’s been a time of reflection, a celebration, and a setting right of all that was gut and mind wrenchingly...
Over the Causeway (and almost down the rabbit hole)
I had thought that working on this painting would be among the easiest ones I would do because Nova Scotia, and particularly Cape Breton, have always held special meaning to me. Boy was I wrong on that! This piece has ended up taking me months...
Once Upon a Time…
What is the word upon my soul, the pen the colour the brushstroke that begs everything to come alive with the beating of my heart, the blood coursing through my veins, the in and out of breath, that was shallow… lifeless before You called me, before You...
35 Quotes to Reinvigorate Your Writing Life
Ahh… writers we have a love of words. They take us on a journey into untold worlds, they fuel our imaginations, they lift us up and make us swoon with desire… that we may be able to write to make others stop everything even if only for a moment. To stop everything and...
A Life Worthy of One Simple Word
In a world of words, I want just one. Just one that jumps out and claims me. One that tells a story within a story. One that speaks to the deepest darkest depths… of the heart of this writer’s life… the word that makes sense of the wild and crazy journey I’ve been on....
His Love Endures Forever
It is a happy day because His Love Endures Forever. Every day is a happy day in this knowing… even in the midst of the mess… in the silence as my soul awaits for God alone to instruct me in His Word. His Word… how did it come so alive in me? One day I wanted nothing...
An Invitation into the Sweetness of God’s Presence
I will give them a heart to know Me, for I am the LORD; and they will be My people, and I will be their God, for they will return to Me with their whole heart. ~ Jeremiah 24:7 This. Right. There. If we but cut out the noise in the world, and tuned in to this whisper....
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