finding beauty in the everyday
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Your Heart
Happy Valentine’s Day! Open your heart, follow your heart, create love, be love, be brave, you are the love. And you are so, SO loved. If you enjoy these posts, please follow Smagik.com and please share!
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Detached.
Back in LA for the first time since I moved and ever having lived here feels like a dream. Back to staying in friend’s guest rooms and houses while here for work. Back to making the 12 hour drive across the desert, to looking forward to seeing and being near the ocean, to making lists…
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Buen Provecho
In early December I came across a post on Volunteermatch.org by the non-profit usimmigrantcafe.org looking for volunteers who like food and to write. Um, yes, please! They describe themselves as “A nationwide non-profit platform showcasing immigrant restaurateurs in pursuit of their American Dream.” Just that week, I’d spoken with a friend about my desire to…
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Water Birds
There is a preciousness to water in the desert that the birds seem to understand. Instead of heading to the beach every weekend, which I still miss, I now make almost daily trips to walk along the banks of the Rio Grande. I’m slowly making friends with its ducks, geese, and cranes. Next week I’ll make…
Smagik is Claire Sandrin’s personal blog of writing and photographs dedicated to finding beauty in the everyday. It covers everything from how to brand yourself as a creative, making a professional pivot in middle age, travels to Amsterdam, and recipes for grain free chocolate zucchini cake. Join me for the adventure that is this life!
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