finding beauty in the everyday
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Do Over!
I take back my 2019 word! Even as I was writing yesterday, I wasn’t sure integration was it. Too cold. Too vague. Too academic. And since this is my little Smagik world, I’m taking it back and going with… Connection. Similar, but with a warmer vibe. The roots of home. The mix of integrating hobbies…
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To Live Whole
Every year, my mom gives me a Redstone Diary Calendar for Christmas. They choose a word or a theme for the coming year, as I do, and without fail, our words tend to blend bizarrely well. Out of fear of ever being audited, I keep past calendars in discarded black shoe boxes, taken from costume…
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Feliz Navidad
Wishing you and yours a Smagikal Holiday, full of laughter, joy, and peace.
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Happy Winter Solstice!
Happiest longest nightiest night of the year to you!
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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