finding beauty in the everyday
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Always
(photos made by me, November 7, 2016) Two years ago, I woke up on election morning, in LA. The Cubs had won the World Series just a week before and as I went about my morning, I thought about what I would say to my 5 year old nephew that night, when I called him…
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Dead Can Dance
The Guest House- This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all! Even if they are a crowd of sorrows, who violently sweep your house empty of its furniture, still, treat each guest…
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Zucchini Deliciousness
It’s like I just got home from a year of crazy. And now, suddenly, it’s fall, the end of 2018, I’m living back in my house, just returned from my trip East, and for the first time in a long time, maybe since last year, I feel settled. Like I can exhale. Like I didn’t…
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Our Known’s Last Days
I’m riding on a train from Providence back to New York and out the window the trees are just beginning to change. The sky is grey and, after a hot, sticky beginning to the month, temperatures plunged and today was 45 degrees cooler than Wednesday. Last night, I stayed with friends in Westport, Massachusetts, in…
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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