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Living the Dream
I’m sitting in Happy Girl Kitchen in Pacific Grove, California, because it’s as close as I can get to my kitchen at the moment. Three weeks into my four week stay and all I want is tea, toast, to write, and listen to music on Saturday mornings and, though some of that is possible from…
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Peace
-The Peace of Wild Things- When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be, I go and lie down where the wood drake rests in his beauty on the water, and the great…
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The Winding Road
We must be willing to let go of the life we planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us. -Joseph Campbell Yesterday I stood on the edge of grassy cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean and thought about Joseph Campbell’s words, as salty wind whipped my hair and wildflowers rustled my jeans.…
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Love after Love The time will come when, with elation you will greet yourself arriving at your own door, in your own mirror and each will smile at the other’s welcome, and say, sit here. Eat. You will love again the stranger who was your self. Give wine. Give bread. Give back your heart to…
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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