finding beauty in the everyday
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Isn’t it ironic
The last time I wrote, almost six weeks ago, it seemed that the film industry may have gone the way of the Blockbuster and land-lines and that it would be a good time to think of a pivot and, right after I wondered that, a series of synchronistic and unexpected events began and at the…
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Back to the Early Aughts
I rang in Y2K two-stepping at an old saloon in Madrid, NM, called the Mineshaft Tavern. I was in my second year of college, still imagining I would major in art, theater, or Spanish (I ended up majoring in American Studies), and spent any free time I had swing dancing, collaging, and reading. I don’t…
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In Solidarity
The actors have joined the writers on the picket lines. Th billionaires are at summer camp in Sun Valley. The teamsters are gearing up for an unrelated strike against UPS. And the rest of us just realized the AI cliff we went over a few months ago, mixed with eight million other things, is going…
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Courage
On Saturday a mama Finch fed and then tried to coax her four baby birds up and out of the nest. It didn’t work. Sunday came. And then Monday. She did the same. With each day there was less head fluff and more feathers, less sitting and more flapping. Then the bravest, let’s call him…
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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