finding beauty in the everyday
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Cut and Paste
Sitting at my dining room table with coffee, scissors, glue, paper, listening to NPR, making. Unpacking a box of paper, rubber stamps, and cards, I realized it had been almost two years since I had glue on my fingers. These items were boxed at the beginning of 2012, as I packed my entire house in…
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Home
There was a book I loved as a child, about a gypsy caravan. Though I have forgotten most of it, including the title, I still remember the line “gypsies only come to go away”. I was enamored with the idea of traveling with ones tribe and house, always waking at “home”. It was the beginning…
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Giddyup
Happy New Year! It’s January 31st, 2014, and that means Goodbye Water Snake and Hello Wood Horse! Wishing you and yours a great one! http://astrostyle.com/year-of-the-horse-2014/
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Ode to January
Take down the lights. The wreath lies in the trash. Barely winter, really? Truffles more appreciated now. Champagne too. Spread the salt, don’t slip on the ice. Where do birds sleep in January? Nests seem unfair. Hibernate now. Soon it will be warm, And you’ll emerge. -C Sandrin
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!
