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  • Feliz Navidad

    What We Need is Here Geese appear high over us, pass, and the sky closes. Abandon, as in love or sleep, holds them to their way, clear in the ancient faith: what we need is here. And we pray, not for a new earth or heaven, but to be quiet in heart, and in eye,…

  • A Few Things I Love About The Season

    A house full of friends, with a big pot of tamales steaming on the stove. Cheese plates. Punch and Judy at the ranch. Biscochitos. Christmas lights. Board games. Gingerbread for breakfast. The smell of pine. The spazzy glow seen in the eyes of children. Meeting for hot toddies. Farolitos.

  • Windchill Minus Ten

    Normal people are sleeping at dawn, when the thermometer says 6 but the windchill is -10.

  • Oh, Christmas Tree

    Walking into the bosque, along the Rio Grande, I come upon the perfect Christmas tree, lying in my path.

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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