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  • Tent Rocks

    Tent Rocks National Monument. 59 degrees and windy. Woke feeling jealous of snow that’s hitting the eastern part of the country. Seems that here it’s been 55, sunny, dry, and brown for weeks. Well, might as well get out there and enjoy it rather than complain!

  • 2014 Smagikscope

    Give yourself a pat on the back for making it through another mundane and magnificent year here on planet Earth. You’re alive! As 2014 begins, the asteroid Salud will light the skies, urging all to take more walks, breathe more deeply, and smell more roses. Laughter will do wonders for your health this year, remember…

  • Oh, 2013, it’s been… interesting!

    It’s been a year of lessons, floods, introspection, things coming from left field, and of learning to let go, to laugh at myself, and to trust. Really, it’s been the exact opposite of the extroverted adrenaline high that was my 2012. I should have known when I bought a calendar on Etsy.com which proclaimed that…

  • 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,…

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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