A Pirate Jamboree Our "over-board" Halloween decor began after Don and I stumbled upon the Pirate Jamboree on Ocracoake Island, North Carolina in 2018, which just happened to be the 300-year anniversary of the death of Blackbeard the Pirate. His final battle took place near Ocracoke. The jamboree was a rollicking party filled with attendees in full pirate costume, musical entertainment, … [Read more...]
Puppy Update
Eight Months Old Stony Creek Downtown Cowboy will be eight months old October 21st. It’s hard to believe how much our puppy has grown. His body is longer than Clementine’s (people ask if he’s part dachshund—he’s 100% Welsh Pembroke Corgi!) but he weighs less, most likely because he’s full of peanuts. Now that he’s housebroken, we’ve opened more areas of the house for him. Allowing him into … [Read more...]
Surviving a Native American Boarding School
History 101 - a poem This devastating poem by my friend and fellow alum Mihku Paul is about her grandfather, a residential school survivor who helped raise Mihku. Their family was "deeply impacted by what happened to Gramp." Native American Boarding Schools (also known as Indian Boarding Schools) were established by the U.S. government in the late 19th century as part of an "enforced" … [Read more...]
What, Why, How: Carol Cameron
What: I created the “Council of 9” and its companion piece, “The Threshold” as a total of eleven mixed media sculptures. They make up an installation in my studio-turned-exhibit space. Council of 9 asks that we as humans evolve our consciousness to be a more compassionate and aware species with genuine concern for others, the planet, and those generations that will come after us. The … [Read more...]
What, Why, How: Nylah Lyman
What: Frail Union is my first book-length collection of poetry, published by Encircle Publications, currently in bookstores. Why: I began writing many of these poems more than a decade ago. At the time, I was involved with a fabulous writing group in central New Hampshire. We called ourselves Women of Words, and we were all poets. We gave readings in the community, and some of the … [Read more...]
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