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Stuffed Full of Reading
So you go on holiday you take a pile of books some sudoku crosswords and there are the 18 hands of Scrabble you've got going on your IPhone. You're going to laze around and do …
I Hereby Crown 2012 The Year of Doing Nothing!
We all have goals! Which actually is the very point to doing nothing sometimes, because the more you do nothing the more your other non, non-doing goals get done. Like painting the house or …
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The Real ‘Not Usually Spoken About’ Deal on Forgiveness
Here's how people usually teach forgiveness: They start by telling you to go get a piece of paper or an entire legal pad, depending on how pissed-off at everyone you are. Then they say, sit …
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Bob
Whenever I see this poem it reminds me of a funny friend of mine who one day when I was trying to sell my house and had this painting lying around advised me to get rid of my man-hating …
Sneaky Lisa Writes a Sneaky Poem About Poetry
Well, maybe not too many I mean, what harm are they doing. But no doubt there are a lot. And now there is one more. …
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I Love Me I Love Me I Love Me
This is one of my favourite inspirational cards (from my deck of Life Cards). Which is why I painted it up all big and with more colours and some extra words. All the I love you bits at the …
Why People Like Me Like America
I discovered Demetri Martin the same day I came across Charles Bukowski. It was a good day and a good example of why people like me like to live in America. PS: In case any immigration …
How to Learn to Draw Good
Meet Ed my very patient teacher. …
I Heart Bukowski
Just spent two hours in a cafe on Windward reading Bukowski and writing a poem about reading Bukowski. The picture above is from yesterday, when I wasn't feeling so Bukowski. …
Who’s Going To Tell The Sun?
A Monkey and Me, Santa Monica, California
Some people protest with placards ... me, I go home and write a sternly worded poem. This post is dedicated to monkeys being made to look like monkey's on 3rd Street Promenade, Santa Monica, …
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Never In the History of Everything
As you know, I've been traveling - which can make it difficult to paint large colorful poems. This is why I've been having fun posting poems living in the back of my car at home. That was until …
I Am …
Silence and Such
How to Make Your Business Cards Stand Out
These little things have turned out to be the best little business cards ever. With people signing up for my newsletter then emailing me to say hi and how much they enjoy my website (thank …
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A Life of Poems
Been thinking about praying, which reminds me of this poem which I always have somewhere around me - like on my wall (if I have a wall) or as a screensaver. Speaking of poetry, I found a poetry …
Just Another Pink Poem About Feminism
... Since we're talking about this whole feminism thing now. (This is actually interestingly intriguingly (ha ha) the first painted poem I ever did (as in the first time I painted a …
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And for something totally different …
A couple of years ago I did a series of poems about feminism and I thought I was finished with all that but apparently not - since this one popped up last week. And then I went to MOCA yesterday …
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Tips for Inner Peace according to Mr don Miguel Ruiz …
Nice eh. I really enjoyed this book And, by the way when he says "don't believe yourself" He's talking about the mind bit of yourself, - not the other clever bit that knows everything. Mr Ruiz …
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The Secret Blog
A friend suggested that when you start a blog you shouldn't tell anyone. It's easier to get a feel for your voice, she said, without thinking about what all your friends will think. (She also …
Doing the Big Thing …
(About the new arms and legs bit - yeah, it's not totally straight forward and you might have your own meaning, but for me, it says things are different now, you have new beliefs and habits and …
I am SO on to you, you crazy ass mind …
Just a little reminder for you, and for me as well, that we can change stuff really quick if we can just remember we can. Ah, yes. Keeping it Real Simple Easy. …
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