Faithful Nest

Living faithful in a faithless world

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  • 100 days

    I’m sorry, but it’s not THAT 100 days. We aren’t close and I’m breathing slowly and deeply to get through every one till we get there. My friend posted a…


  • Send

    I finally did it. Yesterday I launched my work off to a publisher, ending one stage and beginning another. After procrastinating, editing, reviewing, and more procrastination, the crucial step to…


  • Winter movements

    Birds flock to my feeder today, in the minor warming. Temperatures here in Wisconsin are more down than up, triggering all sorts of weather warnings. The chickadees and house finches…


  • Miles later…

    I must confess. First, let’s roll back to the 30 day challenge. One of my artist colleagues posted an open challenge to commit to a daily goal for the next…


  • Challenge accepted

    It started the usual way… A friend tossed out a challenge to be productive 30 days in a row. Create, make, write, perform, do whatever you want to work with…


  • Naming Writes: titles Part 2

    First of all, the internet does not have all the answers. The secret surrounds naming a piece written in response to a fairy tale. After trying several key word searches,…


  • Naming writes

    Forgive me, I am a person who plays with words. Marketing ones self can be overwhelming in this age of too many options. The first lesson is to unify your…


  • Jade Ring Excitement

    We have an ongoing love/hate relationship with our phone. More technically, we (our household) have received so many robo and telemarketing calls that we hesitate to answer anything with an…


  • Purpose

    My latest fetish is a dead poet, but a Nobel Prize winning talent. I cannot begin to tell you the rabbit trail that has led me here. I do know…


  • A Life in 12 Syllables

    You might think you know me, but where I’m from there’s this: children in our parts were to be seen and not heard. Sunday nights we all spent at Grandma…


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