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April

Why would anyone buy a Jersey from a blog comment?

Posted by Marilynne | Under: Everything Else, Mysterious things, Rants | Comments(2)

Are we like a line of sheep – or lemmings – when we buy things?  Do we just see the name and plunk down our cash so we can own something?  What about paying money for knock-offs?  By knock-offs I mean someone designed the article, gave it a good reputation, spent money promoting it, and [...]

4

April

In the company of authors and those who write

Posted by Marilynne | Under: books and things, Everything Else, Mysterious things, Travel | Comment(1)

Last week I flew to Albuquerque, New Mexico, and drove to Santa Fe. I added the bit of driving so I could get the feel of New Mexico before reaching my destination. Well, you have to love the Southwest in order to love that road. Fortunately, I do love the southwest. I love the long [...]

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March

Acapella by one really talented individual

Posted by Marilynne | Under: Everything Else, Mysterious things | Comment(1)

This is from YouTube.  There had to be so much thinking to get it synchronized so well.  This guy (his name is Corey) is really good. There’s more of Corey’s work on YouTube. Marilynne Did you like this? Share it:Tweet

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January

What’s in a watercolor?

Posted by Marilynne | Under: Everything Else, Mysterious things, watercolor | Comments(2)

I love the mysterious actions of watercolor on paper – especially on wet paper.  At some point you just have to trust that what you painted will come out just fine. Here’s a fun watercolor.  I painted it from a card.  The fun of painting is that it has a relationship to the card, but [...]