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Monday, Feb. 15th my cat, Hilo (named after the city in Hawaii) will be choosing the winner of the OWOH giveaway.

The random number generator is too confusing and technical ~ so, instead, I printed out the comments, numbered and named, cut them into strips of paper, wadded them up into over 100 balls and tossed them into a basket. If you are a last minute entry, your name will still be included, you have until midnight Arizona time, Sunday, Feb.14th! Hilo loves to play “paper ball”, this is when I crumble up a piece of paper and throw it and he brings it back to me. This is repeated until I get tired! Sometimes, when he wants to play, he brings me a wad of paper to throw for him. His eyes were as big as saucers when he saw the huge pile of paper balls on my desk this afternoon! Of course, he grabbed them and picked them up in his mouth, having a hay day. Monday I will let him have the basket and pull one out. I’ll take photos and post them with the winner’s name.

This just seems like a lot more fun and much easier than the computerized method. I know that Hilo will love it!

Good luck and I’ll contact you if you win and post your name, blog site, etc on my blog on Monday.

HAPPY VALENTINE’S Day!

“coffee break”

“double shot”

“triple shot”

I ran across one of my many piles of pen and ink drawings that I saved from years ago. Pen and ink have always been my first love. I was reminded that I need to do more of them. I get completely lost in a dream world while drawing. It is the greatest high. I LOVE that! ~ So, of course, I gathered up my pen and ink supplies and started diving into that world again. I have discovered that it must be incorporated into my daily, creative routine.

I am working on a monthly art newsletter that will include the pen and ink with inspirations, positive affirmations, quotes, etc. I am calling it the ‘Magical Muse News’ ~ it is an exciting project. Besides incorporating them into my own art journey, I will offer them to Phoenix Body, Mind and Soul magazine.

In the meantime, I’m just drawing, painting, thinking, and making it all happen. There are so many things that I want to indulge in and there really are not enough hours in this lifetime to cover everything! ~ “One step at a time. Focus on the here and now. Pay attention to what is front of me.” ~ These are the things that I tell myself in an effort to stay grounded. If I think too far ahead of the moment, I tend to get scattered and cannot accomplish anything! Then I need a long nap!  Which leads to more dreaming, which leads to more art, which leads to more napping! A vicious creative process that is best to avoid.

Oh, Yah, I need to boil some water and get out the french press…..a HUGE cup of coffee should do the trick! The obvious really does often escape me.

So, now the coffee is steeping and I am on my way to another creatively full day. ~ That is, if I don’t start daydreaming my way into some grandiose scene and wear myself out! HA!