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Musings from a Painted Sky

English - Writing, Author, Mother
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Musings from a Painted Sky · 1W ago

The Hippie Lady

The next of The Girls in the Basement to be introduced is The Hippie Lady. I call her the Hippie Lady, but she’s really a combination of a Hippie Flower Child, Medicine Woman, Spiritual Guru. I suppose if I really sat down to figure out who my Spirit Guide was, it would be her. And [...]
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Musings from a Painted Sky · 1W ago

The Old Snark

The first, and probably most important member of The Girls in the Basement is the one I refer to as The Old Snark. I imagine her sitting at the table with the other girls, mostly silent and smirking as the younger ones chatter and laugh and act silly. She looks as though she’s sulking, taking [...]
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Musings from a Painted Sky · 3W ago

Meet The Girls in the Basement – Part 1

I’ve mentioned The Girls in the Basement from time to time in this blog, thinking that most of the people who have been so faithfully following my blog (who are indeed very patient and loyal, thank-you) know what I mean. But from time to time I get a question about them and I’ve always meant [...]
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Musings from a Painted Sky · 3W ago

Permission to Suck

First the obvious – yes, I’ve already missed a day of my challenge. I decided to get that over with right off the bat. After all it IS a 30 day challenge and May has 31 days, so technically I’m still on track. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it. And yes, Cyn, perhaps [...]
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Musings from a Painted Sky · 3W ago

I Must Be Outta my Flipping Mind

Thanks to a fellow writer friend, Pam (the writer formally known as Pimp My Mixer Pam, or Pimp for short), the Girls in the Basement (aka My Muses) have demanded that I revive this poor, lonely, negleted blog and challenge myself to post everyday this month. And since I haven’t heard from them in a
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Musings from a Painted Sky · 7M ago

Connecting the Dots

“You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the di
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Musings from a Painted Sky · 1Y ago

The Irish Orphan

In my husband’s family, legend has had it for years that, although their last name is “Foley”, they are not actually Irish because my husband’s Grandpa Foley was adopted. I never bought it. You see, one look at my husband’s boisterous clan will convince you that there has to be at least some Irish i
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Musings from a Painted Sky · 1Y ago

Just a Quickie

I made a commitment to do two posts a week this month, and I’m not about to fail already or I’ll just give up. So it’ll just have to be a quick post today followed up by a longer one tomorrow. Writing Progress: Slow, but steady. I’ve been working each morning on my character sketches, [...]
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Musings from a Painted Sky · 1Y ago

The Dressmaker

Last night, we happened upon a documentary on PBS about workers’ unions, most likely aired in response to the current issue in Wisconsin. It focused on the Shirtwaist Makers’ Strike that took place in New York City in 1909 and the tragic factory fire that occurred a couple years afterwards at the Tr
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Musings from a Painted Sky · 1Y ago

(Just Like) Starting Over

Wow … I remembered my password. That’s something, anyway. Okay, so it’s been awhile. Again. But I am happy to report that I am checking in here with a plan and some enthusiasm to boot, so go me. This past month, I’ve been working on getting back into the writing groove and finish my novel [...]
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