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The Full Cup: August 2015
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Thursday, August 6, 2015. Satchel for Sketching in real life. Trying to rekindle my art, I read a biography of E. H. Shepard. Who drew the original pictures for the Winnie the Pooh books. I was struck by Shepard's life long practice of drawing all the time! He just drew everywhere! On whatever he had! On both sides of all kinds of scraps of paper! All the people and exciting happenings and characters around him! I'm trying to make my art fit my real life rather than changing my life to accomodate art.
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The Full Cup: January 2012
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Thursday, January 26, 2012. Pretty happy funny real in Minnesota. A day at the Mississipi. We had the place to ourselves. It was beautiful. Love this girl. Holding baby Willem. Cool to see them working together. Willem is back to his regular happy self. Man, is he a great baby. I think I look like this a lot. I may not know what I'm saying, but I'm saying it emphatically. Wednesday, January 25, 2012. I am not my kids' buddy. I am in awe of God for giving me this family. More importantly, do they need.
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The Full Cup: June 2014
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Tuesday, June 24, 2014. Oh, it's the Far Northland that's a callin' me away! I am leading a womens' retreat to the BWCA this summer, and thought I'd post some images from past Boundary Waters trips. We will be on a big lake, full of islands. One is called Three Mile Island. To give a sense of scale. We camp on the lake shore, which is often rocky. One can hear the water lapping on the shore, and the loons and whip-poor-wills calling. By August we can hope for fair weather. We try to pack light. O, blackb...
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The Full Cup: March 2012
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Wednesday, March 21, 2012. On Kitchens and Babies. So with teething and winter colds and fevers, I've been thinking about survival strategies; how life works with a gaggle of kids. Two little ideas, new to us, that I've been enjoying lately:. We put a rocking chair in the kitchen! Pretty and Happy: so content I drew a picture! An old idea, for us: put the baby on a back. On the floor, on a blanket, dancing to some fun music, with the cat door, a shoe, whatever he seems interested in. When baby deares...
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The Full Cup: February 2013
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Sunday, February 24, 2013. My sister Mary whispered to me today, "Demons aren't scary. They're just little punks.". I think she's right. She really helped me out a lot today. That girl has spoken some really sensible things to me lately. Thanks, sister! By the way, I didn't mean anything derogatory about punks at all! I love me some punks. I love how much shooting Paul has done in the neighborhood because of his show. Speaking of little punks, this one sure can climb the walls! New words every day! His p...
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The Full Cup: October 2011
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Sunday, October 23, 2011. Warning: biblical obscurity alert! Forgive me while I geek out a while. So I bit the bullet and have started reading out of a different, intact, but very large and unwieldy copy. I made myself a beautiful new ribbon bookmark to entice me into the new book, and it worked. Little things, like the edition of my bible, or an ugly cover, or the lack of adequate bookmarks, often keep me from deep quiet times! And again, I say, Rejoice! Permission, even exhortation to rejoice! Only the...
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The Full Cup: Oh, it's the Far Northland that's a callin' me away!
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Tuesday, June 24, 2014. Oh, it's the Far Northland that's a callin' me away! I am leading a womens' retreat to the BWCA this summer, and thought I'd post some images from past Boundary Waters trips. We will be on a big lake, full of islands. One is called Three Mile Island. To give a sense of scale. We camp on the lake shore, which is often rocky. One can hear the water lapping on the shore, and the loons and whip-poor-wills calling. By August we can hope for fair weather. We try to pack light.
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The Full Cup: A Pick-Me-Up!
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Friday, September 5, 2014. So, I'm planning my work and working my plan with Mystie Winckler at Simplified Organization. These kids are helping me plan my work and work my plan. Can you tell? As I said in the last post, I talked a couple of friends into signing up with me for this e-course to simplify and organize my life. I've been working on this for years -gulp- but this format is really helping me. This summer has been fulfilling artistically- it's been jam-packed with creative and personal projects!
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The Full Cup: May 2012
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Saturday, May 5, 2012. A Year Ago Today. The joy of discovery. Ezra said, "I didn't know he would be like this. Ezra's first day as a big brother. Lots of holding, resting, cuddling. Labor; here with Jessica. I was poor and needy. I was in great distress. I cried to God, and he delivered me and rescued me from death. Here I am in the land of the living! With great joy I thank God; for life, for breath, for this baby! Thank you thank you thank you. William Moses Johnson, born May 5, 2011, Thanks be to God!
