The Avengers Show Off My Latest Hobby – Calligraphy

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Macro shots of individual characters with a pen nib each follow below.

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Poem in a Picture – My Pictorial Poetry on Instagram

In addition to this blog, I also write poetry online in my poetry blog. Recently, though, some coincidental life events led me to try out sharing my poetry via pictorial format that’s not text searchable. It reached out to people who preferred getting their social media via pictures rather than text, even if it were pictures of text. In that sense, I created an Instagram account that had screen captures of the poetry on my blog, without all the annotations accompanying the poems I write for myself to recall later.

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Peanut Butter, Honey and Cucumber Sandwich

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This is easy to make. It’s delicious and it’s healthy! You can cut up the mini-cucumber while you toast the bread! Try it!

Being an Artist for a Day at NSCAD

Saturday, the local art college had something akin to an open house with lots activities for kids and adults alike. Here’s a summary of my day from my general life Instagram.

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Give Mom a Lifestyle Change She Wants of You for Mother’s Day

Mother’s Day is a huge holiday in North America as lots of people get all kinds of things for their Moms. For all the great gifts out there, though, that one could buy, most people would probably agree that something you make is more valued, even if it might be less useful. This year, though, I thought of something to do better. I adopted a minor lifestyle change Mom had suggested to me for some time now.

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