On This Night...

Full Moon Dancing:

 

 

 

 

I have finally caved to social media madness and created a Facebook page for my photography.

If anyone is interested in following along,

you can find it here.

1 Billion Rising

 

 

Dancing to "Break the Chain" on a sunny afternoon!

So awesome to be a part of it...

 

 

 

 

Hello 2013!

 

 

Out dancing and doing the photography thing.

Blog posts (and possibly commenting as well) will likely

be sporadic at best, but I'll still be keeping an eye

on my reading list.

Thanks for all the inspiration!

Wind. Leaves. Words. Dance.

 

* At the Goblin Market * 


To ride the midnight train, you’ll need one old coin and a finger bone. It will not take you where you expect to go.


You can purchase love, but you’ll have to pay dearly.


Both story and song are good to barter with.


Framed pictures, the color of cloth and pretty women will not

Look the same in the morning. Trust me on this.


There is a stall that sells questions. Choose wisely.


Yes, you can commune with the dead.


Never eat the apples.

 

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Every year, Autumn seduces me effortlessly. The colors, the scents, the quality of the light! Long sleeves with thumb-holes and fleece and hot chocolate and boots! And paths like this:

 

 

We are on storm watch tonight. It is appropriately blustery, and I suspect the leaves are having a last hurrah.

Soon the trees will be bare.

 

 

This is also the season when dance events pick up. I recently performed a tribal fusion piece with a friend at Rakkasah East, a weekend long festival that celebrates all forms of bellydance.

 

 

And this past weekend, I had the opportunity to photograph some very lovely dancers at a local hafla:

 

 

It is such a pleasure to "capture" the bliss!

 

 

 

 

Hello, it's me.

Why hello! Lest you think I've been slacking off over here, have a few photos.

I've been doing this:

 

 

And this:

 

 

 

 

 

I'm pleased to have found a technique that I like to use to transfer photos to canvas, at least on a small scale. The distressed look is intentional, and is well-suited to my theme of "objects and oddities." I've been mounting them like this:

 

 

 

 

Or using cradled canvas, which I've fallen a little in love with:

 

 

 

 

I've even gotten a few of them into my Etsy shop! 

 

 

So far, Autumn has been productive as well as pretty. I hope all is well where you are!





 



In the blink of an eye: July

Sometimes it feels like the long, hot days of summer are lingering and at other times it seems the calender pages are flying. I've been chasing bubbles:

And dragonflies:

I've been dancing, of course, and shooting other dancers

(with the camera):

There's been a bounty of blissful summer reading. "The Prisoner of Heaven" by Carlos Ruiz Zafon and "Shadow of Night" by Deborah Harkness were both released earlier this month. I was also gifted with an ARC of Maggie Stiefvater's "The Raven Boys." Did I mention bliss?  All three are well-written and deeply enjoyable gems ~ I'd highly recommened any of them!

I've also been reading submissions for Scheherezade's Bequest. The upcoming issue revolves around riffs on"The Loathly Lady" and the themes found therein. This is a tale that has always been close to my heart, and I'm happy to see freshly spun stories that explore this tale further and take it to new and exciting places. The final product will mark the re-entry into the world of print for Cabinet des Fees. If you have a story that suits, please send it along, or if you know someone who might be interested in submitting, feel free to share the guidelines, which are here.

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