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lens and pen where words and images gather wednesday december 13 2023 a spill of acorns the fortune teller takes your hand and leads you to the woods you wonder if the decision to meet by moonlight was a good idea but your feet follow his until the only sounds are leaf shaped you pause in a small clearing and the fortune teller draws nine acorns out of his pocket and cups them between his palms he encourages you to place your hands under his and together you raise the nuts skyward a gift for the stars when he brings your hands back to eye level the acorns are warm and radiating light he invites you to sit next to him as he gently spreads his fingers tumbling the precious globes onto the damp earth of the forest floor and it is then that he begins to tell your future in a spill of acorns top of formbottom of form posted by donna q at 11 15 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest thursday october 31 2013 new design and the story behind it on the night my mother died it snowed i got the call and drove through the flake laden darkness to her hospice room for the final time death had wiped away all signs of stress my mom looked peaceful and at least ten years younger i sat with her body for a bit eventually moved to gather the flowers and cards and the blanket that had been knitted just for her i paused at the door for one last look and then the coroner came to take her away the rest of the evening passed in a vague blur mom had finalized most of the arrangements so it was just a matter of setting everything in motion afterwards i nibbled on pizza is it strange that i can still recall this almost six years on and then dropped into bed morning came with a rush of remembrance grief the shadow ghost that had been lingering ever since my father passed a little over a year before invaded my world yet again i brewed some tea a small warm comfort and settled in to check my e mail an update from tuscan artist daniel martin diaz whose newsletters are infrequent and random was tucked among the condolences he was announcing a new work of art that like many of his paintings contained both text and image this particular piece was of a stylized sugar skull along with the latin phrase etiam in morte perdurat amor my tea cooled as i stared at the screen incredulous as i translated the words tears came as i plugged them into the computer just to make sure my translation was right sure enough the words swimming before my eyes less than a dozen hours after my mother died read even in death love prevails i thought about ordering a print of that work or maybe a t shirt but time went on and i lost my window of opportunity the sentiment though and it s spectacular timing stayed with me this year i decided to make my own sugar skull design just in time to honor the day of the dead it is dedicated to those that we hold near and dear in our hearts posted by donna q at 10 54 pm 10 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest friday may 31 2013 as you wish i am entirely delighted to say that this issue came together beautifully it is chock full of fantastic poetry fiction and academic musings the cover art is by rima staines and the interior features captivating images by kirsty greenwood and brooke shaden photography more info can be found on the cabinet des fees website here posted by donna q at 8 49 pm 4 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest wednesday march 27 2013 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 posted by donna q at 2 12 am no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest thursday february 14 2013 1 billion rising dancing to break the chain on a sunny afternoon so awesome to be a part of it posted by donna q at 11 19 pm 3 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest thursday january 3 2013 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 posted by donna q at 12 29 am 4 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest monday october 29 2012 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 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 posted by donna q at 2 20 am 6 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest older posts home subscribe to posts atom blog archive 2023 1 december 1 a spill of acorns 2013 5 october 1 may 1 march 1 february 1 january 1 2012 12 october 1 september 1 july 1 june 2 may 2 april 1 march 2 january 2 2011 49 december 5 november 5 october 3 september 4 august 5 july 3 june 3 may 3 april 5 march 4 february 5 january 4 about me donna q i am 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