In the beginning… there was… just the first yarn loop… then the creations… themselves… in beautiful styles… and in bright… vibrant colors… When I walked into my hand knitting class at Joann’s with my mom… we were prepared to learn from our instructor how to hand knit a traditional neck scarf with loop yarn… Each…
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A Black Rose… Is Still A Rose… A Black Flower… Is Still A Flower…
I hadn’t known anything about a black rose… or black flowers until year 2015. I didn’t know that black roses or flowers actually existed… I heard of and had seen black butterflies… I know of a song called Black Butterfly I love… and listened to often in the early 90s… It’s an uplifting song… the…
A Crinkle Is Not A Wrinkle… Within My Style Repertoire…
HONEY BEE… SWEET BEE… BÉE YOU… AND I’LL BEE ME… I LOVE YOU BEEING YOU… AND I LOVE BEEING ME… At a very early age I was taught… self-presentation is important… the way I presented myself to myself, to others… and to the world… This wasn’t just a lesson taught by words… I…
The Art of Art…
I love how deeply I am able to live… when I let myself… live… Thought is part of living… a necessary part of living… Feeling is… living… Creating is… life… ~ Dana Rondel Intrigued by a magazine article and its title, I ended up writing down the first three words of the title, “The Art…
The Influence of Writing In Our Lives… The Emotion and Character of Words…
Once I decided to become a professional writer, I immediately began to study the craft. I attended private or public workshops, enrolled in writing courses while in graduate school, participated in writing groups, read more and more books within different genres and did whatever else was required to develop my own unique style and voice. I…
