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The Ups & Downs

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March is said to come in like a lion and go out like a lamb. Well, if that is so, I would like to see the lamb please, and I don't mean meteorologically. What exactly do I mean? Well, many of you know I have been on the never ending hunt for a job that will suit my current fiscal needs. I am thankful for the job I have currently, but if I am to move on with my life's plans, there will need to be a significant change in personal income. For this reason, I started applying for teaching jobs back in Texas. Twice now, I have been presented with what I have thought were good teaching opportunities. The latest one was such a sure thing, that I almost rented the moving truck and started calling the rental agency that manages my house and told them, take the house off the market. It's a good thing I didn't because said job was given to someone who had lost her position within the same district and had to be given the job due to contractual obligations. The people who planned ...

In the Works

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Maybe you have noticed the button in the side bar. FEATURING is a new magazine that I am helping to edit. It will be coming out in the spring 2012. FEATURING is the brainchild of my friend Marit. If you would like to find out more about subscribing or even contributing to the magazine, please click on the blinky at the top of the sidebar. We are very excited about this great project. I will keep you updated about the magazine's progress, but you can always click on the sidebar to see how we are coming along. Now here's a project I tell myself I am going to participate in and never get around to it - A Year In the Life of an Art Journal.   I don't think I have ever done even one prompt, but this time I decided to jump in and have some fun. THE PROMPT : Scars THE SONG : Jar of Hearts by Christina Perri PRODUCT/TECHNIQUE : rips and tearing (Collage of printed images from internet;  the jar of hearts is a spaghetti jar filled with  hand painted hearts that I photogr...