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Karen Blessen Journals

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Today's a new day! From Good Morning and Good Night by Jane Werner, illustrated by Eloise Wilkin, 1949

I did not know that I was the first graphic artist to be so honored until the hours after the award, when it was confirmed. I don't think I can put that into words. I felt like I was glowing. But real life is very humbling. I came home that evening and

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a neighbor saw me emptying the kitty litter box + said 'Pulitzer Prize winners shouldn’t have to do that.' The Columbus Telegram announced the win on their front page. My picture was right next to and given equal play with the fellow who’d won the ugly bartender contest. Life is humbling.

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BREAK
What makes me "glow" now?

  1.     This. Quiet time. Writing.
  2.     Seeing joy in people we work with.
  3.     Moments of unity.
  4.     Concentrating.
  5.     NATURE
  6.     CLOUDS

 

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Shine through us
Dear You, help us to spread Your
Fragrance everywhere we go.
Flood our souls with Your Spirit and life.
Penetrate & possess our whole being so utterly
That our lives may be a radiance of Yours.
Shine through us, and be so in us,
That every soul we come in contact with
May feel Your presence in our soul.
Let them look up & see no longer us
But only You!
Stay with us, and we will begin to shine
As you shine, so to shine as to be a light to others.

An open notebook with handwritten notes about the NRA and related topics on both pages.

So our NRA visitors and our Real Time shame tour in Dallas, embarrassment Building it in red Omni wrapped in the US Flag. Why? In the choice of giving a home to the NRA, Dallas revealed what Dallas values. Money Power, Guns The President

Cara Mia - When Earth Meets Sky Theater Dallas Ignite @ SMU Paintings, Glass Over Kitch. Pop, Posters Logan Kroeber money in the NRA. NRA is not the gun club that... Diabolical Truth Beauty perfect lover, Suffering & Shame: A Tale of Two Cities.

An open notebook with a colorful floral and bird pattern on the left and a black and white photo on the right.