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Claire, dreaming

4/28/2021

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by Carrie Karnes Fannin

Her head
rests
on
my slippers

as her dozing chocolate eyes
flicker with bone-bred
memories

of snows
swirling and sweeping
over gray plains
lit by a howling moon.

Her soft sighs
and whimpers
call
to the wild pack--

warning
of
lightning,
prairie fires,
and boulder-filled
rushing rivers.

Still sleeping,
she turns and settles once more,
all the while her paws

twitch-twitch

as she hunts
alongside the ghosts
of wolves.
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We said goodbye to Ms. Claire Bear yesterday. It was our privilege to have her with us for almost nine years and to see her off into the Universe when the time came.

​Thank you for stopping by awhile, Claire. You were a very good girl.
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THOUGHTS ON MAKING MARKS

4/26/2021

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PictureCut-paper art by Carrie Karnes-Fannin
1. You are an unrepeatable miracle. Against all the odds, you came into existence in this time and this place. There will never be another quite like you.

2. You were born a maker. It is the human condition. From the time we’re born, we make marks (paper, walls, shoes, our own skin), sing songs, and dance. It never stops.

3. After doing what we need to make a living, we do what makes us LIVE. When you sing off-key in the shower or embarrass your kid in a grocery aisle by doing a little shimmy to the 80s Muzak, you are making art.

4. Making is abundance. Creativity begets creativity. There is no need to fear that “this” idea will be the last. Creation comes from us like beads on a string—one after the other.

5. Find joy in the fact that no matter when or where, you are a maker. Giving freely to the world from your creative abundance will make a circle of giving that never ends. Share and it will spark more in others. Give with an open hand—post pictures, share stories, be silly.
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Make your mark.

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PB Party Competition ~ Honorable Mention!

4/12/2021

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HONORABLE MENTION:
​While making the showcase would’ve been so sweet, it’s encouraging to see my picture book biography ‘SCULPTOR OF LIGHT & LIVES’ came close!

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Check out all the awesome titles here.
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Playing with Ideas & Paper

4/7/2021

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When I need ideas or can't find my way through a story, I take a walk.

Sometimes that walk is with my feet. Other times it is with my hands.

As I cut and arrange paper, it frees my mind to roam and often I can solve a thorny story problem while making a little bit of art. It's a win-win solution.


​Somehow, I don't think
Red and Wolf's story was finished
that fateful day at Grandma's house.

What did we all get wrong
and what happened to them later? 
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