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a minimally punctuated, happy blog .....documenting my journey as an artist.....or is it my journey towards being an artist...or my artistic journey that is running parallel to life...and family...and motherhood....and...and...and......am i there yet?e.beck.artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00432428302655258370noreply@blogger.comBlogger1075125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5877106925535100167.post-11866952837554314712020-04-13T16:00:00.000-05:002020-04-13T16:00:03.849-05:00Tansy in the Pandemic<span id="docs-internal-guid-707d39ab-7fff-2a8f-cf65-0f04df16506e"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 275px; overflow: hidden; width: 275px;"><img height="275" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/fMvDGCRJ1xAEvKgAwAXSphWT5H1W2_Df71wT9W8XI7_GSfkK-r6-h5mSrK_uTTr1ROnsAlINmbPgi97XWbtd_PwziHAu4Tux_2Kytl-U-tpngd77HVrTy7uEHqVE8ev-y207Lqe6" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="275" /></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tansy is a retired ICU nurse during the pandemic. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">She began the pandemic thankful to be off the front line of the medical war on CoronaVirus. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Early on her friends would call and text about her opinions on social isolation (do), toilet paper hoarding (don't), purell (yes), handwashing (lots), masks (unclear, can't hurt) and alcohol (cheers!). </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Now her friend with a mother in ICU on a ventilator calls her every couple of hours. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tansy is happy to talk her through this hard thing. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tansy just heard that a nurse has died, the first frontline pandemic health care worker in her state. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Is it time to go back to work? </span></div>
<b id="docs-internal-guid-0cd3c290-7fff-50ca-cd4e-f0edb034e6ce" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: -webkit-standard; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></b>
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<br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />e.beck.artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00432428302655258370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5877106925535100167.post-47152572307608229222020-04-13T07:00:00.000-05:002020-04-13T07:00:01.410-05:00Anne and Garth in the Pandemic<span id="docs-internal-guid-7216078a-7fff-7028-c30f-8bd08cbd6c82"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 275px; overflow: hidden; width: 275px;"><img height="275" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/IGzIMlDYUyhxSA4F8aG6F2XqZ7K5gSGmG6fUql-5n-Xi_XAEcIXLm-KjRWEi54hZLE-iBRbjw4VxBli6FoC0fgne5hE11QQkiNKjrqIoTLuJvR0wabwsER93pNBWHZ3pJePPIyKe" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="275" /></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Anne and Garth live in a Senior Living Community during the pandemic. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Garth is almost 92. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Anne is his younger wife. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The social life of their community shut down with the implementation of social distancing and no visitors allowed. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Meals are delivered to their apartment. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Douglas, the youngest of four of their children lives nearby.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">He brought them groceries. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">He took the photo from afar. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">He maintained a healthy distance to keep his parents safe. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Anne and Garth were thankful for a bit of fresh air.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When will social distancing be over? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Pandemic Personalities with Sprinkles. Anne and Garth. My actual parents, not small toys. </span></div>
e.beck.artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00432428302655258370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5877106925535100167.post-57333528025281638472020-04-12T16:00:00.000-05:002020-04-12T16:00:08.813-05:00Peony in the Pandemic<span id="docs-internal-guid-aa953f48-7fff-9099-c781-6741c6427844"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 275px; overflow: hidden; width: 275px;"><img height="275" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/ncN8Gdv6U_fl363ewma37tlY3fKHHnSdThFWeeu_duLMxTtncIi6Maq5gBdWBQv2bd9DygE-QQesQMEzJYbqbYs1PEo4TVrEA2YQdhZEG8mzsiYhoMrPDqaK2RQ_KtZB22pssPox" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="275" /></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Peony is a CNA during the pandemic.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">She feels fortunate to still have a steady paycheck.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">She feels relieved that her clients in the assisted care facility are in the same state of aging health that they were when the pandemic started. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">She is terrified by the news bits about senior living facilities that have been ravaged by the pandemic.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Peony prays for those in her care every day. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Will praying for them be enough? </span></div>
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<br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />e.beck.artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00432428302655258370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5877106925535100167.post-7886835120405774502020-04-12T07:00:00.000-05:002020-04-12T07:00:04.811-05:00Freesia in the Pandemic<span id="docs-internal-guid-59a2e5df-7fff-1b16-1ab4-a4f56c0ff2ab"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 275px; overflow: hidden; width: 275px;"><img height="275" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/GZU0P_nCCymbPrS7d3yY5JGdx03cEQeCqFl8flPB2d3k1YAMyuKgEGjng5oZUDvlKyRbJKWsWkhWSTac343ikkzsDS_tGkyX4gzucgqu1VvR3Sw4o0UdSir6E5GlqRNpRUDal0AW" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="275" /></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Freesia works for a yard service during the pandemic. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Every day now, she wakes up scared. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">She is frightened of the disease that is spreading.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">She is worried that her job and source of income will suddenly stop. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">She is amazed that there are still people willing to pay for mowing, edging, trimming and weeding. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">She is thankful that it is spring and that the workload in each yard is actually increasing. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Freesia is astonished that she has worn a mask at work for years and now others desperately seek masks. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Will the yard service company make it through the pandemic unscathed? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Pandemic Personalities with Sprinkles. Freesia. Unicorn.</span></div>
e.beck.artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00432428302655258370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5877106925535100167.post-11972430027566458002020-04-11T16:00:00.000-05:002020-04-11T16:00:10.489-05:00Arbor, Aster and Azalea in the Pandemic<span id="docs-internal-guid-e3ad7119-7fff-c84c-856f-6d472891ac71"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 275px; overflow: hidden; width: 275px;"><img height="275" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/UMp9ExS2r2wZsZWLP5-TtOaiYobxA919LO7cFdUVKzjw7bOOpytpahcU0UhG8Ds_pT1wEBzFEQpkXFnIG4lnxFoLQh9yhVU4KgPbzrQn3r7I70yy20WRaRi8U7TwOQhoO87INdo8" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="275" /></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Arbor and Aster were empty nesters in retirement when the pandemic started. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Azalea lost her job. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Together, they all decided financially that the best idea was for Azalea to move home. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">No one is happy with the idea. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The adult child misses her freedom.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The parents miss their freedom. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">How long is this going to last? </span></div>
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<br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />e.beck.artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00432428302655258370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5877106925535100167.post-91146297891343432972020-04-11T04:00:00.000-05:002020-04-11T04:00:09.273-05:00Orchid and Clover in the Pandemic<span id="docs-internal-guid-ed755cc4-7fff-0f95-58c5-86db9a57ef31"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 275px; overflow: hidden; width: 275px;"><img height="275" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/XmVqA0pr571mxgGiF-SrdvOUmqySCGsUAsI44OF4fcynJR53rj1bDg_Qa4txpgXQs45KOzXCkfKzjQJNKHzdPi6rqQ9L63Tw_HXWMnaLXqXVOhbv04gq-dbla9-9aAsDhV1YEqFd" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="275" /></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Orchid and Clover are both working from home during the pandemic. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Clover is working 12 hour days, trying to be indispensable and keep his job. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Orchid is trying to keep up with her job, </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">trying to manage the kids,</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">trying to order groceries online, </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">trying to reassure her mother and father, </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">She is overwhelmed and angry. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Orchid has no idea how Clover is feeling.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Clover has no idea how Orchid is feeling. </span></div>
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<br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />e.beck.artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00432428302655258370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5877106925535100167.post-84875096116987831822020-04-10T16:00:00.000-05:002020-04-10T16:00:05.316-05:00Hazel in the Pandemic<span id="docs-internal-guid-a9428b4d-7fff-e4d6-1ab1-07294750becf"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 275px; overflow: hidden; width: 275px;"><img height="275" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/3THi5ixy1PgLo5XA_Xn_XlyQmRArEu4oorLlj8lJFbpSdEoNXHPfDuxV52OL7svQ9mVtQuMbvq5KxteUeTkgbmyU4y0MNfdHKKHaEkV4mIYtXp_7kDsppmd0WaNOWKnEXqCxXhwD" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="275" /></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hazel is unemployed during the pandemic. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hazel has no income during the pandemic. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">She is trying to sell things on Ebay.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">She is trying to get a job with Amazon sorting packages. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What is Hazel going to do when she uses the last 124 dollars in her bank account?</span></div>
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<br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />e.beck.artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00432428302655258370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5877106925535100167.post-3879958123413214682020-04-10T07:00:00.000-05:002020-04-10T07:00:06.388-05:00Fleur in the Pandemic<span id="docs-internal-guid-39011bbe-7fff-248d-d414-202006fc9c32"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 275px; overflow: hidden; width: 275px;"><img height="275" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/so-eDXbTSYXdzaiTg_M31h9WyXSAC8na8jFT0oT5oNp2YtIErRR3wxHMNV2oqoRi4aP8hpO_SNYQAEDXkALvNOqwRynSgFXs6tsCGtLiIPjsTFwYTZO6knE6ErjzYb9czMz0zkVj" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="275" /></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Fleur is an ER doctor during the pandemic. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Her hospital is small. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The ICU is small. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The number of ventilators is small. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The hospital has not been inundated. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">She's making plans for where she will stay once the virus slams her community. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">She doesn't want to infect her husband or their children. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">How is she going to explain her absence to her small children? </span></div>
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<br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />e.beck.artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00432428302655258370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5877106925535100167.post-90258315573298304372020-04-09T16:00:00.000-05:002020-04-09T16:00:01.930-05:00Poppy in the Pandemic<span id="docs-internal-guid-d5b63df3-7fff-4ca1-96ea-c4e537035771"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 275px; overflow: hidden; width: 275px;"><img height="275" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/xZXliIl1nIrLRLRBN-35mm2AUSfCSLe1hSefaEedc7mQceLaono5gIcE40gHwC-3VCgKnlzeG4ERV3d1n0CQfDTUihUm19iY6QRZ0pkkL1u2oGFTT4uY-360b90IOCBpp1WWBFnh" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="275" /></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Poppy goes to work with an undercurrent of fear every day during the pandemic. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Poppy works for Instacart. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">She used to deliver groceries to some regulars, mostly busy professionals, but sometimes older folks. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In the pandemic, she is an Insta "old pro" with lots of new workers cruising the grocery store alongside her now. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The news keeps saying that healthcare workers and sick people should wear masks. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">That doesn't feel right to Poppy. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When can Poppy start wearing a mask and gloves? </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Can she even find any to wear?</span></div>
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<br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />e.beck.artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00432428302655258370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5877106925535100167.post-47773356024123778372020-04-09T07:00:00.001-05:002020-04-09T07:00:06.022-05:00Violet in the Pandemic<span id="docs-internal-guid-ced8a568-7fff-3a7c-d7b2-c40704b8dc5e"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 265px; overflow: hidden; width: 264px;"><img height="265" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/DXE3n2PRBBIQhiDd2TG-ADuxqc5xLGWMEzQmkTNS9s2JomdGeoiZKQIDyaSYE5cLsjXJmljiVQrSL2bXOrAv65TKWZpz_v33Z1kDowB9DDzTWm0kOJcR5DYQ9rS8yNOyebLTYAKy" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="264" /></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Violet was dedicated to keeping busy during the pandemic. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">She waited in line at Lowe's where the police monitored that everyone stayed six feet apart while waiting to go in. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">She painted the upstairs hallway, the dining room and the garage. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">She was studying YouTube videos in preparation for retiling her back porch. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Violet is starting to worry.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">How far into the pandemic will Lowe's stay open? </span></div>
<b id="docs-internal-guid-212abf09-7fff-6994-189c-901b6fc5f559" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: -webkit-standard; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></b>
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<br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />e.beck.artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00432428302655258370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5877106925535100167.post-52879159780075181182020-04-08T16:00:00.000-05:002020-04-08T16:00:09.967-05:00Blossom in the Pandemic<span id="docs-internal-guid-35e33b18-7fff-d202-c0e2-eb7dd4a16ba3"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 275px; overflow: hidden; width: 275px;"><img height="275" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/3YTfzwPDNtAepdQ2RKEK8sVxGeRJUXEegHWUiwlMUtnP17XjgqhH0GdrNhL8J5JXaaVs11IkjHeNrcqF9MRsscxNfaXEHZfIB0OM_ecKLkodbfEOgtlV4VTBIk21KGQ8mTDG2PwL" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="275" /></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Blossom was worried about feeding her family during the pandemic. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">She had never been much of a cook, relying largely on takeout and pre made food from the grocery store. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Her go to takeouts were shutting down one by one. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Was it even safe to be waiting in line for the pizza? </span></div>
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<br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />e.beck.artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00432428302655258370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5877106925535100167.post-24900382890348594412020-04-08T07:00:00.000-05:002020-04-08T07:00:11.093-05:00Daisy in the Pandemic<span id="docs-internal-guid-1eb5fcd2-7fff-21ff-fcff-3ac16a53562f"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 275px; overflow: hidden; width: 275px;"><img height="275" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/CQRpfz3hbUoLmWB8Ad8XHziqDrQuhxuB4uZCgJuN19EGHMQbVbaAPQUHorGChni1SvbfEnLDvZ0BAavw5dRDPKZ-9QiXFyNvJ9-xKK2SXJpTc5IwQAwqlHIqbGyiWKqWVNI3dUqm" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="275" /></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Daisy was concerned with her activity levels during the pandemic. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Her daily uniform of ahtleisure wear wouldn't change, but the cancelation of hot yoga and spin class worried her. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Daisy hoped that four hours of online yoga classes each day would be enough to maintain not just her physical fitness but also her mental well being. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Should she buy her own stationary bike? </span></div>
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<br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />e.beck.artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00432428302655258370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5877106925535100167.post-90077877555903090192020-04-07T16:00:00.000-05:002020-04-07T16:00:05.301-05:00RoseAnne in the Pandemic<span id="docs-internal-guid-d74c8c65-7fff-c506-06ac-f73f86e68a08"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 265px; overflow: hidden; width: 264px;"><img height="265" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/H3pz5icwUZP2yicrhcOD3YJOO7M-UpAmbx3rbMvNA-M_AtwLf-I8lwKlnpETOI8BNgRifYlipNfTfzTcYwSz1_oeoWPt0EluE6icbWLK0V-FP0oapQKII1_6R6fPTKc_wB7WUgNb" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="264" /></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">RoseAnne was pragmatic about the pandemic. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The twelve needlepoint projects she has started over the last 12 winter holidays would be finished in no time at all. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">She listened to podcasts or audio books while she stitched. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The earbuds prevented her family from talking to her too much. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sometimes she wore the earbuds with no audio so she could eavesdrop on the family. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Why did they talk so much? </span></div>
<b id="docs-internal-guid-553d5413-7fff-03fb-3650-a1231002d51b" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: -webkit-standard; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></b>
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<br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />e.beck.artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00432428302655258370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5877106925535100167.post-71104156042831729892020-04-07T09:25:00.003-05:002020-04-07T09:25:30.001-05:00Lily in the Pandemic<span id="docs-internal-guid-b1b7369f-7fff-a3e4-741d-a756032b942a"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 260px; overflow: hidden; width: 260px;"><img height="260" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_xDFDTAIxRrXraf_F6olruB_wTz_HUyU6BrrAqfciZvm2JNEc8UhVN55-jfb-jz733dri4uuyNWXmRmoxhDna-cv_hiwHWBEe0yTxrQM_JWZNl9gyCppmudZk4xw_PjMJpC4x2CB" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="260" /></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lily spent her pandemic days working. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Her kitchen table became her office. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">She quickly became Zoom proficient. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">She wore a different blouse each day with her red and black buffalo plaid flannel pajama pants. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What will Lily wear once the weather is too warm for flannel jammy pants? </span></div>
<b id="docs-internal-guid-3a8a70ce-7fff-c420-429d-c3691793a592" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: -webkit-standard; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></b>
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<br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />e.beck.artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00432428302655258370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5877106925535100167.post-21195120617548524022020-04-07T07:00:00.000-05:002020-04-07T09:41:10.045-05:00Ivy in the Pandemic<span id="docs-internal-guid-066fde00-7fff-6d62-e482-580f19504ede"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 275px; overflow: hidden; width: 275px;"><img height="275" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/TYKBNexdjIVIR9qJwhJXNwJGvY8K0C1kTRlHNQ5Ujuc39_f63vAb6pAvFJ1ZxuRIxKTsTaVMf8O-YPyxRK2D-Nzw0BNyeK_HIczQETc6H180wK7_1CHKQEL7ezxuaZLb_bPVK8RK" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="275" /></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ivy's job closed down entirely two weeks into her city's social isolation. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Pandemic Personalities with Sprinkles. Ivy. Green Carebear, Good Luck Bear.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">She reads all the information available online. </span></div>
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these are tiny little little experiments ..... these stars and heart are done after just one kiln firing... not the norm...... but i knew they were super dry, so i just straight up glazed them without bisque firing them .... one and done. made me happy that it worked.... made me happy that there is a way to have a sped up process on small pieces.<br />
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BLUE! .... this one above is a new to me glaze. yes! i love it.<br />
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and above is a before and after pic of two trays ..... the color is a bit off because of lighting .... but still .... just magic that you can put in a chalky plain thing and get out shiny colorful wonderfulness.... </div>
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and right below here are the same two pieces in natural lighting ... outside, on the rock where i take my pics .... though the leaves are not green anymore ..... but it was too cold out to look for a better spot.... </div>
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happy pottery! happy day to you.e.beck.artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00432428302655258370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5877106925535100167.post-89215485332950528822018-11-21T08:00:00.000-05:002018-11-21T08:00:06.607-05:00sunset<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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this summer before some big trips, i got the new iPhone ten because it has a phenomenal camera. i took this on a florida trip in early november.... such a happy memory and so happy with how the photo turned out!e.beck.artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00432428302655258370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5877106925535100167.post-39900727915935051962018-11-20T08:00:00.000-05:002018-11-20T08:00:05.559-05:00LIAV camp .... scarf making<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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i took a class at life is a verb camp .... it was called aerie fairy scarf making ... it was joyful making ..... i started with orange roving .... merino wool that was dyed orange but pretty fresh off the sheep..... i shaped it and wet it and pounded it and whoa!! got an awesome orange scarf! pure magic!e.beck.artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00432428302655258370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5877106925535100167.post-9066341771703959112018-11-19T08:00:00.000-05:002018-11-19T08:00:02.248-05:00you are a human sparkler.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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i have been making joyful affirmation canvases. here is one i make for annabel, a pal's daughter who is just turned 16. how many human sparklers do you know?e.beck.artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00432428302655258370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5877106925535100167.post-74696569959822732522018-11-18T08:00:00.000-05:002018-11-18T08:00:08.576-05:00pottery pottery pottery<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
i just adore pulling things out of my kiln! here is the newest batch ... still warm in the photos! </div>
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when i work on canvases, i frequently do multiple back grounds at a time ..... so i'll put green paint on four canvases and then another color and another layer and on and on til i have multiple backgrounds done ..... and then i wait for the inspiration to hit for the foreground ....i had an idea for a big piece .... so i did two very big canvases and two smalls ..... i did a small as a practice and loved it ... then did the large gift ..... and then i decided to do this small for the life is a verb camp auction..... and a friend bought it. yay!e.beck.artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00432428302655258370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5877106925535100167.post-58083386870143048492018-11-16T08:00:00.000-05:002018-11-16T08:00:01.319-05:00wedding joy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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i went to the most fun and beautiful and joyful wedding i've ever been to..... my nephew michael married the wonderful sneha .... i got a trip to california and awesome indian clothing for the hindu wedding. what a joy!!!!<br />
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only golden or orange or sparkling shoes for my fun trip to a wedding in california!e.beck.artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00432428302655258370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5877106925535100167.post-47705407305761663632018-11-14T08:00:00.000-05:002018-11-14T08:00:04.366-05:00LIAV camp<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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i go to life is a verb camp nearly every year ..... and the creator, patti digh, asked me if i could make award plaques for the recipients of some awards ..... so ... i think a plaque is wood ... and these are my usual canvases.... but, i think they turned out swell......<br />
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