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Still Grateful

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The flat Yule tree lives again!

Thanksgiving was a low-key affair in my house. I slept in, worked, napped. Thanksgiving dinner was a store-bought rotisserie chicken, salad, and pumpkin pie. After dinner I drank eggnog and put my holiday decorations up while listening to holiday music for the first time it is acceptable in the free world (i.e. on or after Thanksgiving day).

It was exactly what I wanted and needed.Read More »Still Grateful

Happy with What You Have

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My humble abode.

I’ve been struggling with an idea lately. When I go to other people’s homes,  or hear about houses with “great rooms,” I find myself comparing mine to theirs. I live in a 400 sqft apartment, so larger spaces feel/sound pretty luxurious to me…

“My entire apartment would fit in this one room,” I think.

“I can’t imagine having this much space.”

“I could live in their billiards room.”Read More »Happy with What You Have

4 Elements

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4 Elements (modified) 18″x24″ acrylic on canvas.
C.M. Foust 2015

Over the 4th of July holiday, I painted (see painting here). I liked the outcome, with each part of the diamond representing fire, water, earth, and air. I even hung it on my wall! But every time I looked up at it over the past few months, I felt that it wasn’t finished.Read More »4 Elements