Couldn’t decide what to do for a short post this week when I discovered today’s featured artist and fell absolutely in love — so with no further ado, this is Earth Dragon Style by French professional artist Lorene Barioz, posting as Dragibuz. The last dragon in her short elemental series from 2016, Lorene writes, “It…
Happy Birthday to all my September-born readers! We have a very blue lineup this month since your birthstone is the sapphire, starting with this gorgeous piece called Wings of Sapphire by U.K. professional artist Joshua Dunlop. He captions this “The Congo Sapphire-Winged Dragon. They live in the thick rainforest of the Congo and are rarely seen. … They…
Funny story — I finished my ‘problematic’ Writing Thoughts article earlier this week while sitting at one of my usual haunts in downtown Minneapolis, and just a few blocks away the megastar rock band Metallica was taking the stage at the Target Center. And as I browsed for ideas for this week’s short post, I happened…
Everything I love is problematic, … no media is perfect. … So what can we do? Love the things we love, but acknowledge room for improvement. — Delilah S. Dawson, Everything I Love is Problematic In November 2015, I read an amazing article by Delilah S. Dawson published on one of my favorite sites, The Mary Sue,…
It’s a short week, so with no further ado please let me introduce you to Australian professional artist John Stone, a freelance illustrator and concept artist, and this first piece above called Dawn Chaser. He writes, “Wandering the eternal thermal winds of the dawn sun, chasing the light, never letting it out of it her…
Happy Birthday to my August-born readers! You’re another lucky month with three different birthstones — Peridot, Spinel, and Sardonyx — but Peridot is by far the most popular, so let’s begin with the adorable peridot-colored August Dragon w/ Bow by American artist and crafter Amaze-ing Hats. The artist writes, “The little girl who this dragon is for has…
I was trying to decide what to make my ‘short’ post about this week when my awesome page-a-day calendar from Atlas Obscura came to my rescue! I’ll let Atlas Obscura contributor S.A. Zollinger, pen name pieofthemonth, tell you more (in the block text), while I add a few things from my own searching, including the photo above from the…
Sorry I’m still behind, but this post was more detailed than I thought! So, even though I wasn’t thinking about blogging much while on holiday, the day we went to Cardiff Castle in Wales, U.K., I decided to play a game with our tour group — find the dragons! And then I photographed our adventure.…
I’m a bit late, but my vacation was totally worth it so I hope you’ll forgive me! I’m going to keep this short and instead of sharing a quote on writing this month, I’ll share a poem I wrote about a magical experience I had while in the British Isles. Enjoy! We sailed across the…
Cheerio everyone! I started my vacation last week, travelling around the United Kingdom with my husband and some friends on a wonderful Trafalgar tour, so I’ve been really short on writing time, sorry for the late post! But as the coach takes us up through the Yorkshire moors on our way to Glasgow this morning, I’m…
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