margaret arts
Portland, OR
About
Writer in Portland.
I pick up the camera.
Poetry leaks out.
O, a haiku.
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Apr 9, 2008
Clean Green Studios is a Virb
How to fit these puzzle pieces together: home design, mission trips, creativity, collaboration. I was cogitating on this puzzle back in August, as you can see by my first blog.
Well, now it's April, and Clean Green Studios is not only now a real company but actually …
Dec 9, 2007
Simple.
Was reading C.S. Lewis' book of collected letters the other night. In the 1950s he was asked by a young aspiring writer, a little girl, how to write. He responded with six or seven wise suggestions, one being, "Turn off the radio."
In 1994 I had the rare, …
Oct 27, 2007
How did the poetry reading go?
Since so many friends want to know (I'm including my imaginary friends here), I'll report on the Portland poetry reading of Wednesday night.
Elizabeth Archers and I were asked to read at Northwest Library. I was expecting a steel building 5 or 6 stories high, but it …
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Music
Celtic, folk, Appalachian, Bruce Cockburn, Gillian Welch, Bonnie Raitt, John Doyle, Solas, Joan Baez, Kate Wolf, Dougie MacLean, Sinead O'Connor, Mick McAuley, Old Blind Dogs
Books
Gerard Manley Hopkins, Opal, Pablo Neruda, Elizabeth Bishop, Jane Austen, Henri Nouwen, Jeremy Driscoll, Dylan Thomas, Annie Dillard, Basho, Hafiz, Dorothy Sayers, C.S. Lewis, Eugene Peterson, Flannery O'Connor, Mary Oliver, Frederick Buechner, E.B. White
Interests
songwriting, poetry, Ireland, Mexico, art, interior design, architecture, redesign, home staging, summer, writing, photography, missions, beaches, merlot, blue, barn red, yellow, coffee, conversations
Melody, Sep 13, 2008:
"May flowers always line your path and sunshine light your day. May songbirds serenade you every step along the way. May a rainbow run beside you in a sky that's always blue. And may happiness fill your heart each day your whole life through."
:)
Jeffrey Overstreet, May 14, 2008:
I, who can't find enough ways to connect with you online, have tracked you down yet again.
Have you seen "The Visitor"? Once in a while, I see a film that makes me say, "Margaret needs to drop everything and go see this movie." This is one of them.
The Dealers, Apr 30, 2008:
Thank s for adding us as friends....Bessie & Pierre [The Dealers]
Clean Green Studios, Apr 30, 2008:
Sweet!
Red Dawn Designs / Taking Art To the CHILDREN of Nicaragua, Mar 9, 2008:
when are you coming out to Nica? I am here in the states for a few months trying to work and sell my art and work in a restaurant to make money to go back with..I will try to fly out by mid april..and you?
Holly Resnick, Jan 28, 2008:
Hey Doll!
Thanks for the encouraging worlds....
blessings to you,
Holly
esmithdesign, Dec 6, 2007:
"question"
yeah... i like how inquisitive he is... pushing hard for an answer ... from himself - or from an apprentice?
esmithdesign, Nov 19, 2007:
thought you might like the new bowser shot ... :)
esmithdesign, Nov 11, 2007:
Great new shots, eh? Hysterical :)
The OaKs, Aug 27, 2007:
parce qu'ils sont français! We''ve got a bunch of French fans and my 4 years of HS French has left me with some ability (though not great!) to talk to them :) - Tim