Category Archives: Booby Gurl

She Says YES

Posted on January 2, 2015 by dkatiepowellart

Sometimes the only way you can push through indecision is to walk away from something. I was not happy with Mr. Linky (so many people are!), and still struggling with the whole challenge thang. I finally said, “NO, because really, … Continue reading →

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Silence to Contemplate the Challenge

Posted on November 19, 2014 by dkatiepowell

With the extreme changes that happened this month, I decided to start the Moondae Challenges this Moonday (Monday). I have no idea what the first challenge will be, and so, the next three days (Dark of the Moon) heading into … Continue reading →

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Waking Early to Crescent Moon

Posted on November 18, 2014 by dkatiepowell

I woke at 5am to lok for the crescent moon. Traces of sunlight in a lapis blue sky at one end of the view; but cloud cover hid her over the mountain where I expected her.  I know she is … Continue reading →

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She Kisses Her Muse

Posted on November 14, 2014 by dkatiepowell

Up early, she sings to the day, A prayer for sanity for those she encounters. Pregnant with possibilities, Emersed in color. She kisses her muse, the Dawn. A patch if sanity in a sea of madness. ☾ Watercolors created with Lamy … Continue reading →

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Emotional Moonth

Posted on November 11, 2014 by dkatiepowell

It’s been an emotional moonth, and the end was where the roller coaster hit a wall. THE STORYLINE. . .  The admins in a group I felt kinship with told me how they felt about me. This telling came about … Continue reading →

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Back From Haitus!

Posted on November 10, 2014 by dkatiepowell

In case you didn’t notice it has been a roller coaster of a summer. If you didn’t notice then then you might have been born in a different solar system! Every planet was squared in everyone’s chart and the gods of … Continue reading →

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New Moon, Working

Posted on July 26, 2014 by dkatiepowell

At night, I open the window and ask the moon to come and press its face against mine, breathe into me. ~Rumi This has been a peculiar moonth.  My unconscious has been working things out while my conscious mind was busy … Continue reading →

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A Look Back at This Moonth

Posted on June 28, 2014 by dkatiepowell

This moonth was an unplanned painting of what is happening as I design the class on journaling with the lunar cycles.  I wrote less, and painted more, my little gurl as she moved through the cycles, unplanned, working from intuitional … Continue reading →

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Dark of the Moon, She Dreams

Posted on June 26, 2014 by dkatiepowell

This moonth, as I worked my cycle, I found I had few words and painted as much as possible.  I struggled in the beginning with what and how to teach lunar journaling. I have journaled since my first “Dear Diary” … Continue reading →

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