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Personal Writings

Today I Told a Cashier How She Could Make Rainbow-Colored Unicorn Poop

March 16, 2022
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Personal Writings

Sawdust mixed with glue. I mean, doesn’t everyone know how to make paintable unicorn poop? Strange experiences seem to find me! Sometimes I can’t help but notice that my days can be filled with unusual interactions. Today, a cashier at Home Depot was ringing up some rough fence wood (which I selected instead of a few 2 x 4’s due to the high cost, over $7 each) and asked what I was doing with them. I told her “some garden...

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Their Life Wasn’t Supposed to be This Way

March 16, 2022
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Personal Writings, Religion, Politics and Current Events, Writings

Back in October I wrote a piece called MY LIFE WASN’T SUPPOSED TO BE THIS WAY . Today, thoughts led me to write this companion piece. I often notice people in public and while we do not want to judge by outward appearances, I cannot help but notice things about people that might indicate that they’ve lived a hard life. And, that perhaps their life did not turn out the way they may have hoped for, and imagined, when younger....

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Sacrilege, Anthropomorphism and Theological Musings

March 13, 2022
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Beautiful Song and Poetry Lyrics, Personal Writings, Religion, Politics and Current Events, Writings

So. This is the piece I am choosing to bring to completion today. I started it on December 20, 2021. I’ve had a rough couple of weeks. Friday night and yesterday, I made time to work on some blog pieces, as some reward for surviving, yet, hitting some glitches, the piece I was focused on cannot yet be completed. It will now need to wait until I can invest the time needed to do it properly. Oh, and as I...

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Trauma Talkin’ Part IV: The Metamorphosis – Eileen Becomes a Woman

March 13, 2022
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Life Stories, Personal Writings, Short Stories/Creative Writing, Women's, Family, and Recovery Issues, Writings

To fully appreciate this most recently created audio-visual presentation, I suggest familiarizing with what I shared in this previous entry TRAUMA TALKIN’ PART II: SORRY YOU’VE GOT THE WRONG NUMBER since it might answer some of the common questions of who, what, where, when, how and why I have these very peculiar tape recordings made by my mother during the mid-70’s, and how I am attempting to use them in a creative, processing-ly (ongoing) healing and expressive way. I also...

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The Hymn That Broke the Camel’s Back

March 11, 2022
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Amazing. How we can sense God’s presence…seem to be walking along through such hard, hard places with calm and confidence…when suddenly some thing in our day thrusts us into a type of panic and intense floods of thoughts…like stormy waves inside every chamber of our mind, heart, body and soul we are internally reeling….hyperventilating internally, while outwardly trying to maintain as much calm as possible…. We see the walls of perilous waters on either side of us and we have...

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Relief – Embracing Kindness – Practicing Compassion – Standing Up For Justice

March 9, 2022
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Artwork For Sale, Personal Writings, Religion, Politics and Current Events, Writings

I want to word this post carefully, as I am uncomfortable with it, on some level(s). I generally flow/write easily and don’t always overthink what I say and how I say it (although I do try to proofread and consider my word choices and expressiveness, to some degree). Last night a friend and I were messaging about my newly completed sunflower painting with hummingbird and bee. She suggested that I might want to offer 10% to relief funds for Ukraine...

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Sunflowers and Hummingbird – Original Painting For Sale Plus Canvas and Matted Prints and Notecards Now Available

March 7, 2022
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Artwork For Sale, Personal Writings

I’m really excited about a new painting I recently brought to completion called “Sunflowers With Hummingbirds.” This was begun in my Alabama studio in 2019 and continued on and off since then – in December I thought it was finished and included it in my newsletter, only to decide it needed some re-visiting, yet and tweaking of the yellows and a few other things. So I am re-advertising the original for sale, and also I now have links to Etsy...

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How One Should Dress When Walking Out of Their Prison Cell

March 6, 2022
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Beautiful Song and Poetry Lyrics, Personal Writings, Religion, Politics and Current Events, Women's, Family, and Recovery Issues, Writings

The image above was created last winter and I recently stumbled upon it, thanks to the reminder of “one year ago today” on social media. I like this image. It is fun. And I thought I need to use it with a writing of some sort. Today, what I want to express seems to oddly fit with this image.__________ This image was created in some moment of both solitude and joy – as I recall, it was a cold day...

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Ye Blind Behold Your Savior Come and Leap Ye Lame for Joy

March 4, 2022
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Beautiful Song and Poetry Lyrics, Personal Writings

I had an exhausting day yesterday and went to bed quite early, around 8 pm. I awoke around 5 am today, which is also quite early, and figured I may as well start my day which I know will also be, exhausting, by the end of this gift. Had a number of thoughts on my mind last night, and shortly after awakening today, my thoughts returned to a beautiful video a friend shared with my yesterday. And then, another song...

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The Things You May Find in a Christian-Owned Mega-Corporation

March 1, 2022
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Beautiful Song and Poetry Lyrics, Personal Writings, Religion, Politics and Current Events, Writings

Every once in awhile I kind of find myself in some pregnant pause as I stroll through the “Hobby Lobby.” While part of me feels some amount of remorse for possibly being all “judgy” of this Christian Corporation, another part of me feels it may be okay to express my opinion. You know. As a professional artist. And, a Christian, too. Today, I had one of those pause moments, later wondering at how a product passed through the eye of...

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Eileen Slifer

I am a visual artist who works in a variety of mediums - producing fine art, illustration and design commissions/products for clients. I have been creating since childhood and sharing my giftings for hire since 1989. I also love to write and have been expressing in this way for a number of years in private poems, stories and journals that have been shared with treasured friends or publicly. Thank you for visiting my blog. I value the time and interest you spend on my expressions, and I read every comment.

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