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December 19, 2020 By Cheryl Wilder

Who made it? Issue #5

Who made it?

January 2021 | Issue #5

With “The Beach Bum and the Midwestern Freshman” by Zebulon Huset

“Clairvoyant” by The Story So Far.

With “Sink or Swim” by Heather Diamond

abstract seagull a couple shades deeper than the sea background
Sea Glass in oil on canvas by friend of the author, Sandra York.
figure skater Tiina Pakkanen skating on a frozen lake
Click image to watch figure skater Tiina Pakkanen. If you don’t have a Facebook account, watch here. Photo and film by photographer Esko Liukas.

Acknowledgments

Background photo of window by Marina1408 from Bigstock.

Photo of woman by Natasha_S from Bigstock.

Background photo of open door by AkintevS from Bigstock.

Background photo of lighthouse by maxime raynal from Flickr.

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December 1, 2020 By Cheryl Wilder

Who made it? Issue #4

Who made it?

December 2020 | Issue #4

With “Avian Elegies” by Shannon Bowring

“Birds of America – The Supreme Collection” by John James Audobon.

With “A Thing of Beauty” by Nancy Jorgensen

abstract of flowers in vase with pinks, oranges, red and yellows
Flowers is an intaglio print made with copper plates by Maggie Lach.
“A Chorus of Frogs” by Great Smoky Mountain Association.

With “oil spill” by Liam Strong

Right Brain in acrylic, sodium chloride, and ink, by Deb Farrell.

Acknowledgments

Photo of boat in water by SimonBratt from Bigstock.

Background photo of feathers by Evie Shaffer from Pexels.

Background photo of mulberries by Thirdman from Pexels.

“Mouth of the Cuyahoga River” courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, HAER OHIO,18-CLEV,17-8, via Wikimedia Commons.

Background photo of Petoskey stones by Debchristiansen, via Wikimedia Commons.

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November 1, 2020 By Cheryl Wilder

Editor’s Note Issue #3

November 2020

Editor’s Note

cheryl wilder smiling outside closeup

It’s November of a leap year. November of 2020, the year “Blursday” became a colloquialism. November: the month that turns us toward late fall. The days don’t grow shorter as much as they turn darker. Since mid-March, I’ve spent most of my time at home. Even so, I welcome the season’s encouragement to hunker inside or around a fire in my backyard. 

It’s also an election year. Dualism dominates news and conversation. We’re either for or against, championing this or that. Duality is necessary. Ideas and values need to be distilled into categories in order to cast our votes. 

But for me, the language of election season is difficult. I like the “or” space, the gray area between two things. It’s a place to slow down, and witness the nuances of moments that make up daily life. With so much going on this year, and big decisions being made, it’s hard to get to the “between” space that is my respite.

Thank goodness I can find those spaces elsewhere. 

In the November issue, our authors find the friction, exhilaration, and tension in the gray. They show our everyday moments—from playing in the yard as kids to where we shop for groceries as adults. In these small spaces, they gently lead us to question, what is at cost? 

I haven’t done much since the pandemic began, but Blursday is one marathon day after another. Most everyone I know is extra tired this year. For this reason, I look forward to winter, the season of dormancy, when activity naturally slows. Election season will be over. 2020 will come to a close. I’m hoping for a lot more gray space to fill my days. But if it doesn’t, I know where to find some.   

Cheryl Wilder

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November 1, 2020 By Cheryl Wilder

Who made it? Issue #3

Who made it?

November 2020 | Issue #3

With “Corralling” by Mary Warren Foulk

self portrait photo of author's shadow against rock and sand
Self-portrait photo by author.
“Midlife Crisis” by Faith No More.

With “Wish” by W.A. Schwartz

acrylic abstract painting of angel with long blue hair
From a private collection, Angel in mixed media on paper (acrylic, India ink, gesso, oil pastels, colored pencils, tile mortar) by friend of the author, Tom Lavie.

With “The Family Dollar” by Catherine Schmitt

abandoned dollar store with church in background
Photo of abandoned Family Dollar in Maine by author.
text of Henry David Thoreau's views on economy
Quotes by Henry David Thoreau.

Acknowledgments

Grass photo by FOX from Pexels.

Bunny Mousse. Amazing Magical Jell-O Desserts, General Foods Corporation, 1977. 

Maine dollar stores map from “Dollar Stores in Maine” by C. Milkowski, University of Southern Maine.

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