Wings and petals and webs
I watched a poppy flower being born. It's sheath move little by little under a shower of the sun's rays until it fell to the ground and...
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sabrina lloyd
Mar 26, 20222 min read
Spring hope, sorrows, and a poem
A friend reached out a hand today to pull me back here. I've gotten lost in my work, in the sufferings of the world, in the blossoms...
sabrina lloyd
Dec 16, 20212 min read
Holiday time
Our days in this part of the world are getting darker, light leaving little by little as we sit on the cusp of the winter solstice. I...
sabrina lloyd
Nov 9, 20212 min read
A poem, two paintings, and a prayer.
Another storm is on its way, carrying a warning on its wind. We spent yesterday stacking wood to ready ourselves for fallen trees and...
sabrina lloyd
Nov 2, 20211 min read
Do you do what you do for love?
We've just had the most glorious 3 days. After endless rain, the sun came out and filled our hearts and souls. We hiked along the coast...
sabrina lloyd
Oct 22, 20212 min read
The pebbles in my pocket
I read an interview today with Elizabeth Strout, the author of Olive Kitteridge. She said many inspiring things, but the part that has...
sabrina lloyd
Oct 19, 20211 min read
Painting someone's story
I just finished working on a commission piece. It took so much out of me; it brought me such joy to do it. Like all of my work, I paint...
sabrina lloyd
Sep 26, 20212 min read
That only constant....
Things can happen so fast. Change falling like hail from a second ago blue sky. I've had loss that came too quickly in my life, left me...
sabrina lloyd
Aug 25, 20211 min read
Tueday's troubles and tenderness
We are not in lockdown again, but our faces must be covered once more starting tomorrow in BC. Our hidden faces are what led me to my...
sabrina lloyd
Aug 22, 20211 min read
Oceans
I've been working on this piece for the last few days. The world and its struggles pouring into my eyes through images and words and...
sabrina lloyd
Aug 10, 20212 min read
Leaving social media and choosing the snail
I've just finished the most amazing book, The Sound Of A Wild Snail Eating. I don't know why this book, of all the books I've read and...
sabrina lloyd
Jul 17, 20211 min read
Dear Friday, on a Saturday, I offer you this poem....
Season to Season by Clive James I have been fooled before, and just because This summer seems so long, it might not be My last. Winter...
sabrina lloyd
Jul 14, 20211 min read
Dancing in daffodils
The garden's weeds look to me as if in battle. The beach calls to be walked, to swim in the coldest water I have known. Acres of forests...
sabrina lloyd
Jul 10, 20211 min read
Summer days and the sweetest little gallery
I am letting summer in. The rest, slow down. Heat making limbs loose; Naps always on the edge of fingers. Long walks on the beach,...
sabrina lloyd
Jul 6, 20211 min read
Monday's poem and life lately
The heatwave passed. Long walks on the beach. Homemade ice cream in bowls made by my own hands. Still in awe of being home. The beauty...
sabrina lloyd
Jul 3, 20212 min read
Dear Friday, from an island in the Salish Sea
I've been absent from this space. The travel home, the resettling, readjusting. Beds to make, friends to reconnect with. Seeds planted in...
sabrina lloyd
May 31, 20211 min read
Monday's poem
Painters Muriel Rukeyser In the cave with a long-ago flare a woman stands, her arms up. Red twig, black twig, brown twig. A wall of...
sabrina lloyd
May 10, 20212 min read
Monday's poem and my life within it.
Yes, we have all read it, all heard it. Yet still the power of this poem! I was an actress in NYC. My career was full. I was content-ish....
sabrina lloyd
Apr 30, 20211 min read
Dear Friday,
I've watched too much news. I sleep and dream of those suffering in India, the faces caught on cameras gasping for breath. The only...
sabrina lloyd
Apr 26, 20213 min read
Monday's poem
This one is by my dear friend Joel McKerrow. You must go and visit his HUMAN exhibition. It's art and poetry and music, and profound....
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