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sabrina lloyd
Jun 16, 20221 min read
A calling moon, a raven's wings, and a very late coming heat
I am unable to stay up late. My days are so full that I collapse with the sun, as if its orange ball were a weight that drags me down...
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sabrina lloyd
Jun 9, 20221 min read
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
Apr 23, 20221 min read
New collection, upcoming shows
Spring has sprung, windows cracked at night, air so sweet and fresh. The world still holding so much turmoil, which makes me hold tighter...
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sabrina lloyd
Apr 18, 20221 min read
Slowing down....
Happy Easter, for those who celebrate. Happy passover, for those in celebration. Happy full moon for all you witches. I've been slowing...
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sabrina lloyd
Apr 10, 20221 min read
Oops....it's not Friday.
We have such good plans, good intentions, and then time moves and paint flows and children get fed and here we are. Not Friday, but my...
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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...
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sabrina lloyd
Jan 3, 20221 min read
happy new year on a new moon night
“sunray” 14x 19, mixed media I find myself holding hope today, as the sun sets and a new moon begins its rise. My hope holding hands with...
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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...
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sabrina lloyd
Nov 29, 20211 min read
Notes from the mountain
The rain keeps falling. We've been lucky so far, on our little island. A few mud slides, some torn up roads, but everyone has been safe....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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sabrina lloyd
Oct 12, 20211 min read
Thank you.
Today is Thanksgiving in Canada. Even after all these years it catches me by surprise. It is so ingrained in me for it to fall closer to...
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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...
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sabrina lloyd
Aug 17, 20211 min read
Monday's poem and the apocalypse
The world sure feels overwhelming right now. Fires, and the pandemic. Earthquakes and images of desperation as people cling to an...
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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...
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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...
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sabrina lloyd
Jul 13, 20211 min read
The year of July and Monday's poem
A slip of the tongue; A beautiful new way to measure time. The summer days lend themselves to that feeling the days will not end, the...
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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,...
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