It's not Christmas but....

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Daughter gave me a wonderful Gurney book. He's the artist who dreamed up the Dinotopia universe. Sweet inspiring artist. Textbook is what the Gurney book is. I grabbed some old typing paper and a pen and attempted to draw the outline of a house. It actually kind of sort of had the look of oh- a barn- but hey, for a person who only draws stick figures, it was impressive. I actually had fun so I went on to draw bubblegum rounds that kind of looked like marshmallows. More fun. I'm known for being a poet and short story writer and like I said, a master at stick figures. Daughter is the artist, the one who can look at a dog and in ten minutes, have a portrait of that dog. Today daughter's gift arrived. Oh just wow. She sent me a sketchbook and a metal case of graphite pencils and two charcoal sticks. My own sketchbook. Never had one. Always journals. Journals to write in. I've dared to write the word POETRY in cursive on the first page of the sketchbook. Cursive is an art form. Forming beautiful flowing letters on a page is plenty of practice for my fingers. Anyway, its a new form of fun and another way to stay connected to my daughter.