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Laura Jane @laurajaneswanson.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Hi, friends! I’m popping in with a request. Does anyone know of some quick tutorials on making simple pop-up books? One of my kids is taking a book arts class at her university, and has a really interesting idea for one of her projects. (Feel free to tag people or share. Thanks!)

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Laura Jane @laurajaneswanson.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Just peeking in quickly to wish my friends a happy Valentine’s Day, with a quick doodle I did last night. (I’ve been mostly avoiding social media lately, and will probably continue to do that for a while.)

A little doodle in black ink in a handmade paper journal with a pen lying across it. The doodle has six steps.
1 a shovel and a seed packet sit on unbroken ground
2 the shovel is digging a hole
3 five holes with a little pile of dirt beside each, and a heart in each of the first four, with the seed packet dropping another heart into the last one
4 a sprout growing from each of the little dirt piles that filled in the holes, and a watering can watering the first sprout
5 five plants growing with a bud on each
6 each of the buds has bloomed into a heart
Beneath the doodle is written “Plant something that will grow into a little extra love. The world needs it. Happy Valentine’s Day!”

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Laura Jane @laurajaneswanson.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Good evening, friends! I’ve been busy lately, but I wanted to stop in and say hi.

Pale, gentle sunset colors at the horizon above woods, with a snowy field in the midground and a row of bare trees in the foreground. The sun is just below the horizon, and the sky is almost completely clear.

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Maria Strutz @mariastrutz.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Three wise personages Heilige 3 Koenig*innen #Epiphany 🦊🐾✨

three foxes looking out at the viewer. The stars of Ursa major above and behind them. Linocut, orange, white and black, Maria Strutz

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Laura Jane @laurajaneswanson.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Good afternoon, friends! I am continuing to start the year with useful tasks—in this case, backing up files. Boring, but wise.

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Laura Jane @laurajaneswanson.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

I’m tired, so I’m off early tonight. Stay safe, friends. Good night, see you tomorrow.

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Maria Strutz @mariastrutz.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Fox walking along a stony beach full of fossils a forest of cuetlaxochitl in the background 🦊🐾🖤

Fox walking along a stony beach, right to left, full of fossilized sea urchins. Plants with red leaves striving upwards in the background. Line drawing, water colour, shades of white and grey, fox-brown, red, and indigo, Maria Strutz

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Laura Jane @laurajaneswanson.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Good afternoon, friends! It’s another busy day for me, full of ordinary tasks and some preparation for a few bigger dreams for the future. I am trying very hard to direct my time and energy toward what I really want, rather than wasting it on people and things that continue to disappoint me.

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Laura Jane @laurajaneswanson.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Well, this day did not go according to plan. However, the important things got done, and I still found a little time to do something fun this evening, so I can’t really complain. And now I’m off. Stay safe, friends. Good night, see you tomorrow.

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Maria Strutz @mariastrutz.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

Stella Maris Our Lady Star of the Sea ✨🌀🌒 #SketchoftheDay

sketch of a Madonna in flowing blue shawl featuring golden stars, holding a BIG fossilized sea urchin, surrounded by more sea urchins, stones and shells, a crescent moon in the background, surrounding yet another sea urchin. Linedrawing and water colour, Maria Strutz

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Laura Jane @laurajaneswanson.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

Good morning, friends! It’s another busy day for me, but I’ve planned a few small nice things to look forward to this evening. 📚🫖😌

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Maria Strutz @mariastrutz.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

'Fox Guardian 2' #FoxFriday 🦊🐾🌒

a woman holding a fox, both look out at the viewer. a crescent moon and stars in the background. Linocut, dark blue and white, Maria Strutz

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Laura Jane @laurajaneswanson.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

I’m 1, probably with a little of 2 as a bonus

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Laura Jane @laurajaneswanson.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

Good morning, friends! From last night, firelight captured in a crystal ball

An image of a wood fire in a metal ring hung from a tripod, seen upside down through a small crystal ball held between someone’s finger and thumb. The edge of the ball is a glowing ring. The background is a winter tree lit by purple light.

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Laura Jane @laurajaneswanson.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

I went to see the lights display at the local botanical garden tonight, and I think this witchy tree was the best part. And now I’m signing off early. Stay safe, friends. Good night, see you tomorrow.

A tall, wide tree with thin, drooping branches lit by purple light on a winter night. Near the tree, a handful of people are gathered around a fire in a ring held up by a tripod.

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Maria Strutz @mariastrutz.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Fox jumping over a fossil over a sea of cuetlaxochitl 🦊🐾🖤

a fox jumping over a fossilized sea urchin, below red flamelike flower petals. Line drawing and water colour, Maria Strutz

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Laura Jane @laurajaneswanson.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Good afternoon, friends! It’s another busy day for me, but the sun is peeking out from behind the clouds now and then, and I have something fun to look forward to.

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Laura Jane @laurajaneswanson.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Just a little doodle at the end of this tiring day, and now I’m off to read and sleep. Stay safe, friends. Good night, see you tomorrow.

An almost square journal with unlined pages of handmade paper, lying on a charcoal grey blanket with line drawings in white of small plants and animals. The journal is open to a page with a little doodle from today, with a Pigma Micron pen lying on it: a cupcake in a pleated paper wrapper with frosting and sprinkles on top. Written beside it is “mini red velvet cupcakes (not on the grocery list, but occasional surprises are nice!)”

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Edmonds Scanner @edmondsscanner.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Your horoscope for today: Be like a butterfly - break out of your shell, spread your wings, and flap about weirdly into the world.

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Maria Haskins @mariahaskins.com · 01/01/2025

"We know that there is no help for us but from one another, that no hand will save us if we do not reach out our hand. And the hand that you reach out is empty, as mine is. You have nothing. You possess nothing. You own nothing. You are free. All you have is what you are, and what you give.”

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Laura Jane @laurajaneswanson.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Last repost: I probably should not complain about loneliness when my four favorite people are right here with me. (And yet…)

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Basho Society @bashosociety.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

a sense of loneliness like an autumn evening on New Year's Day Basho

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Laura Jane @laurajaneswanson.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

I’m not counting on anything, but this is a nice thought.

A screenshot of a GIF from Merriam-Webster with the word boffo on a white background

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Laura Jane @laurajaneswanson.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Happy New Year and good morning, friends! I spent yesterday evening playing games with my kids and enjoying a box of Japanese treats that included this gachapon. A little kitsune mask might be an interesting sort of omen for a new year.

A green plastic ball, open, beside a little white plastic kitsune mask on a loop of chain.

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Laura Jane @laurajaneswanson.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

Good evening, friends! Another busy day for me, and nothing particularly interesting to share. I’d like to get back to wandering outdoors and sharing photos, if things would maybe calm down a little.

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Laura Jane @laurajaneswanson.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

Good evening, friends! It’s been another busy day for me, and somehow I feel like I still haven’t accomplished much of anything useful. (That isn’t true; I’ve done a lot of things. It just always feels like there’s so much more to do!)

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Laura Jane @laurajaneswanson.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

Today’s silly doodle shows why I rarely draw humans, but I couldn’t resist the costumes in the Kdrama I’m watching with my kids. And now I’m off. Stay safe, friends. Good night, see you tomorrow.

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Laura Jane @laurajaneswanson.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

Good afternoon, friends! It’s that strange, nebulous time between Christmas and the New Year, when time is soupy and the days of the week all feel wrong. I’m taking a break today to finish setting up my new planner, because I have a lot to accomplish next year!

Two planners and a package of colored pens on a tablecloth with a blue and white geometric pattern. One planner is blue with a magical greenhouse design on the cover, and the other is teal with a sticker of a swallow carrying a eucalyptus branch and another sticker with plants and the words “Grow through what you go through.”

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Laura Jane @laurajaneswanson.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

A little quiet time this evening, and now I’m off to curl up in bed with a book. Stay safe, friends. Good night, see you tomorrow.

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Laura Jane @laurajaneswanson.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Merry Christmas, friends! It’s grey and damp and it looks more like November than December here, but I’m inside where it’s warm, and I’m with my four favorite people, one of whom gave me this very goth Christmas moth! 😁

A black plush with bat-like wings decorated with green lines and white snowflakes and stars. The wings are closed in front, hiding most of the creature. One fluffy black antenna is showing, and the other is hidden by a red and white Christmas hat. The feet are red, and red eyes are peeking out from behind the wings.

The same black plush with bat-like wings decorated with green lines and white snowflakes and stars, now with the wings open. One fluffy black antenna is showing, and the other is hidden by a red and white Christmas hat. The feet are red. The eyes are red with stars in them, and there is what looks like a fluffy white beard covering its middle.

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Laura Jane @laurajaneswanson.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Some silly little doodles of random objects while we take turns reading a favorite science fiction Christmas story together. This paper is very nice, but it’s not good for watercolor pencils. I’ll probably fall asleep before we finish the story, so stay safe, friends. Good night, see you tomorrow.

An almost square journal with unlined pages of handmade paper. It’s open to a page of silly little doodles from today, with a Pigma Micron pen lying on it: a Christmas tree doodles in ink with watercolor pencil, and three other drawings in ink of a very round plush narwhal, a tube of hand cream, and a can of Korean cream soda.

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Laura Jane @laurajaneswanson.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

I remember those days, and I still do some of that. But there’s a different kind of joy in having teens and twenty-somethings who help create the magic for each other and even a little bit for me.

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Laura Jane @laurajaneswanson.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Good evening, friends! There are some ornaments on the tree, the gifts for the kids are wrapped, and there are treats waiting for after dinner. I’m still not feeling very Christmassy, but I’m doing my best, and I am happy to have all four of my favorite people here.

A green-eyed elf sewn from a panel of cloth cut-outs back in the seventies, hanging on a Christmas tree near an orange felt fox.

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Laura Jane @laurajaneswanson.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

It’s been a long day, but mostly a good one. And now I’m off to read for a few minutes before I fall asleep. Stay safe, friends. Good night, see you tomorrow.

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Laura Jane @laurajaneswanson.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

The Christmas tree has lights now. Ornaments will have to happen tomorrow, because I am too tired now. We’re going to eat frozen pizza for dinner and have a peaceful evening. I am glad we stopped at the library on the way home, because it was the perfect thing to counter the afternoon’s overwhelm.

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Laura Jane @laurajaneswanson.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Good afternoon, friends! I am sorry to report that I had to do errands today, the day before Christmas Eve. On the bright side, I didn’t encounter anyone unpleasant, and I found two books I actually want to read in a language where I want some extra practice, so it’s been a pretty good day so far!

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Laura Jane @laurajaneswanson.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Another very busy day, as expected, and most of the small cheerful things I’d planned didn’t work out. But we did finally get the Christmas tree into the living room, after weeks in a bucket of water in the garage! And now I’m off to read and sleep. Stay safe, friends. Good night, see you tomorrow.

The book The Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer, lying on a charcoal grey blanket printed with line drawings of little plants and creatures in white

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Edmonds Scanner @edmondsscanner.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Your horoscope for today: Be like your favorite sweater - provide warmth and comfort despite being worn, frayed, and stained by time.

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Laura Jane @laurajaneswanson.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Good afternoon, friends! It’s another busy day for me, full of ordinary chores and preparations for holidays that just don’t feel particularly festive this year. But I’m also building in a few little cheerful things, and that will help.

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Laura Jane @laurajaneswanson.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

I feel like I half-assed Solstice this year—didn’t get to prepare, managed only a little time for contemplation, spent most of the day on ordinary things. But now I am in bed with a book and a pretty bookmark chosen last summer. So I’m off. Stay safe, friends. Good night, see you tomorrow.

A very thin wooden bookmark featuring art of a brown rabbit with a red heart leaping, surrounded by curling green vines with leaves, flowers, and berries. The bookmark has a green tassel and is lying on a charcoal grey blanket with line drawings of small plants in white.

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Laura Jane @laurajaneswanson.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Good evening, friends, happy Solstice! I have spent the day busy with various things, but I’m taking a little time for contemplation this evening, thinking about unseen things that grow even in the still, cold darkness.

A light brown leather journal with a tree with golden leaves, a white fountain pen on it, and a bronze-colored metal butterfly clip to hold the pages open—all resting in a dark grey blanket printed in white with simple little drawings of plants and animals

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Laura Jane @laurajaneswanson.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

I often carry this little star-shaped stone in my pocket to remind me to keep dreaming. The color is off in the photo—it’s actually blue, with gold and silver sparkles. And now I’m off. Stay safe, friends. Good night, see you tomorrow. And may the Solstice bring you light in this dark season.

A small stone cut in the shape of a star. It’s deep blue, though it looks black in the photo, with silver and gold sparkles that look like stars in the night sky. The stone is lying on a charcoal grey blanket printed with white doodles of small plants.

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Ursula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com · 20/12/2024

Ursula's "Seasonal Quatrains" appear in Finding My Elegy (published in 2012 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt).

One of Ursula K. Le Guin's "Seasonal Quatrains" is called "December 20," and it reads:

That great hinge of light up there
is just about to catch the red leap
of the year and pivot it right round
into the long evenings and open doors of summer.

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Laura Jane @laurajaneswanson.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Good afternoon, friends! I didn’t plan on such a long break, but I really needed it. I’m fine, things have just been very busy here, even beyond the usual December version of busy! It snowed overnight here, and I’m getting ready for the Solstice tomorrow.

Snow-covered treetops beneath a white-cloudy sky

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Laura Jane @laurajaneswanson.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Good afternoon, friends. I’m going to be taking a short break from social media—maybe a day or two, maybe a little longer, I’ll see how I feel. Stay safe, I’ll see you soon.

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Laura Jane @laurajaneswanson.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Good morning, friends! It’s not even noon, and I have already had one setback and a few small good things happen, so it looks like this may be an interesting week for me.

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Laura Jane @laurajaneswanson.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Writing a very polite letter to a stranger is hard enough in my native language, but today I had to write one in a different language. I’m so tired. I’m off to bed with a book. But I’ll probably just fall asleep. Stay safe, friends. Good night, see you tomorrow.

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Laura Jane @laurajaneswanson.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Four albums that dropped when I was highschool-ish that may or may not have warped my mind (but definitely influenced me)? -Good Thing He Can’t Read My Mind (Christine Lavin) -Flood (They Might Be Giants) -Wish (The Cure) -Rites of Passage (Indigo Girls)

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Laura Jane @laurajaneswanson.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Good afternoon, friends! I’m planning yet another busy week, and trying to figure out how to also make time for some fun and some peace.

A planner and three colored pens on a blue and white tablecloth. The planner has a blue cover featuring a magical greenhouse full of plants and sparkles and a cute little dog among them.

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Laura Jane @laurajaneswanson.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

The moon is shining through hazy clouds and between the bare branches of the trees, low in the sky, and I’m off to curl up in bed with a book. Stay safe, friends. Good night, see you tomorrow.

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