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Sue Barry-Schulz @susanbarryschulz.com · 29/09/2026

most of my friends are birds these days

Beach scene with a sea bird on the sand to the left Waves break from right to left on the sand under a blue skies.

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Sue Barry-Schulz @susanbarryschulz.com · 27/09/2026

root beer float? don’t mind if I do !

Photo of two big glasses filled with vanilla ice cream and foaming root beer with a long handled spoon in each glass.

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Sue Barry-Schulz @susanbarryschulz.com · 27/09/2026

Trying to be brave and add a little paint when I’m assembling these little collages. From a series in which each piece includes a fragment from a 1930s children’s textbook. 4” x 4” collage on canvas panel.

Square collage assembled from magazine and catalogue scraps in hues of metallic gold and red , plus some mulberry paper and a ticket to a public pool. Images include a a sliver of a watch and the textbook fragment which reads “a mistake he sometimes makes”. Canvas is painted light gold with antique gold markings.

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Sue Barry-Schulz @susanbarryschulz.com · 27/09/2026

Another one from this week, a quick little collage assembled from magazine scraps. 6”x 6” on paper.

Square collage with primary image of the lower third of a model’s face with red lips. Her eyes are not included.
Vertically oriented rectangles in green, gold, red, teal and orange are assembled in the lower third.

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Sue Barry-Schulz @susanbarryschulz.com · 26/09/2026

New little collage (from a series using fragment cut from a 1930s children’s English language textbook). 4” x 4” on canvas panel.

Collage assembled from mulberry paper, magazine and catalogue scraps in hues of green and teal with cranberry at the center. A little gold paint over some elements. The phrase “nearly everyone lives in two worlds” cut from a children’s textbook is included.

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Sue Barry-Schulz @susanbarryschulz.com · 16/09/2026

Thank you durhamhealthnc.bsky.social for (once again!) making it look easy to clearly and accurately communicate the inconvenient realities of COVID. Actual public health messaging!

“Myth vs Fact” Graphic showing a person in a bed and the following information in text boxes on a blue background:

COVID-19 myths vs. facts. myth: I feel sick but tested negative on a COVID-19 home test, so it's safe to be around others. Fact: It's important to test multiple times if you are feeling sick or have been exposed to COVID-19. False negatives (tests saying you don't have COVID-19 when you actually do) are common! It's also important to avoid spreading illness to others even if it's not COVID-19!

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Sue Barry-Schulz @susanbarryschulz.com · 14/09/2026

This dog in the new Verizon commercial looks almost exactly like my dog, Willow, who we lost earlier this year at age 14. (Of course I haven’t rewatched the commercial and taken multiple photos of the tv screen to send to various family and friends. That would be super weird!!!)

Photo of a tv ad featuring a brown and white dog who looks very much like my dog Willow who I miss so much.

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Sue Barry-Schulz @susanbarryschulz.com · 04/09/2026

Watching the US Open tennis at night has got me listening to the new Harry Styles again. “If you must join movement, make sure there’s dancing…” It’s good Friday afternoon music!

Screen shot of the album cover for Harry Styles newest album, “Kiss all the Time, Disco Occasionally.”

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Sue Barry-Schulz @susanbarryschulz.com · 23/08/2026

A little walk on the beach and then some ice-cream. Not a bad Saturday night. Still getting used to this North Carolina life!

Vertically oriented photo of a beach scene at sunset with lavender clouds over a foamy ocean. The sun sets in the distance reflecting orange in the sky and on the sand.

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Sue Barry-Schulz @susanbarryschulz.com · 19/08/2026

What does it mean that the earth is so beautiful? And what shall I do about it? —Mary Oliver

Beach scene on the Crystal Coast of NC near sunset. Blue and lavender skies reflected on the water on the sand. Gentle waves come from right to left. A few small clouds dot the sky and are mirrored in the sand.

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Sue Barry-Schulz @susanbarryschulz.com · 16/08/2026

Flanners Beach, Neuse River, NC (not pictured: 900000% humidity)

Photo of a sandy beach along the banks of the Neuse River just south of New Bern NC. Blue sky above with wispy clouds. Gentle waves from right or left. Tall long leaf pines in the distance.

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Sue Barry-Schulz @susanbarryschulz.com · 16/08/2026

A little 9" × 6" analogue collage on paper for a rainy Sunday afternoon. I used a single source as a restraint. Always so interesting to note the overlap between #poetry and #collage.

Collage assembled from material found in Contemporary Collage magazines's most recent “collage this" feature. Vertical collage featuring images of illustrated fish on a blue background
swimming horizontally over torn text in hues of black, red and white.

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Sue Barry-Schulz @susanbarryschulz.com · 07/08/2026

Kind of getting used to this North Carolina life

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Sue Barry-Schulz @susanbarryschulz.com · 26/07/2026

A little found/visual poetry from Mrs. Dalloway for a Sunday afternoon: #smallpoemsunday

Found poetry from page 37 of Mrs Dalloway:

thick red roses
rest
in queer harmony,
growing hotter,
quivering in the
dazzling
soft
grass
Ordinary
Beauty
everywhere—
I must tell
the whole world!

Words on the page are obscured by ink and colored pencil in hues of gray and purple. A few collage elements added including roses and graphic text fragments. The unobscured words are outlined in thin black marker and make up the above “poem”.

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Sue Barry-Schulz @susanbarryschulz.com · 25/07/2026

A little Mary Oliver in case you are in the mood to be cheered down. #grief

Text of a poem by Mary Oliver:

The First Time Percy Came Back

The first time Percy came back he was not sailing on a cloud.
He was loping along the sand as though he had come a great way.
"Percy," I cried out, and reached to him— those white curls-
but he was unreachable. As music is present yet you can't touch it.
"Yes, it's all different," he said.
"You're going to be very surprised."
But I wasn't thinking of that. I only wanted to hold him. "Listen," he said,
"I miss that too.
And now you'll be telling stories of my coming back
and they won't be false, and they won't be true, but they'll be real."
And then, as he used to, he said, "Let's go!" And we walked down the beach together.

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Sue Barry-Schulz @susanbarryschulz.com · 14/07/2026

“tell one thing that happened when you moved.” 6” x 6” #collage on paper (magazine scraps and a fragment from a 1937 children’s English language textbook.)

Collage including a fragment which reads “Tell one thing that happened when you moved.”

Scraps torn or cut from magazines in hues of green and gold and a few spots of lavender and red.

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Sue Barry-Schulz @susanbarryschulz.com · 11/07/2026

This was the artwork my talented niece created for the cover of my mother’s funeral mass booklet this week. She very thoughtfully made a print for each of my mother’s seven children. I find it very comforting. #grief