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Crumbs. Or, the writer as lover…

17 Comments / Art, Creativity, Family life, Writing / Teika Marija Smits

Crumbs. Where to start?   Really, I should have written this post about a month ago when I was in […]

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The Art of Faerie

11 Comments / Art, Reading, Reflections, Writing / Teika Marija Smits

Welcome to ‘The Forgotten and the Fantastical’ Carnival This post was written especially for inclusion in ‘The Forgotten and the

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Things I have done today (and every other day for the past seven years)

28 Comments / Art, Breastfeeding, Creativity, Family life, Mothering, Self-reflection, Writing / Teika Marija Smits

Welcome to the March 2015 Carnival of Natural Parenting: Day in the Life This post was written for inclusion in

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Alternative Valentine images

4 Comments / Art, Creativity, Family life / Teika Marija Smits

I know that some people really hate Saint Valentine’s Day and some people really love it. I have to say

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And I was humbled… (my writing epiphany)

6 Comments / Creativity, Psychology, Reflections, Self-reflection, Writing / Teika Marija Smits

The other day I had one of those moments – an epiphany, if you like – where I could actually

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Looking back, looking forward

9 Comments / Art, Creativity, Family life, Psychology, Reading, Reflections, Self-reflection, Writing / Teika Marija Smits

Okay, so this won’t be a stunningly original post, but I still feel it’s necessary. I look back at 2014

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The Mentor’s Journey (Interlude)

8 Comments / Psychology, Reflections, Self-reflection / Teika Marija Smits

Having just now come to an end of a period of mentorship I am taking a break. I am in

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Wistful

9 Comments / Art, Family life, Reflections / Teika Marija Smits

I own this very old dictionary named Cassell’s Concise English Dictionary which is still very much loved and used by

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Pencil, paper… bright ideas!

21 Comments / Art, Creativity, Family life, Mothering / Teika Marija Smits

Welcome to the November 2014 Carnival of Natural Parenting: Indoor Play This post was written for inclusion in the monthly

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Begone all spooks!

12 Comments / Creativity, Family life, Reflections, Self-reflection, Writing / Teika Marija Smits

There are always times of increase and times of decrease. I guess they roughly follow the shape of a sine

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Anticipation

2 Comments / Art, Psychology, Reflections, Self-reflection / Teika Marija Smits

When I was about fifteen or sixteen, I had to write a kind of list poem for my English studies.

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Constellations

6 Comments / Art, Family life, Reflections / Teika Marija Smits

Of course I love to look upwards and gaze at the beauty of the stars. Looking at the constellations is

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