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It's About Time!

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Well, tomorrow it's time to get back to work.  I feel rested and ready.  I am still a bit emotional, but I have used this time wisely.  I achieved mostly everything I could imagine I wanted to accomplish.  When I went to New Orleans for Fat Tuesday I brought along a book.  It was called Art as Therapy by Alain de Botton.  Before the pandemic I was dealing with a lot of uncertainty.  It was a quick read for me.  As, I was blogging everyday I was coming to the realization of how I used Art already as therapy.   I had gone to some wonderful art retreats in my life, and many of the lessons and classes I took were helpful.  One in particular was Heidi Swapp's class.  She had just given birth to her fifth child and had her baby with her.  I didn't realize until the very end of class.  It was a two page scrapbook page, and we were given a box of Paris rubber stamps in the kit.  The name of the retreat was called Cr...