December 16, 2020 The Long Nights: How the Light Gets In Offers Rediscovery Through Poetry and Art December 18-20 from 4:30-7:30 pm 330 Beach Drive NE, downtown St. Pete Free… Read More
Genre: Literary
Tarot for Unpredictable Times
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Blog 6 While I was living in the Keys four years ago, I met one of my dearest friends, Lisa. She drew Angel cards each day, and when I was… Read More
Beginnings and Endings
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Beginnings and Endings by Yuly Restrepo December 11, 2020 The first images I envisioned for my novel, many years ago, were its beginning and ending. This is unusual for me…. Read More
Children’s Book Illustration
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One project that I started working on in the summer, and will hopefully finish soon, is illustrating a children’s book. It’s a personal project that stemmed from reading to my… Read More
Names
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Blog #5 I made a big decision recently. I decided to publish as Sara Ries Dziekonski even though for over a decade I have published as Sara Ries, my birth… Read More
Genealogy
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Blog 5 It’s always interesting to find out what we’re carrying with us from our parents and grandparents. I’ve never been big on genealogy, but I do have an… Read More
Mentors
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Growing up, it didn’t occur to me that I could become a writer. Like many other kids, I was an avid reader, and I wrote little fantastical stories where I… Read More
Cold Weather Writer
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Blog 4 I’m a cold weather writer. I write better when it’s cold out. It’s counterintuitive, I know, for me to live in Florida, but there is also something… Read More
COVID-19 Days, Thanksgiving, and Gratitude
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Blog #4 It’s nice to be back in this space to reflect, share, and connect. It is one of those tired deep-in-my-bones days, when things feel slightly off. The… Read More
Art That Makes You Feel Like Celebrating
December 1, 2020 . . . The Arts Coast Journal needs to ask, what work of art makes you feel like celebrating? The lively range of answers that we got… Read More