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Eileen Bader Williams's avatar

I wrote a memoir during the pandemic called The Gosling Bride. I had journals and photos spread all over my living room floor. Now I'm writing a 2nd one. It's hard work, filled with introspection and angst (lol)), but that was one thing the pandemic gifted us with, don't you think?

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Kirsi Dahl's avatar

That’s amazing! I have mentally been collecting thoughts on my pandemic thoughts but haven’t collected them into a memoir yet. Good for you! I’m envious!

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Mightier Acorns's avatar

As an Arizona native, I unconditionally approve of your cacti. :)

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Kirsi Dahl's avatar

The cacti here are so gorgeous! It's hard to not want to paint them!

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Carla Garner's avatar

Your watercolors are splendid! I could see the sunflowers and I like the trees and mountains in blue. If you kept at it, you could have a showing! (This is coming from another artist that has been practicing for the last 55 years)

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Kirsi Dahl's avatar

So kind. Thank you.

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Eileen Bader Williams's avatar

My second love is art and I envy those with artistic talent which you surely seem to have.

What a unique time in history we lived through with that thing. lol

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Katie's avatar

I liked most of the art. You are so darn talented. You did a flamingo for me and I love it. When you become famous (which should be soon now) don’t forget your mother. I haven’t any great talent but I’ve tried. Well, I did,

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Eileen Bader Williams's avatar

They're beautiful! I also took up watercolor during the pandemic--notecards and Christmas cards.

I wasn't quite as ambitious as you, but maybe I'll try again.

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Kirsi Dahl's avatar

Maybe you'll write about your watercolor hobby soon?!

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Jami's avatar

You got talent!

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Jim's Cell Phone's avatar

You should have kept up with the water colors, you could have been a star !

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Paula Delesha's avatar

I'd say give yourself credit. If you're saying these are your first ever, you're super talented!

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Kirsi Dahl's avatar

Thank you for the compliment. My intention definitely wasn't to solicit one. Most look better after having been scanned! And, I kept the best ones and must have tossed the really bad ones. But, in all, yes, these represent the very short period in which I started and ended watercoloring.

My intention is to have a mini time capsule for a future generation on what their 5x great-grand-somebody did in 2020 when the world shut down.

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