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  2. Liz Terry – GL5 4PU – I love to write, and have had quite a few articles published over the years. I write non-fiction on all sorts of subjects, including my own life and what matters to me. I write a blog, called "My Random Ramblings", which you can access by clicking to view my complete profile and then clicking on the link at the bottom. I also wrote a new blog in 2013 called "The 365 Project - a photo diary in words". Intrigued? Then you need to click to view my complete profile and click on the relevant link at the bottom.
    Liz Terry says:

    What a beautiful photograph!

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  10. Gretchen Del Rio – Crestline, California, USA – I first discovered the magic of water based colors when many years ago I began to paint with procion dyes on silk. I loved the unexpected quality of the process. It was so exciting to never be sure what the colors and water would combine to produce. It seemed as though the medium had its own passion. Painting with watercolors and paper is much the same. I love the color combinations and separations that occur spontaneously as the color floats on the water. You can never totally predict what effect will result. If you try to control the medium too much, your painting will be very tight losing its aliveness. The artist must be bold and decisive or the work will not be clear and fresh. It is really like a dance. It becomes a controlled folly in knowing when to let go and when to take charge of the direction that the painting is taking. The images that I paint reflect my emotions and are expression of my life experience. They are not extensively planned, but rather evolve as the painting progresses. I am always surprised by the end result since it comes into being because of what the medium and emotion has suggested. The paintings are from my heart and I always fall in love with the subject. I believe that we are all connected and, if an image touches you, it is because we all have the same heart even though our paths may be different. Most of all, painting what I paint makes me happy. The paintings are my own path unfolding. They are an opening door for me and contain my own passion for life.
    Gretchen Del Rio says:

    Oh yes and such a great photo to illustrate.

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  13. Dr. Denny Wilkins – Dr. Denny Wilkins professes journalism at a small, private university in the Northeast. He has climbed, hiked, kayaked, photographed, skied, and otherwise meandered aimlessly throughout the American West for decades. He has degrees in geology, environmental studies, and communication — and has tried to make use of them as a co-founder of the progressive cultural blog ScholarsandRogues.com. He’s broadly interested in how the world works and why it works that way. He hates writing, although he does like having written well.
    Dr. Denny says:

    Positively regal … 🙂

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  15. vequinox – Vancouver, Canada – BIOGRAPHY Manolis (Emmanuel Aligizakis) is a Greek-Canadian poet and author. He was recently appointed an honorary instructor and fellow of the International Arts Academy, and awarded a Master’s for the Arts in Literature. He is recognized for his ability to convey images and thoughts in a rich and evocative way that tugs at something deep within the reader. Born in the village of Kolibari on the island of Crete in 1947, he moved with his family at a young age to Thessaloniki and then to Athens, where he received his Bachelor of Arts in Political Sciences from the Panteion University of Athens. After graduation, he served in the armed forces for two years and emigrated to Vancouver in 1973, where he worked as an iron worker, train labourer, taxi driver, and stock broker, and studied English Literature at Simon Fraser University. He has written three novels and numerous collections of poetry, which are steadily being released as published works. His articles, poems and short stories in both Greek and English have appeared in various magazines and newspapers in Canada, United States, Sweden, Hungary, Slovakia, Romania, Australia, and Greece. His poetry has been translated into Spanish, Romanian, Swedish, German, Hungarian languages and has been published in book form or in magazines in various countries. He now lives in White Rock, where he spends his time writing, gardening, traveling, and heading Libros Libertad, an unorthodox and independent publishing company which he founded in 2006 with the mission of publishing literary books. His translation book “George Seferis-Collected Poems” was shortlisted for the Greek National Literary Awards the highest literary recognition of Greece. Distinguished Awards Winner of the Dr. Asha Bhargava Memorial Award, Writers International Network Canada, 2014 “George Seferis-Collected Poems” translated by Manolis, shortlisted for the Greek National Literary Awards, translation category. 1st International Poetry Prize for his translation of “George Seferis-Collected Poems”, 2013 Master of the Arts in Literature, International Arts Academy, 2013 1st Prize for poetry, 7th Volos poetry Competition, 2012 Honorary instructor and fellow, International Arts Academy, 2012 2nd Prize for short story, Interartia festival, 2012 2nd Prize for Poetry, Interartia Festival, 2012 2nd Prize for poetry, Interartia Festival, 2011 3rd prize for short stories, Interartia Festival, 2011 Books by Manolis Autumn Leaves, poetry, Ekstasis Editions, 2014 Übermensch/Υπεράνθρωπος, poetry, Ekstasis Editions, 2013 Mythography, paintings and poetry, Libros Libertad, 2012 Nostos and Algos, poetry, Ekstasis Editions, 2012 Vortex, poetry, Libros Libertad, 2011 The Circle, novel, Libros Libertad, 2011 Vernal Equinox, poetry, Ekstasis Editions, 2011 Opera Bufa, poetry, Libros Libertad, 2010 Vespers, poetry by Manolis paintings by Ken Kirkby, Libros Libertad, 2010 Triptych, poetry, Ekstasis Editions, 2010 Nuances, poetry, Ekstasis Editions, 2009 Rendition, poetry, Libros Libertad, 2009 Impulses, poetry, Libros Libertad, 2009 Troglodytes, poetry, Libros Libertad, 2008 Petros Spathis, novel, Libros Libertad, 2008 El Greco, poetry, Libros Libertad, 2007 Path of Thorns, poetry, Libros Libertad, 2006 Footprints in Sandstone, poetry, Authorhouse, Bloomington, Indiana, 2006 The Orphans - an Anthology, poetry, Authorhouse, Bloomington, Indiana, 2005 Translations by Manolis Idolaters, a novel by Joanna Frangia, Libros Libertad, 2014 Tasos Livaditis-Selected Poems, Libros Libertad, 2014 Yannis Ritsos-Selected Poems, Ekstasis Editions, 2013 Cloe and Alexandra-Selected Poems, Libros Libertad, 2013 George Seferis-Collected Poems, Libros Libertad, 2012 Yannis Ritsos-Poems, Libros Libertad, 2010 Constantine P. Cafavy - Poems, Libros Libertad, 2008 Cavafy-Selected Poems, Ekstasis Editions, 2011 Books in other languages Eszmelet, (Hungarian), poetry by Manolis Aligizakis, translated into Hungarian by Karoly Csiby, AB-ART, Bratislava, Slovakia, 2014 Hierodoules, (Greek), poetry, Sexpirikon, Salonica, Greece, 2014 Yperanthropos,(Greek), poetry, ENEKEN Publications, Salonica, Greece, 2014 Übermensch (German), poetry by Manolis Aligizakis, translated into German by Eniko Thiele Csekei, WINDROSE, Austria, 2014 Nostos si Algos, (Romanian) poetry by Manolis Aligizakis, translated into Romanian by Lucia Gorea, DELLART, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 2013 Tolmires Anatasis, (Greek) poetry, GAVRIILIDIS EDITIONS, Athens, Greece, 2013 Filloroes, (Greek ) poetry, ENEKEN PUBLICATIONS, Thessaloniki, Greece, 2013 Earini Isimeria, (Greek) poetry, ENEKEN PUBLICATIONS, Thessaloniki, Greece, 2011 Stratis o Roukounas, (Greek) novel, MAVRIDIS EDITIONS, Athens, Greece, 1981 Magazines Canadian Fiction Magazine—Victoria, BC Pacific Rim Review of Books—Victoria, BC Canadian Poetry Review—Victoria, BC Monday Poem, Leaf Press-Lantzville, BC The Broadkill Review, Milton, Delaware Ekeken, Thessaloniki, Greece Envolimon, Beotia, Greece Annual Literary Review, Athens, Greece Stigmes, Crete, Greece Apodimi Krites, Crete, Greece Patris, Crete, Greece Nyxta-Mera, Chania, Greece Wallflowers, Thessaloniki, Greece Diasporic Literature Spot, Melbourne, Australia Black Sheep Dances, California, USA Diasporic Literature Magazine, Melbourne, Australia Spotlight on the Arts, Surrey, BC Barnwood, International Poetry Magazine, Seattle, USA Unrorean, University of Maine, Farmington, Maine, USA Vakhikon, Athens, Greece Paremvasi, Kozani, Greece Szoros Ko, Bratislava, Slovakia Mediterranean Poetry, Sweden Apostaktirio, Athens, Greece Life and Art, Athens, Greece Logos and Images, Athens, Greece Contemporary Writers and Thinkers, Athens, Greece Palinodiae, Athens, Greece Royal City Poet’s Anthology, 2013, New Westminster, BC, Canada To parathyro, Paris, France Ragazine C.C, New Jersey Artenistas, Athens Greece Deucalion the Thessalos, Greece. Literary Lectern, Athens, Greece Homo Universalis, Athens Greece
    vequinox says:

    Beautifully focused!

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  16. seniorhiker – Fairfield Glade, TN – A retired college math and computer science professor with some experience as a business programmer. Now interested in hiking, especially to waterfalls and working in our yard and rose garden. I also enjoy traveling with Betsy, my bride since 2001.
    seniorhiker says:

    This is beautiful.

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  18. AngieG9 – Owensboro, KY, USA – I'm a somewhat normal person who happens to have MS, therefore my blog name "A Train Wreck Looking For A Home". I try to keep a sense of humor about everything in life, including the times when I run into the walls or bang my head on the furniture, and can always depend on my kids to keep me centered. MS has changed my life, but when I'm in remission life goes on as always. And what a life it is! I'm in my golden years and still looking for the gold, but it's not a bad trip.
    AngieG9 says:

    As usual, it is beautiful. Such a great eye for beauty.

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  20. stockdalewolfe – Ellen Stockdale Wolfe worked her way through school, earning a BA from Barnard College, an MA in Special Education at Teachers College, Columbia University, an MLS in Library Science at Columbia University. She worked with autistic children in college and in graduate school. Ellen has Asperger's Syndrome and Bipolar Disorder herself and has written about her experiences of both and of learning to love. She took courses in fiction and non-fiction writing at the School of General Studies at Columbia. Ellen was able to work for 30 years as a cataloguer, specializing in her college major and minor, art history and psychology, at Teachers College, Columbia University, Butler Library, Columbia University, the Frick Museum and the New-York Historical Society. In 2000 she left libraries to become a Reiki Master and pursue her early interests in photography, painting, and writing. Her art work can be viewed on her web page: StockdaleWolfe.artistswebsites.com Her book about her experience of Asperger's and Bipolar Disorder can be found at: www.independentauthornetwork.com/ellen-stockdale-wolfe.html OTHER PUBLICATIONS Fear of Fusion, the featured article and focus of Psychoanalytic Inquiry, vol. 13, no. 3, 1993 A nature column in the Millbrook Register Herald with the byline, Under the Black Birch from 2005-2010
    stockdalewolfe says:

    How true!

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  21. Sheila – I have a passion for the outdoors and I am most happy enjoying what nature has to offer. Hobbies include photography, birding, Pickleball, astronomy, biking, and hiking. I have been happily married, for 50 years, to an amazing person.
    Sheila says:

    So true, beautiful image, beautiful image!! Beauty in Simplicity!

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  22. GrannysPlace – washington coast – I am my husbands care giver. He is a disabled Nam Vet with schizo effective disorder and secondary bipolar, and heart disease, insulin dependent diabetic, frontal lobe dementia, and other stuff. I find the beauty in the world through the eye of my camera lens and this is also my inspiration for when life gets tough and it does at time with a loved one with a severe mental illness. I am Mother to two, grandmother to three and great grandmother to two. I am a 12 stepped-clean and sober for many years and am 65 years old.
    GrannysPlace says:

    Simple but beautiful

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  23. typewriterpoet – I enjoy many poetry styles but enjoy short poetry the most and a little bit of microfiction, but the challenge of a long poem has it's enjoyment as well!
    typewriterpoet says:

    gorgeous1 is the a Dahlia?

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  25. sharonstjoan – Poet, writer, and advocate for wildlife, wild lands, and the earth. President, Forest Voices of India - a U.S.-based group which aids charities in India that further education, culture, the well-being of women, children, and animals, and the restoration of sacred groves. websites: https://wordpress.com/view/forestvoicesofindia.com https://wordpress.com/view/echoesinthemist.com https://wordpress.com/view/wildvoices.world book: Glimpses of Kanchi https://www.amazon.com/Glimpses-Kanchi-Sharon-St-Joan/dp/1982901179/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Glimpses+of+Kanchi&qid=1581769003&sr=8-1
    sharonstjoan says:

    Reblogged this on Voices and Visions.

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  28. blondie63 – I love crochet, knitting, photography, dogs, cooking, baking, scrapbooking, music ,blogging and did I mention dogs? I also love to collect movies which is a big hobby of mine!
    Lisa says:

    Nice! I love your thoughts and the flower is exquisite!

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  30. chrisstov – I have reached retirement age. I am a keen amateur photographer. I like walking and listening to classical and film music, also some popular and pop music from the 60s and 70s. I like reading and have recently discovered Kindle and lately the kindle fire.
    chrisstov says:

    A beautiful picture although the complexity of nature making all those tiny petals doesn’t look all that simple.

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  32. Rene Yoshi – Just a transplanted Okinawan-French Southern girl with a wee bit o' Irish, sharing photography and what I'm learning about spiritual things, including putting off legalism and religious traditions, and embracing God's matchless love, tender mercy, and amazing grace!
    Rene Yoshi says:

    Exquisite!

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  34. becky6259 – My daddy married a city girl and put her in the country, and then I married a city boy and he put me in the city...for awhile anyway. We're now living in small-town Mid-Missouri and enjoying the best of both worlds!
    becky6259 says:

    If you had a “Like” button I would click it on nearly all of your pictures!

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