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Terry Freedman's avatar

Very poetic. Lovely photo, just right.

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Rebecca Holden's avatar

Thank you, Terry! 🔥 I wrote something very similar in the 'flash fiction' session of your fabulous 60-minute writer course, and I thought I'd tweak it further to share here!

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Terry Freedman's avatar

Yes, i recognised it. Well done

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Beryl Hobson's avatar

Wow - that is lovely. I guess I relate to it having g been one of your glass customers.

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Rebecca Holden's avatar

Gosh, thanks, Beryl! And not only a lovely customer but a very accomplished student, too! I know that you know exactly how it feels to let fire inspire! 😘❤️

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Mary B's avatar

Bravo, Rebecca! Your Jim's photos and your words are the perfect combo for a quick Saturday-morning-with-coffee-what-will-the-day-bring-oh-look-a-post-from-Rebecca! moment. I can hear the soft bumping of moths against the window that only light-night-into-the-early-morning workers know. ❤️

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Rebecca Holden's avatar

Oh, how lovely, Mary! Thank you so very much. xxx

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Good Humor by CK Steefel's avatar

Beautiful poem and photo.

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Rebecca Holden's avatar

Thank you so much, Carissa!

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Sabrina Simpson's avatar

Very lovely Rebecca! And Jim’s photos are the perfect accompaniment. I’m enjoying your stretches into new formats.

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Rebecca Holden's avatar

Oh, that’s so kind of you to say, Sabrina - thank you! I feel very nervous about this kind of writing, but even since the course has finished I’ve been having a play with more non-memoirish pieces. x

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Sue Cauhape's avatar

Bravo! Isn't it fun to squeeze a story into a limit number of words? This one is a lovely start. Hope there're more coming.

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Rebecca Holden's avatar

Thank you, Sue! And yes, it’s such fun! In class Terry had asked us to write a story in 100 words, and then condense it into 75. For homework we then had to squeeze it into 50!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🤪

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Sue Cauhape's avatar

That is indeed a challenge. I hope you post those for us to enjoy.

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Sharron Bassano's avatar

Ah..."the inner moth"! A perfect metaphor. I do get the attraction! I have watched many a demonstration, but never gave it a try. This was like a peek over your shoulder. Thank you. My compliments to Mr. Snaps.

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Rebecca Holden's avatar

I was certainly drawn to the flame, Sharron! I’d love to get back to it one day. And thank you so much. xxx

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Gail Sawyer's avatar

This was awesome! My life with inspiring firings, was when I was a potter for a few short years. Then about four October’s ago, my son presented me with a glass blown palm sized Pumpkin, which I still use today as a paper weight to hold a sheer curtain back on the window sill. It’s something I haven’t tried yet, but I’m putting it on my bucket list! 🤗

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Rebecca Holden's avatar

Oh wow, pottery is another fascinating craft - how wonderful! I love the sound of that pumpkin. If you look up ‘lampwork glass beadmaking’ you might well find an artist/instructor near where you are. I’m absolutely sure you’d love it! x

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Gail Sawyer's avatar

I had a friend years ago that use to do lampwork glass beads. I even have a couple she did. At this point, I absolutely could not fit one more fun crafty thing on my plate! I’m easily distracted and barely finish one thing before moving onto the next. LOL!

I have a brand new Minolta digital camera I bought last year that I’ve yet to get thru the instructions on. (They write them sooo small!) I’m the kind of person that learns best by watching and hands on. I had no idea cameras now are way more than just point and shoot! I do get good shots with my iPhone, but it’s an older one, and I wanted a camera I could do close ups with for capturing the birds at my feeders. I think part of the problem too was the operator. 🤦🏻‍♀️ So since I am pretty much recovered from having had cataract surgery this month in both 👀’s, I’ll give the directions another shot. Ha! See what eye did there?

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Rebecca Holden's avatar

Oh wow! I love that you’ve come across lampwork glass beads in person - that’s fantastic! I know what you mean about not finishing stuff before moving onto the next big thing - I’m exactly the same! Painting, drawing, hiking, baking….. you name it, I’ve started it and paused/stopped/restarted/said goodbye to it forever!

And gosh, photography absolutely baffles me - it feels so techy and complicated, and I just don’t have the patience for it! Jim mentions now and again how strange he finds it (as a photographer!) that I have never shown any kind of curiosity about taking pictures myself! It’s funny, isn’t it?!

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Elizabeth Beggins's avatar

But...is it fiction? ☺️

Love the poetry of this post, Rebecca, Jim's photos included. Lush!

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Rebecca Holden's avatar

Oh Elizabeth, you’re brilliant - no, it isn’t fiction - very well spotted! I found it absolutely fascinating on the course I’ve just completed that everything I’d written on Terry’s course came straight from my own experience. I think for a lot of my life I’ve thought that writing fiction = having to make up stories, but no, that’s not the case - it’s taken a very long time for it to dawn on me that there are plenty of my own stories which make, well, a story!

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Elizabeth Beggins's avatar

Love that, Rebecca!

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Donna McArthur's avatar

I love this Rebecca, your words and Jim's photos are gorgeous.

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Rebecca Holden's avatar

So kind, Donna - very many thanks! (And I’m very lucky to have a photographer in the family!) x

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Sharon Hudson's avatar

I just loved this poem, Rebecca, and such a beautiful photo, too! You spin words into lovely pieces of art, as well!

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Rebecca Holden's avatar

Oh how lovely, thank you, Sharon! x

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Start Bay Notebooks's avatar

I love the art of simplicity - it’s takes longer to write something short. 👍

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Rebecca Holden's avatar

LOL - it does, doesn’t it? I love Mark Twain’s words: “I didn’t have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead.”

So true! 🤣

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Start Bay Notebooks's avatar

I had this quote in mind - but I couldn't remember who said it!

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Rebecca Holden's avatar

🤣 It’s a good one, isn’t it? 😁 A man of wise words, Twain!

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