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Joy is the Justice We Give Ourselves – J. Drew Lanham poet, ornithologist

laura bruno lilly — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 22:11:20 +0000

On this last day of February*, after scrapping several attempts to craft a blog post based upon my own feelings of overwhelm during the relentless escalation of ICE these past months, I received the March newsletter from The Poetry Society of South Carolina** in my email. Therein I learned of SC native son, J. Drew […]

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My Snow Day Weekend

laura bruno lilly — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 15:15:38 +0000

Over the weekend here in the Carolinas a Cold Snap peaked on Saturday, with a Snow Dump of about 4 inches Sunday morning. We were ready for the ‘bad weather’ predicted locally. Except for the prospect of power outages (there were none, yay!) due to ice on the many exposed power lines in the area, […]

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Fall of Freedom – 11/21-22, 2025

laura bruno lilly — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 12:58:35 +0000

Let the Creative Resistance Begin ‘641’ Laura Bruno Lilly and Kevin McKinney (Doc Snow) If unable to view video, go here. Poem for '641'spoken word by Laura Bruno Lilly©2025I am woman.I have a uterus.Feminism is in my DNA.Family is my tribe.I was once an at-risk pregnant person.I received accessible, science-based, person-centered care during those vulnerable […]

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Fall of Freedom Project Update

laura bruno lilly — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 18:48:40 +0000

Monday evening, 11/17: I just pushed ‘submit’ on the Fall of Freedom Event Registration Form. This is a big deal. Not in the fact that Kevin and I are now committed to the deadline, but because even as creative participants, we don’t fit the mold – we are not an organization. In fact, under the […]

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ShoutOut: Fall of Freedom Event

laura bruno lilly — Fri, 24 Oct 2025 23:28:25 +0000

Note: I’ve been managing a constant stream of migraine waves since mid-September resulting in controlled silence on my end of various communications – including blogging! As many of you know, doing what needs to be done (work, teaching, just laying low, etc) during those times is challenging and often impossible. Today I seem to be […]

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Weekend Notes 3/2-3/2024

laura bruno lilly — Sat, 02 Mar 2024 18:46:37 +0000

“Mounted over canvas” As per recent quilt-blogger discussions about how to mount certain fiber art pieces: Mary over at Zippy Quilts posted a callout for suggestions on how best to display a ‘map’ quilt she recently completed. The overriding consensus suggested mounting it over canvas. About two years ago, I experimented with this technique. During […]

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Weekend Notes 1/13-14/2024

laura bruno lilly — Sun, 14 Jan 2024 18:02:31 +0000

While many are experiencing extreme weather across the country, our little corner of the world offered up a few perfect days. My favorite type of day, in fact. Stiff breezes delivering crisp air and enhanced sharpness to the slanty-rays of daytime sunshine… While many have detailed their goals in a manner worthy of the New […]

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Life Is In The Doing

laura bruno lilly — Sun, 04 Dec 2022 13:14:39 +0000

I’m just doing the doing. More some days than others. A steady doing of doing that is mostly mindful, often delightful, surprisingly productive and always so very daily. Hubby and I took on several home improvement projects since buying our little rental home October 2021. Doing needful maintenance the landlord avoided doing – even when […]

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Catching Up part two

laura bruno lilly — Mon, 27 Jun 2022 18:39:46 +0000

As per Banjo Guy’s suggestion in part one, I spent some time with my Hammered Dulcimer (HD). Once hauled out from it’s resting spot under the skinny folding work table in my music ‘studio’, and set up in the living room, it was ready & waiting for me to play at my pleasure. Our house […]

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Catching Up part one

laura bruno lilly — Mon, 20 Jun 2022 17:49:01 +0000

Interspersed amongst my wrist issues, I managed to type out & post a few blog articles and maintain a certain level of creative lifestyle activity over the past 2+ months. Wrist issues? you may ask, curious as to what that has to do with anything. As an (he)artist, one needs to be vigilant in maintaining […]

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