Finding my Northstar in an Unusual Place
I had ignored my mother’s advice and was dating a man more beautiful than me. It was 2000, I was recently divorced, in my 30’s, and...
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Bettina
Mar 265 min
Stealing the Bear
My dad died in November. I got a new hip in January. Then the holidays. It’s March, I’m in Mexico,with a full moon shining over the...
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Bettina
Oct 19, 20233 min
Joy Sorrow Pain Love....
I wanted to do this show after going through a hard, dark couple of years. I lost a lover ,and my beloved godmother within months of...
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Bettina
Jun 27, 20234 min
Getting Married
Carolyn and I Wyoming 2002 In March of this year I got to go to Hawaii with one of my dearest friends, and creative soulmates. Carolyn...
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Bettina
Apr 20, 20235 min
20 Things I Would Say to My Eighteen Year Old Self:
I was listening to Glennon Doyle Melton's podcast this week with Cheryl Strayed. They were interviewing Cheryl about her new tv series...
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Bettina
Nov 20, 20223 min
"I make birds"
“I make birds”…says the southern voice from across the room. I remember the first time I met Chris, and hearing her say this, as we went...
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Bettina
Jul 24, 20223 min
Ode to David
My friend David has been staying with me for the last three weeks. David is 72. He was my exhusband, Jamie’s art teacher in high school...
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Bettina
Jun 15, 20224 min
Summer update from the studio:
Anyone else feel like they’re clinging to a rocketship as it hurtles through space? Life feels like it’s moving so fast . I fell into...
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Bettina
Dec 30, 20213 min
Knitting Life Together
December 29th 2021 Dear Ones, I woke this morning to a snowy Santa Fe. My bear hibernation instincts are in full swing. I am amazed over...
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Bettina
Apr 6, 20214 min
spring and how to heal a broken heart
Dear Friends, Happy Spring to all of you. Here we are in April. Hurray. And phew. Winter felt a bit like moving through mud on my end,...
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Bettina
Sep 10, 20207 min
Grief is the chapter I would have skipped over...
Grief is the chapter I would have skipped over before this year. If you skip over this blog post I completely understand, in fact I...
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Bettina
Feb 19, 20204 min
Not quite ready to be Emily Dickinson yet…
Dearest Friends, It’s August 2020, coming up on six months of shut down, shelter in place, quarantine… Last year I remember saying to...
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