I live in West Central Illinois with my fellow artist husband, Ian Shelly. With the help of this blog, I hope to share my studio explorations, inspirations, and above all the creative making that occupies my hands and heart. Thanks so much for visiting! All original content - 2012 - 2013 by natalie shelly.

A continuing collection of opinions, aphorisms, embarrassments, and overheard conversations. With more than occasional side-trips into culinaria and other dark places. Saturday, March 2, 2013. This was a little piece inspired by the song in the posted video. It was, of course, written for a New Years Eve themed evening of short plays.

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Once again, Blogger hates me so the spacing is all weird and not even directly altering the HTML will fix it. Hope you enjoy the post and can get over it better than I can! I sat down with my Bible this morning intending to spend awhile reading through multiple Psalms. Hope this is encouraging! I love the imagery h.