Alia D.
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Chess set
This is a chess set I made as a gift.It's slip cast from a commercial mold and then I hand painted each piece to be unique. It took pours to get all the pieces for a complete set. I would sit in the garden and watch the little bunnies as I cleaned the unfir...
This is a chess set I made as a gift.It's slip cast from a commercial mold and then I hand painted each piece to be unique. It took pours to get all the pieces for a complete set. I would sit in the garden and watch the little bunnies as I cleaned the unfir...
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being brought to maturity
Luke 12:25-28 And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? If then you are not able to do as small a thing as that, why are you anxious about the rest? Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet...
Luke 12:25-28 And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? If then you are not able to do as small a thing as that, why are you anxious about the rest? Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet...
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Orphans No More
"I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you." - Jesus (John 14:18) I'm in my 40s and must of the time I'm responsible for taking care of myself, and sometimes other people too. But recently ...
"I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you." - Jesus (John 14:18) I'm in my 40s and must of the time I'm responsible for taking care of myself, and sometimes other people too. But recently ...
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Arbitrage in Createspace Sales
I’ve noticed an interesting phenomenon
that is happening with POD books. Now that fact that I was in a position to
notice this particular practice is an artifact of a failure. I wrote an odd quirky
book that didn’t have a really good commercial hook. Then w...
I’ve noticed an interesting phenomenon
that is happening with POD books. Now that fact that I was in a position to
notice this particular practice is an artifact of a failure. I wrote an odd quirky
book that didn’t have a really good commercial hook. Then w...
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Death Race 2015
The evil characters in the movie Death Race 2000 were organizing the cross country trek where many people would die for entertainment. They watched for the fun of cheering on their favorites. Today in 2015 we don’t even bother to watch. America and Europe p...
The evil characters in the movie Death Race 2000 were organizing the cross country trek where many people would die for entertainment. They watched for the fun of cheering on their favorites. Today in 2015 we don’t even bother to watch. America and Europe p...
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A Bible Study on Mind of a Maker
It was seeing a mentor of mine created a Bible study from a book of sermons that inspired my passion for teaching Bible studies. Later she taught me things like time management and other practical skills that helped me as a Bible study teacher, but that fir...
It was seeing a mentor of mine created a Bible study from a book of sermons that inspired my passion for teaching Bible studies. Later she taught me things like time management and other practical skills that helped me as a Bible study teacher, but that fir...
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Life filled with Love
Today is Valentine's Day. It is also my father's birthday. He passed away a number of years ago, and there is the potential for pain there. I had a wonderful day, with a surprise delivery of flower from my husband. As I staged a picture of the flowers that...
Today is Valentine's Day. It is also my father's birthday. He passed away a number of years ago, and there is the potential for pain there. I had a wonderful day, with a surprise delivery of flower from my husband. As I staged a picture of the flowers that...
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On Tracks
by ProjectManhatten CC BY-SA A friend asked me if I could give any insight as to why an autistic acquaintance of his was so fascinated by trains. I’m not myself particularly fascinated by trains but I had a vague intuition that such a fascination did make s...
by ProjectManhatten CC BY-SA A friend asked me if I could give any insight as to why an autistic acquaintance of his was so fascinated by trains. I’m not myself particularly fascinated by trains but I had a vague intuition that such a fascination did make s...
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Enjoying being Cared For
This last week end my husband took
me to get shoes. He just said I should go put on shoes and some real pants
because he wanted to go shopping with me. As we went out the door I asked where
we were going and he said to get shoes. Now I had some...
This last week end my husband took
me to get shoes. He just said I should go put on shoes and some real pants
because he wanted to go shopping with me. As we went out the door I asked where
we were going and he said to get shoes. Now I had some...
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What do we puppies have against “Literary”?
I’ve seen some confusion and ambivalence about just what it is the Sad Puppies have against “literary” in Sci-Fi and I don’t think what this has to do with the political correctness issues has been fully explicated. So I wanted to go ahead and...
I’ve seen some confusion and ambivalence about just what it is the Sad Puppies have against “literary” in Sci-Fi and I don’t think what this has to do with the political correctness issues has been fully explicated. So I wanted to go ahead and...
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