tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49674849377029190822024-02-21T05:15:42.240-08:00pinkshelIn addition to posting pictures of my art and beautiful family, this blog will let you know where I'll be selling my wares each weekend.Michele Young-Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14036826607937443649noreply@blogger.comBlogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4967484937702919082.post-48059816957793342942010-04-17T14:34:00.000-07:002010-04-17T14:36:30.919-07:00Michele Young-Stone at Gallery 5 Sunday, April 18th<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjNbSPTrLpLEHQby9Em6xc5I69-VFlvY55UR4FRWrXg9VpklYPmQbFh_tHjhXa6p6iEA4KXW732LqXj4kI6XeQgeNtwiK0Q4nzoyd-7STv5V3kQjg4ZuydgQ5L08J_LHW577RBMy7xjw8o/s1600/chopsueytuey.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 314px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjNbSPTrLpLEHQby9Em6xc5I69-VFlvY55UR4FRWrXg9VpklYPmQbFh_tHjhXa6p6iEA4KXW732LqXj4kI6XeQgeNtwiK0Q4nzoyd-7STv5V3kQjg4ZuydgQ5L08J_LHW577RBMy7xjw8o/s320/chopsueytuey.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461223036340863890" /></a>Hi fellow photograph and art lovers!<div><br /></div><div>Please come celebrate the launch of my debut novel THE HANDBOOK FOR LIGHTNING STRIKE SURVIVORS at Gallery 5, Sunday, April 18th, 5 to 7 pm. </div><div><br /></div><div>Free and open to the public.</div><div><br /></div><div>My book will be available for purchase.</div><div><br /></div><div>Good food, good fun, and great folks. </div><div><br /></div><div>Thanks, Chop Suey and thanks, Gallery 5! </div>Michele Young-Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14036826607937443649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4967484937702919082.post-36950039667101745152010-04-17T14:27:00.000-07:002010-04-17T14:32:40.270-07:00Michele Young-Stone at Gallery 5 Sunday, April 18th<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Pu4G4WaJx4HSoch_Gxau-n45vPrpIuNlIfCMAESZSzjv2QAUuLrg8Oq5TEBaRwE2A3iDbaxyZqcaYaCVbMxgohWYwAN4OY7d53QZeHXCYoXyZJGKsTtJ6ineMHonibTbh0NBfCzWeP1t/s1600/DSCN0153.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Pu4G4WaJx4HSoch_Gxau-n45vPrpIuNlIfCMAESZSzjv2QAUuLrg8Oq5TEBaRwE2A3iDbaxyZqcaYaCVbMxgohWYwAN4OY7d53QZeHXCYoXyZJGKsTtJ6ineMHonibTbh0NBfCzWeP1t/s320/DSCN0153.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461221667958964994" /></a>I am a survivor. Lightning strike and otherwise. <div><br /></div><div>Come celebrate my debut novel THE HANDBOOK FOR LIGHTNING STRIKE SURVIVORS with me, Sunday, April 18th, 5 - 7 pm, Gallery 5, 200 W. Marshall St., Richmond, VA 23227.</div><div><br /></div><div>Reading, signing, great band, good food and fabulous folks. </div><div><br /></div><div>Books for sale at the event. Sponsored by Chop Suey Books and Gallery 5. Thanks, Ward!</div>Michele Young-Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14036826607937443649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4967484937702919082.post-11216970504294021852009-10-29T09:21:00.000-07:002009-10-29T09:22:34.056-07:00Isabel's Ghost<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA2u5qWpuMAHCWc7dpeBE9BY567xcWW1IAFtETkYaKTZ7NJG_zkReN99YsDPT2yCqGKpLGsBeHbSEWrMISuNnkAxPfKf0oAq3IB37RCYvGNj7tU-NS6d_LuIl9ekIP5Kfm9DNoIWZj0l6x/s1600-h/DSCN0133.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA2u5qWpuMAHCWc7dpeBE9BY567xcWW1IAFtETkYaKTZ7NJG_zkReN99YsDPT2yCqGKpLGsBeHbSEWrMISuNnkAxPfKf0oAq3IB37RCYvGNj7tU-NS6d_LuIl9ekIP5Kfm9DNoIWZj0l6x/s320/DSCN0133.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398058073913016674" /></a>Paint and paper.Michele Young-Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14036826607937443649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4967484937702919082.post-21602339484944198522009-10-29T09:11:00.000-07:002009-10-29T09:15:10.279-07:00All Things Beautiful<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinmbhsXSwKA5KHAyJrrUkQHxx_ny1dYCwtfmIE9kL-1WYV0k7gFEynN3d7DAl5QPEp_XCayxQELP21Nro0d4pNtWmlGo02d1km7Hs_nIVhV8kPvajlS1ojozgzyPPNy7-OKY445tRohyf7/s1600-h/DSCN0129.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinmbhsXSwKA5KHAyJrrUkQHxx_ny1dYCwtfmIE9kL-1WYV0k7gFEynN3d7DAl5QPEp_XCayxQELP21Nro0d4pNtWmlGo02d1km7Hs_nIVhV8kPvajlS1ojozgzyPPNy7-OKY445tRohyf7/s320/DSCN0129.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398055759544707730" /></a>Collages are on display Nov. 2nd- 27th, Stir Crazy Coffee Shop, 4015 MacArthur Avenue, Richmond, 23227.<div><br /></div><div>Opening Reception Thursday, Nov. 5th, 6:30 to 8:30 pm.</div>Michele Young-Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14036826607937443649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4967484937702919082.post-70263561028060351442009-07-27T14:38:00.000-07:002009-07-27T14:38:56.519-07:00ART from ALL THINGS BEAUTIFUL<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJBfAetl04pn2HTxj5CGFHxfxNOJdSieIzJhGOVr6j2c3Zk70qvoEi9MGl5YGS0QN_NLBwnAacLmR8FhgydHKNqernHuMk2m60W-k0bAa2KhxZWWdEQm783vktysWgsSlznaczcout0G4N/s1600-h/DSCN0126.JPG"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJBfAetl04pn2HTxj5CGFHxfxNOJdSieIzJhGOVr6j2c3Zk70qvoEi9MGl5YGS0QN_NLBwnAacLmR8FhgydHKNqernHuMk2m60W-k0bAa2KhxZWWdEQm783vktysWgsSlznaczcout0G4N/s320/DSCN0126.JPG" border="0" /></a><div style='clear:both; text-align:LEFT'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Michele Young-Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14036826607937443649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4967484937702919082.post-64211571687582734262008-12-01T16:23:00.001-08:002008-12-01T20:45:04.797-08:00voice is goneNow that my allergies have caused my voice to go, I am more talkative than ever... and by talkative, I mean ... what's the word?... literary? Writerly? I don't know. I only know that I am still happy about selling my book. My glasses aren't rose-colored. They are pink. I am elated at the idea of meeting my agent and editor in my dearly loved NYC. Wow. How many times can I say... "I'm meeting my agent and editor for lunch..." How many times could I say that out loud before it would lose its zest? I wonder if it ever loses its passion and heart for Stephen King or if he even has to or wants to show up? I bet J. K. Rowling is still reeling. I bet those words still make her gasp for breath. I am a wee manic anyway; I am used to being the underdog. I am used to being, truth be known, abused. Wow. Not for a long time have I been abused. (Now I sound like Yoda.) I am very excited, happy, thrilled, ecstatic, wild, enraptured and delighted at my prospects. If I die today, my book will still live on. Morose? Perhaps. But true. And good. Like chocolate. Like wine. Like red wine and fig newtons and best friends barefoot heel to heel. XOXOXOX Thank you!Michele Young-Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14036826607937443649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4967484937702919082.post-44697685045504502902008-12-01T09:18:00.000-08:002008-12-01T09:21:04.616-08:00The website is up...<a href="http://www.micheleyoung-stone.com">www.micheleyoung-stone.com</a><br /><br />I am not happy with it so look for a new one on the horizon, but it's there and it will let you know a little bit about my debut book: THE HANDBOOK FOR LIGHTNING STRIKE SURVIVORS. And a little more about me. ...as if I don't already talk too much about myself. Lord help me.<br /><br />Thanks! I love you dudes.<br /><br />shelMichele Young-Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14036826607937443649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4967484937702919082.post-75749264845063065232008-11-29T13:24:00.000-08:002008-11-29T13:26:36.776-08:00NEWSMy website isn't up yet. Merde. I will let you know as soon as it is. For now, Danny and Chrissy and I are planning a January trip to New York to sight see and meet my agent and editor. I am really excited. Having a three-year old, we're favoring the Central Park area (upper west side) instead of our regular and wonderful Greenwich Village.<br /><br />xo<br />meMichele Young-Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14036826607937443649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4967484937702919082.post-91696988421063799512008-11-25T09:50:00.000-08:002008-11-25T09:51:34.183-08:00My new websiteMy new website devoted to literary endeavors:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.micheleyoung-stone.com">www.micheleyoung-stone.com</a>Michele Young-Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14036826607937443649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4967484937702919082.post-3262241284772324472008-11-23T13:34:00.000-08:002008-11-23T13:54:12.158-08:00THE HANDBOOK FOR LIGHTNING STRIKE SURVIVORS<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil_Qc-ijeQSwbxWsECcddrj13qIGaT04_SpMlIECHzFwtVXSPinqLY9BhONvg2hSt_eVBI9OtKzx_iLbsW3aq84SbL37joWRlb5FI455faIyM8GhUPz4KZFtaO7Cb6dQjCLV2Boa5LT_9K/s1600-h/lightning.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 106px; height: 149px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil_Qc-ijeQSwbxWsECcddrj13qIGaT04_SpMlIECHzFwtVXSPinqLY9BhONvg2hSt_eVBI9OtKzx_iLbsW3aq84SbL37joWRlb5FI455faIyM8GhUPz4KZFtaO7Cb6dQjCLV2Boa5LT_9K/s320/lightning.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271974485440550130" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;"><br /><br />"In a strange twist of fate, two strangers are touched by lightning, and though they've never met, their lives become intertwined as they try to understand what it means to be singled out by the heavens."<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a novel of electrifying proportions</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;"></span></div><span style="font-family:courier new;"><br /></span>Michele Young-Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14036826607937443649noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4967484937702919082.post-23406782730067812532008-11-23T07:32:00.000-08:002008-11-23T07:33:40.528-08:00PUBLICATIONNews: I will soon have a link to my new website--devoted to my writing and the publication process.Michele Young-Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14036826607937443649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4967484937702919082.post-62322755573833361982008-11-17T10:29:00.000-08:002008-11-17T10:30:20.360-08:00We drank the champagne<span style="font-weight: bold;">and boy oh boy but it was good!</span>Michele Young-Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14036826607937443649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4967484937702919082.post-64066784483634647562008-11-17T10:21:00.001-08:002008-11-17T10:28:52.450-08:00PUBLICATION<span style="font-weight: bold;">Great news!!!!!!!!!!!!! My debut novel, THE HANDBOOK FOR LIGHTNING STRIKE SURVIVORS was sold by my agent, Michelle Brower at Wendy Sherman Associates to Sarah Knight at Shaye Areheart, a fiction-devoted division of Random House. The announcement will appear in print copies of Publisher's Marketplace on December 1st. Within a few days, it will appear online at Publisher's Weekly. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Needless to say, I am tee-totally thrilled. The publishing world is complicated... with editing and copy writers and reviewers... which means the book will hit bookshelves in 2010... most likely spring, 2010. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Let's hope the reviews are as positive as the publication news. Here I come FRESH AIR.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">xo</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">michele young-stone, pink shel</span>Michele Young-Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14036826607937443649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4967484937702919082.post-15293374443895298202008-11-02T01:39:00.000-07:002008-11-02T01:40:28.358-07:00THINK HAPPY THOUGHTS<span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: courier new;">THINK HAPPY THOUGHTS! NOVEMBER 1, 2008</span>Michele Young-Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14036826607937443649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4967484937702919082.post-14936715200746435282008-10-02T06:55:00.000-07:002008-10-02T06:56:46.526-07:00Tip of the day:Hypo-mania allows one to sprint great distances for great periods of time. *I do not endorse periodic or chronic episodes of hypo-mania. I am simply stating a fact. XOMichele Young-Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14036826607937443649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4967484937702919082.post-26485456010835417162008-09-29T10:14:00.000-07:002008-09-29T10:24:22.509-07:00Acrylic on poplar 3 1/2 X 3 1/2<span style="font-weight: bold;">bird brain is a good thing: it means that you can fly; my new art is 3 1/2 by 3 1/2 on poplar. Acrylics and ink; some thread; some bobbles. <br /><br />Only $</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-weight: bold;"></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">10 each! <br /><br />email me at micki888@yahoo.com</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: lucida grande;">ART IS FOR EVERYONE!</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTFBZ8CTHETsOQAQWo7Zah8tzPSXY8ny0p0hYWg0sZuY8NM3EZ02OVyBo58cjQO5MfICmbTxlqTR6RfBTeLT3Dalmga9wKGRvIGCu5jKLrgvPKnJLgeJSzGa6vIgjP-_KTa7mLfseRcSgM/s1600-h/DSCN0100.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTFBZ8CTHETsOQAQWo7Zah8tzPSXY8ny0p0hYWg0sZuY8NM3EZ02OVyBo58cjQO5MfICmbTxlqTR6RfBTeLT3Dalmga9wKGRvIGCu5jKLrgvPKnJLgeJSzGa6vIgjP-_KTa7mLfseRcSgM/s320/DSCN0100.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251493588986600946" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0pCmCjCspWL_0EBJ-CYKVE8YTD2t6Fa57y8ze2ZOF7rzW8TW8pmsu036xa872iPu1r0Tyy2S1-5IHDNm01zS9FQJwucNcmgVGYf7VWX2rkd4AU5EdeyTfFAiYcYhHvirFNiQcJ-Xy1u5T/s1600-h/DSCN0101.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0pCmCjCspWL_0EBJ-CYKVE8YTD2t6Fa57y8ze2ZOF7rzW8TW8pmsu036xa872iPu1r0Tyy2S1-5IHDNm01zS9FQJwucNcmgVGYf7VWX2rkd4AU5EdeyTfFAiYcYhHvirFNiQcJ-Xy1u5T/s320/DSCN0101.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251493461490688706" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDVMw8hcOFj3GdFteXhPqVIHJ4t0XhBT2VwauhCuPFqEqB1MY9uxIWF5w0cSDfBRs6HMxY6LqyCR9SvFD6w8TulYMohnEOd_u79vngXMyIMXlbJXgYcMIzrHvfzTU5PAQUNiNJ5Nuru-zW/s1600-h/DSCN0102.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDVMw8hcOFj3GdFteXhPqVIHJ4t0XhBT2VwauhCuPFqEqB1MY9uxIWF5w0cSDfBRs6HMxY6LqyCR9SvFD6w8TulYMohnEOd_u79vngXMyIMXlbJXgYcMIzrHvfzTU5PAQUNiNJ5Nuru-zW/s320/DSCN0102.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251493353033509666" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv8OlF61yFmJ8pb64zD3NRoyb41iFGnXEXFiqlkhc_guacAo11p0kEZKcsjd_R7p7w-hHVXcAbZkr_1-3yiqFGAopDU1sZBpLNkoY-0rh-RD79FCSrZAIxdIMd4gaWc29N_RofcoztnQe5/s1600-h/DSCN0098.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv8OlF61yFmJ8pb64zD3NRoyb41iFGnXEXFiqlkhc_guacAo11p0kEZKcsjd_R7p7w-hHVXcAbZkr_1-3yiqFGAopDU1sZBpLNkoY-0rh-RD79FCSrZAIxdIMd4gaWc29N_RofcoztnQe5/s320/DSCN0098.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251493209914312530" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLRdDDhshxI0gGXec7KfWnjIbpd4RqWpjM_8_o7BpFyXtZC8O42huF_YQttmzYH5shSAjQ6XIuocccwMIfhos-oH9ZbsMiS-gS32zPk-YInp7G2N35OC0486-yefCcH7OcmjN4s51k64dg/s1600-h/DSCN0095.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLRdDDhshxI0gGXec7KfWnjIbpd4RqWpjM_8_o7BpFyXtZC8O42huF_YQttmzYH5shSAjQ6XIuocccwMIfhos-oH9ZbsMiS-gS32zPk-YInp7G2N35OC0486-yefCcH7OcmjN4s51k64dg/s320/DSCN0095.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251493064843373474" border="0" /></a>Michele Young-Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14036826607937443649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4967484937702919082.post-17264469944590102202008-09-28T10:30:00.000-07:002008-09-28T10:45:57.279-07:00Paul NewmanI did not know him. Like everyone else, I knew his films, his love for race-cars and practical jokes. I knew that he was married to Joanne Woodward for fifty-plus years. I knew his charity work, his Newman-O's, better than Oreo's--and his popcorn and spaghetti sauce. I knew him as Butch Cassidy and the sultry Brick from CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF. I loved him. He was on my "to do" list--the one you have with your spouse--that says if you ever got the opportunity... well, you get it. <br /><br />I did not know Paul Newman, but when I read yesterday morning that he had passed away, I cried. I mourn his passage from this world, but one things for sure, he made his mark.Michele Young-Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14036826607937443649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4967484937702919082.post-28843954100792843642008-09-28T10:28:00.000-07:002008-09-28T10:30:38.867-07:00super heroes<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbNGs1nrwkD3fZFi5j83418FhvwI50tgHeHMcT5w3bWcTyBgoQuuCdkgNcsLZW56hKr8nsiTqsLvBdVG7mgaJz2yFGZZXHcWjcz4-BkAxKjZWf5wbCpfTE2cHmysPASHEOZnBDtqao6mZd/s1600-h/DSCN0083.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbNGs1nrwkD3fZFi5j83418FhvwI50tgHeHMcT5w3bWcTyBgoQuuCdkgNcsLZW56hKr8nsiTqsLvBdVG7mgaJz2yFGZZXHcWjcz4-BkAxKjZWf5wbCpfTE2cHmysPASHEOZnBDtqao6mZd/s320/DSCN0083.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251125799469651282" border="0" /></a><br />Christopher Robin and Georgia Wren<br />September 2008Michele Young-Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14036826607937443649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4967484937702919082.post-11727619980411304142008-09-10T12:19:00.000-07:002008-09-10T12:22:52.756-07:00Writer's BlockWriter's Block: a myth; an insecurity; an inability to concentrate or expose one's ideas on the page. I'm talking about my ideas. I have left the computer for my black journal... to figure out where Paulo and Gloria are going this sunny hot June day, on the the solstice, a full moon ascending, Gloria and Paulo ripe with angst. Wish me time and luck to figure this out. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoooooooooooo<br /><br />shelMichele Young-Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14036826607937443649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4967484937702919082.post-30615552313740831022008-09-08T15:47:00.000-07:002008-09-08T15:51:06.760-07:00ARTISTS, CHEFS AND SAINTSThis Friday will be six weeks since I've heard from my literary agent--who I know is very busy, and I shan't disturb her. I will wait patiently for her feedback regarding my first 175 pages. I will keep writing and writing and writing, hoping she likes what I'm making. XOXO<br /><br />ARTISTS, CHEFS AND SAINTSMichele Young-Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14036826607937443649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4967484937702919082.post-74336432550953363332008-08-30T08:10:00.001-07:002008-08-30T12:57:01.377-07:00ART FOR EVERYONEI'm on page 230 of my new novel, ARTISTS, CHEFS AND SAINTS. I have a new favorite quote: "I survived because I was tougher than everyone else" Bette Davis, and a new batch of art. I am incorporating text, quotes, inspirational thoughts--acrylic on cedar shingles.<br /><br />ART FOR EVERYONE! $20 per shingle or two for $30.<br /><br />One-of-a-kind<br />designed and hand-painted by pink shel<br />affordable<br /><br />XOXOXOXOXO<br />micki888@yahoo.com<br />new pictures to follow soon<br /><br />and a poem, July 27, 2008 -- for Greg Donovan<br /><br />What does a writer do?<br />The work.<br />A writer writes.<br />A writer pines<br />thinks<br />imagines<br />pretends<br />drinks like me<br />like a fish<br />white wine<br />sulfites<br />to think and write<br />in the pines<br />with Leadbelly<br />"where the sun don't never shine..."<br />but sometimes:<br />today.Michele Young-Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14036826607937443649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4967484937702919082.post-16258873408749572432008-05-26T15:47:00.000-07:002008-05-26T15:55:00.944-07:00Wow! I am writing again. Sort of...If anyone would like to read critically for me as I continue my mad journey into womanhood, let me know. I am on page 120 of my new book. It's the story of a mad woman on a mad journey into the heart of a madman. XO pink shel<br /><br />"Mad Journey?"<br /><br />"Mad, you say? I can't imagine any woman mad. Well, that idea, by itself, is mad."<br /><br />"Mad! Mad! I tell you."Michele Young-Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14036826607937443649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4967484937702919082.post-11686129505077635502008-05-13T06:23:00.001-07:002008-05-13T06:27:07.196-07:00"Ware" does the time go?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibOfXxhiOhGwCNpwFl32GFHTMoC5VFwFQ797PfhQwTDvv6cjTMJFWy4gIUbRwuIqd7BJi4Mia8KCyRzSd22exIlpMs09ncqrwGcVoO4b_Y_sJTf2oHTKHwW9XyPlisERXHb_X3lKpic0xA/s1600-h/DSCN3024.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibOfXxhiOhGwCNpwFl32GFHTMoC5VFwFQ797PfhQwTDvv6cjTMJFWy4gIUbRwuIqd7BJi4Mia8KCyRzSd22exIlpMs09ncqrwGcVoO4b_Y_sJTf2oHTKHwW9XyPlisERXHb_X3lKpic0xA/s320/DSCN3024.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199852936756296034" border="0" /></a><br />I sold JOY on oak (see bottom of blog) at the strawberry street art market and festival Saturday. I will miss having her around. I also sold a ton of recycled wine bottles that can be used as vases. Check it out. Understandably, they're getting wilder as I make them. Flowers come with them. :)<br /><br />I'll be at the spring art show at the Ginter Park Rec. Center on Hawthorne this Saturday from 10 to 4. The event should be listed in Style Weekly and the Weekend section of the Dispatch. I hope to see you there.Michele Young-Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14036826607937443649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4967484937702919082.post-50461191840684547372008-03-25T07:05:00.000-07:002008-03-25T07:06:09.856-07:00Spring Craft ShowsDetails are just below new shots of my Watch-me-grow sticks.<br />XO<br />pink shelMichele Young-Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14036826607937443649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4967484937702919082.post-70987292160484307632008-03-25T07:02:00.001-07:002008-03-25T07:04:57.703-07:00Watch-Me-Grow measuring sticks pics<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxwFpGyctT52q5KeXVS5_9buz7RPpof15rSMBz1ncKOYo5spdEiRYKuD5A0ouWhhIXMI_Nxi1oPpRGjJuzrvOafU-MCmWHy5pzI1nzMhSq0tDW55XaM5QTIHDtzznQYYLeJkf0z415GjFQ/s1600-h/DSCN2980.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxwFpGyctT52q5KeXVS5_9buz7RPpof15rSMBz1ncKOYo5spdEiRYKuD5A0ouWhhIXMI_Nxi1oPpRGjJuzrvOafU-MCmWHy5pzI1nzMhSq0tDW55XaM5QTIHDtzznQYYLeJkf0z415GjFQ/s320/DSCN2980.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181679773615978226" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjae3JXzRTlPXJJkuhMnTGTrqIL2-bzabyX7PrGTGlrmich1t2HLF3TZqUi_m4pFxEg9nhKtNsUwAhMZfgOKWtNQKglx6yHzXUUYzVrgqhpbZkKmLB0v9JM_-vgbkIym6mNY-qhyphenhyphenWjOtCrl/s1600-h/DSCN2981.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjae3JXzRTlPXJJkuhMnTGTrqIL2-bzabyX7PrGTGlrmich1t2HLF3TZqUi_m4pFxEg9nhKtNsUwAhMZfgOKWtNQKglx6yHzXUUYzVrgqhpbZkKmLB0v9JM_-vgbkIym6mNY-qhyphenhyphenWjOtCrl/s320/DSCN2981.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181679782205912834" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCyC-X13oU7tbLsmLRleYmFFstKV-dD0aX-R4NdHKHCMQf_IklgYLtEo4D-c32fW6roNdSyvqSyNtV9lUC2ThAnAGtfOOtQo84p8_MEYlPU5P6KC7-WofF8IM5pcwiXjlXRlAd3t4cKa4n/s1600-h/DSCN2982.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCyC-X13oU7tbLsmLRleYmFFstKV-dD0aX-R4NdHKHCMQf_IklgYLtEo4D-c32fW6roNdSyvqSyNtV9lUC2ThAnAGtfOOtQo84p8_MEYlPU5P6KC7-WofF8IM5pcwiXjlXRlAd3t4cKa4n/s320/DSCN2982.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181679790795847442" border="0" /></a>Michele Young-Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14036826607937443649noreply@blogger.com0