Sascha Kronick Frowine is a friend who now lives in Asheville, North Carolina but who once lived in Ajijic and was a member of a monthly art group I belonged to. I miss the group and seeing her work, so was delighted when she decided to join in this project. Here is Sascha’s explanation of her piece:
After recovering from Covid 19 and Double Pneumonia mid March to early April, I realized that I needed to adjust my attitude if I was going to survive and thrive during the multitude of crisis in 2020. Focusing on Gratitude seemed like a good place to start. I took a bit of artistic license being in the states and not exchanging the same items you did in Mexico. The outside of the box represents the worldwide pandemic and the inside is where I choose to put my focus on…besides voting in November and getting rid of 45! All the words that I am grateful for are in Spanish as I continue to improve my Spanish every chance I have. The flowers are all from Ajijic. The little cards all fit in the container behind the smiling girl. A few things I’m grateful for are the gift of time, Steve, my husband, our dogs, music, my flute, the birds in our yard, our garden, books and many more. I’ve spent most of my time recently teaching Yoga and Pilates . This Caja de Gratitud is a good start for beginning to create again! Thanks for this challenge, Judy!
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lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 
What a lovely idea, Judy.
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You are free to join us, Roberta..art, music, a poem, a cake, a mask, a dress.. anything you want to create that reflects your Covid experience.
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I did send you my cake pictures, Judy. Did you not get them? I can resend them – maybe the file was to big.
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Did you send them to email, Roberta? If so, what is your email address. They may have wound up in junk mail. Please send again. So glad I checked.So excited to see what you came up with and okay to put in my blog, correct? Did you do a little commentary as well? When did you send them? J
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HI Judy, I sent them a few weeks ago. The file may have been to big. My email is sirchoc[at]outlook[dot]com. I’ll resend these tomorrow with a write up for you. Thanks
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Robbie, I found them buried in junk mail once I had your email to search by.
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What name should I publish them under?
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Roberta, I’m so sorry for the delay. I would have published them immediately if I’d seen the email. I’ve now published them but if you have more explanations or more to say about them, do so in a comment and I’ll add it to the post above. I used both Robbie and Roberta in my write-up. If you would prefer one or the other, I’ll change it. I also put a link to your blog. Thanks for your fun response. Hope it prompts some other original contributions.
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My email address is jubob2@hotmail.com
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Thanks, Judy. I’ll send the pictures again. Separately this time.
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Very usefully.
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That’s a cool idea.
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I love these!
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