23 December
namnsdag Adam
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Deep in November
Here there is a little of everything
and if you have eyes to see with
you don’t need to search
Northern lights flare up
ice pearls ignite
mountain fox tracks decorate the tundra
and every new day you wake up
to the laughter of ptarmigans
This that they call the dark season
Valkeapää

22 December
Namnsdag: Natalia, Nataniel
(next dawn)

Forest Edge
We have just arrived. I believe this day comes from naetr-elding or next dawn but perhaps more accurately night giving way to flame or spirit. Eld; flame, light, enthusiasm, spirit.

21 December
Vintersolståndag
namnsdag Tomas, Thomas
(empty, void, the vast potential)

Winter Glory
Tomas is another of the ancient words that remain in Scandinavian languages. Empty. Tomas is the emptiness of the Universe, Dark Matter that is so empty it is full. It is the vast potential of the unseen. On solstice morning the light is passed between perpetual soul’s […]

My studio in Joshua Tree will be open to the public during the annual Arts Council Open Studio Tours, 27 & 28 October between 9am and 5pm. Maps are available locally.
Visit the Arts Council, Art Tours 2007 for more info.
Or email Ellen Hill using the contact link on the sidebar.

ARTS FAIR
27, 28 & 29 July 2007
Ellen Hill will be present with her paintings
at the Bellevue Arts Museum annual Arts Fair
(G-21) Bellevue Square
Bellevue, Washingtion