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Pausing to explore small wins and wonder in short stories 


Book Arts
Letter Writing • Collage
Cardboard Sculpture


Collage of pink lettering on black background with needle and thread: a stitch in time
On pins and needles

abstract collage of a one-eyed cat
One cool cat
Snow-covered landscape with farming rake in foreground
Out in the cold?

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How to start a letter

cardboard sculpture of crow atop a pitcher
How soon is too soon?

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"My Life's Not That Interesting"

Abstract collage of garden with Brussels sprouts and carrots
Sweeter after the frost
Abstract collage, black and white with pink highlights, spoon in center
The measure of things

Black and white drawing on flowers on cardboard backing
Tending to wild ideas

Collage with hand lettering: I write letters to say .... I was high tide at O.O.B. and we were lifted, tossed, and tumbled by the waves
Another way to say hello

Uncover and share your best stories

Asphalt roller with balloons on top rolling over woodblock
It made an impression

Calligraphy written: The islands were gone, the fog had taken them away
A disappearing act ...
Painted paper mache fox outside on a rock in a grassy area
Finding answers in the in-between

Collage of red mushroom with leaves at base and a leaf on top
Watching what others do: does it help?

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Paper collage of heron in grass
When a negative is a positive

Change the story of your day

collage image of pink lotus flower
Yoga, no matter the weather

Template of outer envelope
Always a project

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A matter of perspective

At Waystation Whistle, you'll find :

• calendar prompts •
• micro memoir •
• poetry •
• book arts •
• stationery •
• journals • 
• collage •


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Wild strawberry flowers
Chirping like songbirds

White paper cut outof trees with sap buckets with cut out fall-colored leaves on top
I can't unlearn it ...

Black and white image of duck and ducklings in pond
Keeping Count

People love stories, and you've got some good ones

banner with line drawings of rooster, fish, brush, octopus, olive branch, flower and words: Take It From Here
Want help getting started?
Uncover and write your best stories.
Finish the sentence ...

Change the story of your day

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See what you've been missing

Cut-paper collage of dandelion on black background
Is it worthy?
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black and white line art of a pine tree
SIX-WORD STORIES
Old pines needle us with worry

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photo of handmade book with a collage of a Jiffy corn muffin mix on the cover
Bookmaking ... ready in a jiff?


red and black box, open with book on left, deck of playing cards on right
too many unfinished projects ... how and why I finished this one

Waystation Whistle
Pausing to explore small wins and wonder in short stories
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Collage and photography by Christine Richards
Black and White Vintage illustrations ©Dover Publications

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