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H. Lennon Bilbury

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 Lennon Writes

2024 — present

  • 2025
    • Jun 17, 2025 manifested presence
    • Apr 27, 2025 little spade foot toad
  • 2024
    • Dec 23, 2024 no, I won't be coming by...
    • Oct 3, 2024 ode to the longing ache
    • Aug 27, 2024 on loneliness

 Blog

2012 — 2024

  • April 2024
    • Apr 23, 2024 Reflections of Myself
  • November 2023
    • Nov 22, 2023 What do Artists do All Day?
    • Nov 15, 2023 Reflections on a Beach Day
    • Nov 13, 2023 The Sparkling Gaze of a Dog
    • Nov 13, 2023 Dissonance
  • October 2023
    • Oct 23, 2023 A Letter to My Mother's Hands
  • February 2021
    • Feb 10, 2021 Life and Death
  • June 2020
    • Jun 2, 2020 The Love of God
  • March 2020
    • Mar 6, 2020 Ephemera Collage
    • Mar 6, 2020 Adler, The Shoe
    • Mar 6, 2020 A Typewritten Journey
  • December 2019
    • Dec 16, 2019 Embodied Lives
  • November 2019
    • Nov 18, 2019 Stardust Memories
  • August 2019
    • Aug 31, 2019 Life Transitions: Sixth Grade, Age 11
    • Aug 5, 2019 Let's Talk About Witches
    • Aug 1, 2019 The Wheel of the Year
  • June 2019
    • Jun 11, 2019 Integrating
  • May 2019
    • May 12, 2019 So Many Mothers
  • April 2019
    • Apr 26, 2019 Gifts from Our Elders
  • March 2019
    • Mar 20, 2019 Arriving in Big Bend
    • Mar 18, 2019 A Perfect Home
    • Mar 4, 2019 Oly's New Home!
  • February 2019
    • Feb 17, 2019 Permission to Dwell (4 of 4)
    • Feb 17, 2019 The Path to Healing (3 of 4)
    • Feb 17, 2019 Eating My Feelings (2 of 4)
    • Feb 17, 2019 Let's Do This (1 of 4)
    • Feb 16, 2019 Little Indulgences
    • Feb 15, 2019 Routine
    • Feb 13, 2019 Eating Habits
    • Feb 4, 2019 Fun Food
    • Feb 1, 2019 The Stirring of Spring Yet to Come
  • January 2019
    • Jan 18, 2019 Typewriters & Sleep-Wake Cycles
    • Jan 14, 2019 A Reacquaintance
    • Jan 13, 2019 Finding Ollie
    • Jan 12, 2019 Hidden Treasure
    • Jan 11, 2019 Playing Dress Up
    • Jan 10, 2019 Maggie's Past Lives
    • Jan 9, 2019 Meet Maggie
    • Jan 8, 2019 The Right One
    • Jan 7, 2019 A Love of Typewriters
    • Jan 5, 2019 Low Key Optimism for the New Year
    • Jan 3, 2019 Reflections at Age 36
    • Jan 3, 2019 Things to Remember About my BiRthDaY!
    • Jan 1, 2019 Things to Remember About the New Year
  • December 2018
    • Dec 28, 2018 Wrapping Up Christmas 2018
    • Dec 25, 2018 Christmas 3 of 4
    • Dec 24, 2018 Not Quite Christmas Memories
    • Dec 22, 2018 Christmas 1 of 4
  • November 2018
    • Nov 22, 2018 Apologies
    • Nov 3, 2018 A Traveling Sick Day
    • Nov 2, 2018 A Missive From the Road
  • October 2018
    • Oct 19, 2018 The Third F
    • Oct 17, 2018 So Long, Seattle
    • Oct 6, 2018 Imagination
  • September 2018
    • Sep 14, 2018 Chaos & Panic
    • Sep 3, 2018 Lots of Smaller Losses
    • Sep 3, 2018 Avoiding Overgrown Gardens
    • Sep 1, 2018 Connecting With Our Elders
  • June 2018
    • Jun 2, 2018 Portrait of a Photographer
  • May 2018
    • May 6, 2018 Campfire Breakfast
  • February 2018
    • Feb 11, 2018 Shells
  • January 2018
    • Jan 9, 2018 Old Friends in the Rock Pile
  • October 2017
    • Oct 18, 2017 Finding My Bark
  • September 2017
    • Sep 17, 2017 Natural Movement
  • April 2017
    • Apr 21, 2017 Worth the Work & Worth the Wait.
    • Apr 4, 2017 Output, Input, Noput
    • Apr 2, 2017 Vibrant Mortality
  • March 2017
    • Mar 29, 2017 Observations from my Bicycle
  • January 2017
    • Jan 6, 2017 2016 - The Year I Started Living
  • December 2016
    • Dec 15, 2016 A Samhain Feast
  • October 2016
    • Oct 24, 2016 Ginger Molasses Cookies
  • September 2016
    • Sep 9, 2016 The Grief & Loss of Moving
    • Sep 5, 2016 Water Portraits
  • July 2016
    • Jul 30, 2016 Cloudy Respites
    • Jul 22, 2016 Furniture With a Story
  • June 2016
    • Jun 20, 2016 Strawberry Summer Solstice
    • Jun 16, 2016 The Body as Art (4 of 4)
    • Jun 13, 2016 Naked. Outdoors. (3 of 4)
    • Jun 9, 2016 The Nude Beach (2 of 4)
    • Jun 6, 2016 "Nudity In the World Today" (1 of 4)
  • May 2016
    • May 19, 2016 Rewilding
  • April 2016
    • Apr 25, 2016 Why I Love Tarot
  • March 2016
    • Mar 24, 2016 Affirmations & Crinkle Lines
    • Mar 23, 2016 Finding a New Path
    • Mar 16, 2016 On Being Open
    • Mar 14, 2016 In Defense of the Selfie
  • February 2016
    • Feb 25, 2016 First Beach Day of 2016
    • Feb 20, 2016 Indoor Sunbathing
    • Feb 7, 2016 Rainbowtouille!
  • January 2016
    • Jan 21, 2016 Baked Cinnamon Apples
  • December 2015
    • Dec 16, 2015 A Winter Moment
  • November 2015
    • Nov 19, 2015 Raindrops & Stormy Skies
    • Nov 16, 2015 The Right Words
    • Nov 16, 2015 Pond People, et al.
    • Nov 9, 2015 Simple Pleasures
  • March 2013
    • Mar 14, 2013 Getting Started
    • Mar 14, 2013 The Wants & Must Lists
    • Mar 6, 2013 Laundry By Hand
  • February 2013
    • Feb 21, 2013 Inward Focus
    • Feb 19, 2013 Lessons from the Common Cold
  • January 2013
    • Jan 21, 2013 We All Start Someplace Else
  • December 2012
    • Dec 28, 2012 Boxing Day
  • November 2012
    • Nov 14, 2012 Readiness
    • Nov 9, 2012 Our Minimalist Story
    • Nov 7, 2012 Just Ship It

Letters

  • October 2020
    • Oct 3, 2020 Possums & Woodpeckers
  • July 2020
    • Jul 28, 2020 A Prayer for a Better World
    • Jul 28, 2020 Brain Ruts
    • Jul 28, 2020 Imagination for Good

Art Blog

2016 — 2019

  • March 2019
    • Mar 3, 2019 Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
    • Mar 2, 2019 DIY Art Education: Visiting Local Museums
  • December 2018
    • Dec 12, 2018 Work Space
    • Dec 5, 2018 Little Goats
  • October 2018
    • Oct 17, 2018 Dune 1 & 2
  • September 2018
    • Sep 17, 2018 Tonal Sketches
    • Sep 17, 2018 A Friendly Nectarine
    • Sep 17, 2018 Weekend Watercolor Workshop
    • Sep 14, 2018 Fifth Urban Sketch Meetup
    • Sep 13, 2018 Watercolors for Days
    • Sep 7, 2018 Fourth Urban Sketch Meetup
    • Sep 6, 2018 Last Ink & Watercolor Class
  • August 2018
    • Aug 29, 2018 Last Observational Drawing Class
    • Aug 29, 2018 Final Drawing Project
    • Aug 28, 2018 Third Urban Sketch Meetup
    • Aug 28, 2018 First Snaily Still-Life
    • Aug 25, 2018 Color Playdays
    • Aug 24, 2018 24k Drawing Magic
    • Aug 23, 2018 First Charcoal Drawing!
    • Aug 21, 2018 A Reminder to Practice Kindness
    • Aug 19, 2018 Second Urban Sketch Meetup
    • Aug 19, 2018 Watercolor Wash
    • Aug 14, 2018 A Tiny Micro-Poster
    • Aug 12, 2018 First Rainbow Slug
    • Aug 11, 2018 First Urban Sketch Meetup
    • Aug 11, 2018 First Ink Washes!
    • Aug 10, 2018 Drawing is Hard
    • Aug 9, 2018 Hatching Practice
    • Aug 9, 2018 The Perfect Postage-Stamp
    • Aug 7, 2018 A Traveler's First Sketchbook
    • Aug 3, 2018 Perfection as an Erasure of Myself
    • Aug 2, 2018 Drawing is Discovery & Interpretation
    • Aug 1, 2018 First Day of Art School!
  • February 2018
    • Feb 22, 2018 Parsley's Big Adventure
    • Feb 20, 2018 Colorful Snails
    • Feb 2, 2018 Groundhog Day!
  • January 2018
    • Jan 18, 2018 A Nibbed Stump
  • December 2017
    • Dec 31, 2017 Reflections on 2017
  • November 2017
    • Nov 28, 2017 Snaily Thank-Yous & Nibs
    • Nov 27, 2017 New Snail Stamps!
    • Nov 25, 2017 Tree Sketch
    • Nov 17, 2017 Hibernation Mode
  • October 2017
    • Oct 26, 2017 Snail Postcards
    • Oct 19, 2017 A Very Snaily Evening
    • Oct 17, 2017 Rainbow Mushrooms & a Sleeping Snail
    • Oct 16, 2017 New Stamp: Mushrooms
    • Oct 15, 2017 A Successful Snail Photoshoot!
    • Oct 14, 2017 A Zany Tropical Leaf-Eater
    • Oct 12, 2017 Bridging the Gap
    • Oct 10, 2017 An Illustrated Envelope
    • Oct 7, 2017 An Edgy Rainbow Snail
  • September 2017
    • Sep 30, 2017 Inked Snail
    • Sep 13, 2017 Taking the Night Off
    • Sep 9, 2017 First Snail Stamp!
    • Sep 6, 2017 Second Snail!
    • Sep 5, 2017 First Snail Drawing!
  • July 2017
    • Jul 22, 2017 Vintage Water Photography
    • Jul 12, 2017 A Passion for Postcards
  • June 2017
    • Jun 2, 2017 Stylized Trees
  • May 2017
    • May 31, 2017 Escargot!
    • May 20, 2017 Tools of the Trade
    • May 2, 2017 Asking for Help
  • April 2017
    • Apr 30, 2017 Headed to Outer Space
    • Apr 27, 2017 Slimy Space Slugs!
    • Apr 19, 2017 Trees
    • Apr 13, 2017 The Whispering Rabbit
    • Apr 5, 2017 Learning From Others
  • March 2017
    • Mar 31, 2017 A Glimpse Into My Workspace
    • Mar 30, 2017 My Very Favorite Illustrator
    • Mar 29, 2017 Desktop Snapshot 2
    • Mar 24, 2017 Desktop Snapshot
  • December 2016
    • Dec 30, 2016 Dog in Lap
    • Dec 18, 2016 Seasonal Inspiration
  • October 2016
    • Oct 3, 2016 HappyMail
  • July 2016
    • Jul 31, 2016 Brave Snail
    • Jul 22, 2016 A New Desk
  • May 2016
    • May 19, 2016 Time-Worn Memories

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