Yule Blessings, Season’s Greetings & Hope for 2017

Happy Holidays! Blessed Yule! Merry Christmas! Happy Hanukkah! Joyful Kwanzaa! Happy New Year!  I think that covers it but if I missed anything, then happy merry for that too!  Now more than ever we need to be accepting and appreciative of our own cultures as well as the cultures & traditions of others!  There is beauty in diversity…it would be so dull if we were all the same, wouldn’t it?  (If you don’t think so then that’s your call but really think about it….what foods do you like?  Bet at least some come from other countries….  What movies, books, art, etc. are you interested in?  Doubt they all come from a homogeneous source!)

Sure, times are scary, the unknown can be scary, but what’s the most frightening is hatred for what we don’t understand and what that can lead to!  As an artist I’ve gained so much by studying art & mythology from across the globe…it’s lead me to travel, meeting great, new people, trying delicious foods and to creating unique art.

So I wish for all of you to have a Happy Healthy Holiday, whatever you celebrate or don’t celebrate…and a diverse, fun, peaceful New Year!  And now I’d like to share some holiday/winter themed photographs I’ve taken recently as well as through the last several years.  Enjoy the slide show!

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all images (c)Lauren Curtis

HAPPY NEW YEAR, Blogland!

Hi All!  I’ll make this short and sweet being it’s New Year’s Day and you’re all either exhausted, hung-over or both after last night’s festivities…and if not, then I hope you still had fun whatever you did!  I just want to wish you all a HAPPY, HEALTHY, CREATIVE, PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR!  Thanks for reading my blog and I’m planning on posting even more interesting, artistic blogs in 2013, not only from myself but some exciting guest bloggers as well….stay tuned….

Icicle Card(c)Lauren Curtis

Winter Snow (NJ) (c)Lauren Curtis

 

Happy 2012! Thanks for reading!

I just want to wish all of you a Happy, Healthy, Prosperous and Positive New Year and thank you so much for reading, commenting, liking and sharing my blogs…and a special thanks to all you guest bloggers for your interesting articles and photos.  I look forward to sharing more artwork,  stories, info and guest posts with you in the new year!  And, I’m excited to report, that according to my WordPress stats;

A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 6,200 times in 2011. If it were a NYC subway train, it would take about 5 trips to carry that many people.

WOW!!  Awesome!  There were visitors from across the US & the globe and I hope to reach even more creative people in 2012.

Have a great, creative, inspired new year…coming next, my adventures in Italy!

Ciao!

~Lauren
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