{"id":34607,"date":"2020-01-21T21:10:57","date_gmt":"2020-01-22T05:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sparselysageandtimely.com\/blog\/?p=34607"},"modified":"2023-12-21T12:11:35","modified_gmt":"2023-12-21T20:11:35","slug":"becoming-an-internationally-known-artist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/?p=34607","title":{"rendered":"Becoming an internationally known artist"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Silverfish<\/strong> are one of the oldest insects and may predate the dinosaurs by 100 million years. By now they’ve evolved into household pests that eat documents, photos, and clothes. So while I’m usually displeased at seeing a spider in the shower stall, I forgave this one because of his taste for silverfish.<\/p>\n

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Another encounter at home<\/strong>. A dove left its image when it crashed into the living-room window last week. Although initially dazed, the bird eventually few off.<\/p>\n

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A red-tailed hawk<\/strong> perches at sunset downhill from Mitchell cabin.<\/p>\n

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Waiting for the music<\/strong> at the No Name Bar in Sausalito a fortnight ago. Sitting from the left next to me are Friday night regulars Vivian and Ray, my wife Lynn, Paul Leclerc, and in recent weeks Billy Hobbs.<\/p>\n

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Sitting by the fire<\/strong>. Billy had been homeless for five years and was sleeping outdoors in Point Reyes Station when the rain and cold winds hit two months ago, so Lynn and I offered to let him wait out the bad weather in Mitchell cabin. Once he did, Billy was able to resume showering and getting his clothes cleaned regularly. Add to that a haircut and a beard trim, and he had dramatically cleaned up his act.<\/p>\n

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Resting indoors by our woodstove. <\/strong>Being warm, clean, and well fed led to quite a metamorphosis for Billy, as regular readers of this blog know. Now his story has been read worldwide.<\/p>\n

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This week, his story reached journalists around the globe, not only throughout the United States and Canada but as far away as Ireland and Nepal, when the International Society of Weekly Newspaper Editors (ISWNE) republished my Dec. 10 posting. In short, Billy has now become an internationally known artist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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