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Eye Wonder:
a visual blog by Nanci Olesen

Eye Wonder is a visual blog. It's a way to communicate commentary and images from (my) everyday life.

The latest blog is below, posted on October 1, 2024.

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Eye Wonder 65: Stay Together

Eye Wonder 64: Growing Old 2B Jung

Blog 63: Spring in My Step

Nanci Olesen

Nov 30, 20201 min read

Blog 45: Full moon. Howl ! Eat carrots.

The full moon beckons us to be funky and keep trying. Truly.

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Nanci Olesen

Nov 21, 20201 min read

Blog 44: Remember YESvember.

Paddles cracking the ice, learning letters, trying. Light a candle.

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Blog 43: Soup brings joy. Be resilient. Vote.

Nanci Olesen

Oct 26, 20201 min read

Blog 43: Soup brings joy. Be resilient. Vote.

Share soup. Give love. Keep swimming through it. Vote (to heal).

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Blog 42: Art helps. Build fluency. Vote.

Nanci Olesen

Oct 16, 20201 min read

Blog 42: Art helps. Build fluency. Vote.

Leaves are crisply tired, and we gather strength. Freezing cold swims keep us fluent.

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Blog 41: Speak truth. Swim cold. Love always.

Nanci Olesen

Oct 8, 20201 min read

Blog 41: Speak truth. Swim cold. Love always.

Vote for the future. The root of the root is the sky of the sky.

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Sep 26, 20201 min read

Blog 40: Big Lake. My children. Focus.

Our children return to visit and reflect. The big lake inspires. Keep swimming.

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Blog 39: Exercise. You're Right. Vote early. Boat often.

Nanci Olesen

Sep 18, 20201 min read

Blog 39: Exercise. You're Right. Vote early. Boat often.

Paddle to the see (of change). Fear the burn... seek the truth. Keep moving.

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Blog 38: Swimming and stubbornly hopeful in Minneapolis

Nanci Olesen

Sep 4, 20201 min read

Blog 38: Swimming and stubbornly hopeful in Minneapolis

Hang on with stubborn responsibility... to help create the goodness. Keep swimming.

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Blog 37: What (namas) day is it? Buds emerge.

Nanci Olesen

May 3, 20201 min read

Blog 37: What (namas) day is it? Buds emerge.

The cardinal sings cheerily and we believe in habits. Sour is the dough. Listen carefully.

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Blog 36: Hope over Fear. And Equanimity. Even in the winter grey.

Nanci Olesen

Feb 17, 20201 min read

Blog 36: Hope over Fear. And Equanimity. Even in the winter grey.

It feels like winter has been here forever. And there's more to come. Stay focused. I found equanimity (yay). And how about hope over...

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Blog 35: Deep winter is here. Be generous.

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Jan 13, 20201 min read

Blog 35: Deep winter is here. Be generous.

2020 has a vision, right? Be kind, for starters. Show your work and keep trying.

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Blog 34: Candles on their heads, singing before dawn. "Eye" see.

Nanci Olesen

Dec 18, 20191 min read

Blog 34: Candles on their heads, singing before dawn. "Eye" see.

One of my daughters and her boyfriend came home to cook and sing and talk. We celebrated the old Swedish thing of singing before dawn...

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Nanci Olesen

Nov 1, 20191 min read

Blog 33: Rubato at home, in YESvember.

I have become entranced with Cécile Chaminade. Home is where the Rubato is. Might as well call it YESvember, especially in these times. ...

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Blog 32: Redstone and the fire of an idea. Durango and Barbie.

Nanci Olesen

Oct 16, 20191 min read

Blog 32: Redstone and the fire of an idea. Durango and Barbie.

I paddled with one of my daughters through Labyrinth Canyon, reading ancient brilliance. I met my old best friend in Denver. I marveled...

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Sep 24, 20191 min read

Blog 31: The arctic, on a tightrope

I got a round tuit. Keep your (arctic) heart on the tightrope.

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Sep 3, 20191 min read

Blog 30: The days slip by

Farewell, dear summer. Hello to fall. Hold each day like a precious gem.

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Jul 16, 20191 min read

Blog 29: Echo of humble simplicity

I visited one of my daughters in Vienna. She showed me the echo. I jumped in Rainy Lake. I am sometimes embarrassed by my emotions. ...

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Blog 28: Cross Hatching Toward the Future.

Nanci Olesen

May 17, 20191 min read

Blog 28: Cross Hatching Toward the Future.

Here I am, in the rain and wind. Trying cross hatching. A beautiful arrangement of crab apple blossoms on the dining room table. So...

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Blog 27: SPRING: A perpetual astonishment. And....leave your phone at home. For real.

Nanci Olesen

Apr 18, 20191 min read

Blog 27: SPRING: A perpetual astonishment. And....leave your phone at home. For real.

Oh yippee! This appears in the Outdoor Section of the Star Tribune, Friday, April 19. People. Hold the newspaper in your hands. And...

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Blog 26: The turquoise ocean speaks for itself. Marveling at the age of reason.

Nanci Olesen

Mar 26, 20191 min read

Blog 26: The turquoise ocean speaks for itself. Marveling at the age of reason.

The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer...

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