Bruuuuuuuuuuce
For Christmas, 2021 Wyatt gave me the “Christensen Concert Series” – a promise to take me to a few different concerts. The last concert of that gift was Bruce Springsteen – But he wasn’t coming...
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Captain Chris’ Swashbuckling 70th
The day after school started I got up bright and early (4:30 am) to catch a flight to Denver, where Andi was throwing her dad a surprise 70th Birthday party. The funniest/best part of the...
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You Belong Among the Wildflowers
This is a little painting I made this weekend while we watched movies. It’s from the Tom Petty song, the theme song for Andi’s wedding.
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One weekend, the summer after our freshman year of college, I was invited to go camping with Andi and her family. I grew up going camping with the Kierst’s. Chris, a geologist for the state...
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Hope For the Flowers
Andi sent me a postcard once, with the following message — When she heard the word butterfly, her whole insides leapt. ‘But what is a butterfly?’ The cocooned caterpillar explained: ‘It’s what you are meant...
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Old Man with A Lemon
This illustration . . . well, it makes me giggle. I remember I drew it on Andi’s floor, with her chalks, which I always admired, and was extremely jealous of (for some reason it never...
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The Visit
I’m visiting Andi as I type this. Her house is an eclectic collection of art and memories. There’s the ceramic rhino bust she made, extruding from the top of the fireplace, an art project from...
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Thanksgiving Week
To say this week was busy makes me roll my eyes. (Wyatt tells me I’m very good at that). Monday: My 30th Birthday. I said goodbye to one decade and welcomed in a new. We...
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You Belong Among the Wild Flowers Part Two
The Raven, a bird that can live up to forty years, mates for life and is an integral part of the Yellowstone ecosystem. It also was the theme bird for the wedding, and graced the...
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You Belong Among the Wild Flowers Part One
For the past week and a half we have been in celebration of Andi’s wedding. The nuptials took place last weekend in Yellowstone, and we’ll get to that later. But she came to Utah (from...
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