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Spit mixed with dirt – Muddy words flow
A Few Recent Snaps
tara caribou | ©2022 all photos by me
“The Woman With Three Elbows” poetry, prose, and sketches by Rachael Ikins
Raw Earth Ink is proud to present Rachael Ikins’ newest book, The Woman With Three Elbows.
Misdiagnosed for over a decade with multiple mental illnesses and prescribed dozens of pharmaceuticals, artist and author Rachael Ikins’ latest book delivers powerful prose, poetry, and art created directly from the clearing of her mind following that period in her life.
A few of my personal favorites were:
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© 2022 | Rachael Ikins
Salmon Fishing in July
Set-net salmon fishing from this year. We set the net a couple hours before high tide and pull it in whenever we know there’s a few salmon caught. We do this until a few hours past high tide. There 1-2 high tides a day, this year one of the tides was 2am-6am so it was no sleep that night!
tara caribou | ©2022 all photos & video by me
Bunnies & Birds (and something gross) Photography
I’ll share a couple summer-photo posts from the last couple months. Any follower of my blog knows I’m generally quite busy in summer with harvesting, fishing, and processing of foods. This year I also have a house being built as well as tending a new, rather large, garden. I also am soon preparing for this year’s moose and processing that, which is always a big job but provides several of us with meat for the year.
tara caribou | ©2022 all photos by me
(cover photo: sea otter floating by)
“Euphoria in Blue” poetry and photography by tara caribou
I’m happy to announce the release of tara caribou’s third poetry and art collection, Euphoria in Blue. Euphoria is 83 pages of black-and-white photography and dreamy poetry. This book will only be available in paperback through tara caribou directly and on lulu.
During the day, love, devotion, and passion hold fast, illuminating all they touch. The power and sway moves one like a river rushing along its bed. But as night descends, their presence becomes veiled by half-waking dreams, blissful hallucinations, and fantasy-ridden visions. Euphoria and yearning become fervor until the fresh morning brings temperance once more.
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©️2022-23 | tara caribou
“Coming of Rage” short stories by Ray Van Horn, Jr.
Raw Earth Ink is proud to present Ray Van Horn, Jr.’s new book, Coming of Rage.
“Coming of Rage and six other short stories reflect the human spirit and learning how to rise up and meet adversity. To stand face-to-face with it, then overcome. These are tales of young and old, tragic and strong, broken but still standing. When a young man realizes all isn’t as he imagined it would be. When a woman relives her painful past and chooses to walk through the coals for the freedom on the other side. And when skin color becomes more than just skin-deep. These are the moments that shape us. The moments we make a decision to continue along our path of destruction or to rise above and allow wisdom to mold our minds into something new.”
A common thread of hard turning points and difficult decisions rendered weave throughout each tale as author Ray Van Horn, Jr. draws on his many years experience in the music industry where he rubbed elbows with drummers, vocalists, bands, groupies, managers, roadies, and die-hard fans.
In paperback at: lulu, Barnes & Noble, Amazon, or signed copies directly from the author.
As an eBook at: EPUB ebook, Nook, Kobo, Kindle.
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© 2022 | Ray Van Horn, Jr.
Another Art Posting
Here’s a few pieces I’ve done this month, not including business artwork. Some of these are available for sale on my Society6 page, where you can get high-quality artwork printed on a variety of items such as phone covers, puzzles, mugs, wall art, rugs, clothing, and more!
July life update coming soon!
tara caribou | ©2022 all art by me.
Watch the Fur Fly
Sign of the times… at least neither of them had matches or a can of spray paint.
But seriously, I love watching the wildlife. Whether it’s napping or eating or kicking up their heels or boxing. Who needs tv when you have real life?!
tara caribou | ©2022 video by me
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