2008 November : Jill Berry Blog

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Today is Thanksgiving. My friend DeeDee sent me this link and after a cynical yesterday, it was just the thing to renew my faith in humanity. This video is a testament to the street musicians of the world, and especially to people who create art and music for the great beauty and joy of sharing [...]

Temple of Dreams

Posted on November 20, 2008 - Filed Under Uncategorized | 1 Comment

My dream life is amazing, epic, frequent and sometimes unsettling. I asked a therapist once about the difference between myself awake and asleep, as it seemed to me I was far more creative when sleeping. The source is the same I learned, it is the filter. In this book I illustrated a dream like sequence [...]

Suzie McFee

Posted on November 18, 2008 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment

Stories are a big part of our family, and we have a girl we talk about a lot. Her name is Suzie McFee, she is a brave and curious ten-year-old only child who, luckily, has the benefit of a huge international family who she visits. Suzie has an aunt in India near the markets and [...]

Newport in November

Posted on November 18, 2008 - Filed Under Uncategorized | 1 Comment

We went to Newport Beach this weekend, to celebrate my husband’s new job. This is where I grew up, and I made my whole family relive the details of that fine 70s experience including listening to KEarth 101, the same exact radio station I loved as a teenager. Steve said he heard more Billy Joel [...]