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Category: Childhood

Goodnight, Mr. Hamner

Mikki BriskMarch 26, 2016Childhood Creativity Life

    Early Thursday afternoon, Earl Hamner, Jr. died. If you’re wondering who the heck that might have been, then you, my friend, probably weren’t glued to the television in the early ’70s, watching The Waltons.   I, on the…

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Thursday Memories

Mikki BriskMarch 24, 2016Childhood Life

    This photo was taken a long, long time ago. When I was young. Not just young-er, mind you, but truly, actually young.   When I look at that girl, living that previous life, I am amazed she survived.…

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Hidden Meaning

Mikki BriskMarch 8, 2016Childhood Life

    When I was a kid, I had a few recurring dreams. There was one about a witch, a thermometer with a rising temperature and a house on fire. I had it a lot around the age of 5…

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“Flowers Wilt. Buy a Poem Instead.”

Mikki BriskJanuary 26, 2016Childhood Creativity Life Los Angeles

    I’ve become involved with a non-profit organization called WriteGirl. This group of creative, female writers mentors teen girls with the goal of unleashing their young, brilliant, writer minds. It’s such a lovely community and I’m honored to be…

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In Dreams

Mikki BriskJanuary 21, 2016Childhood Home Life

    I’ve shared that I’m a fan of the home show Fixer Upper. The most recent episode found the show’s stars working on a home that had been in a chick’s family for quite a while and had been…

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Joey Alexander

Mikki BriskJanuary 14, 2016Childhood Creativity Music

    Yesterday I put on the newest CD in our collection: Joey Alexander’s “My Favorite Things.” This jazz disc is not only fabulous to listen to, it’s also incredible to think the artist at the piano is 12 years old…

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The Sun Machine is Coming Down

Mikki BriskJanuary 12, 2016Art Childhood Creativity Life Music

    Given my tendencies toward recollection, you may find it hard to believe that I don’t particularly enjoy visiting my past. There was a lot of ugliness growing up, and dwelling on it is, to say the least, uncomfortable.…

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The King, Baby

Mikki BriskJanuary 8, 2016Childhood Life Music

    Today is the birthday of Mr. Elvis Presley. Honestly – I don’t know why I put this in my calendar every year. I mean, I know it’s a sentimental holdover from childhood, but how long can that last?…

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Forward March!

Mikki BriskJanuary 1, 2016Childhood Home Life Los Angeles

  “A place in they memory, dearest, Is all that I claim; To pause and look back when thou hearest The sound of my name.” Gerald Griffin (1803 – 1840)       I had this idea for a New…

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Sol Legare

Mikki BriskNovember 27, 2015Art Childhood Creativity Life Painting

    This is the commission I’ve been yakking about. It’s called “Sol Legare,” per the buyer’s request. For the record, I had not one problem obliging the buyer on that front. She was free to name the painting and…

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