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Catching up with Patrizia Ingram

By Patrizia Ingram on Wednesday, December 9, 2020

Wow, what a year.   German poet Christian Morgenstern’s poem “The Seagulls” begins “seagulls look as though their name were Emma.”  It makes our world sound so simple, everything in nature is as it is, in place and together. The artist, however, dissects her world, sees patterns, colors, sometimes multiple colors in a single moss-covered rock …

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An Interview with Nerissa Alford

By MilspoFAN on Wednesday, November 25, 2020

Mil-spouse photographer/artist Narissa Alford has turned her frequent PCSes into opportunities. She meets change by embracing new cultures and translating them into visual works of art. Tell us a little about yourself, your journey as a military spouse, and where you are today. I met my husband when we were both managers for a department …

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Catching up with Kellie Brummerstedt

By MilspoFAN on Wednesday, November 11, 2020
Kellie dancing on a tree-lined path

This year has been filled with so many changes, some expected and some unexpected. Since my 2019 interview, my husband and I PCS’ed to Charleston, SC after a 7.5-month deployment that seemed to go on forever. I had to relearn everything once more on how to navigate a new environment which is hard to do …

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An Interview with Ashley Hope James

By MilspoFAN on Thursday, October 22, 2020

Ashley Hope James, painter and Army spouse, talks about living partly in the here-and-now and partly in the what’s-to-come. Knowing that change is always ahead shapes her identity, philosophy and art.  MilspoFAN: Tell us a little about yourself, your journey as a military spouse, and where you are today. Ashley Hope: “Who am I?” is …

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Catching up with Lisa Stice

By Lisa Stice on Wednesday, October 14, 2020

Since checking in a year ago, I did finish a poetry manuscript before the pandemic hit. Some of the individual poems have been published in journals, some of them quite recently. One of those poems, “Pursuit,” won first place in the military family member category for Line of Advance’s Col. Darron L. Wright Award, and …

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An Interview with Sidra Hassan-Brown

By MilspoFAN on Wednesday, September 23, 2020

Doubt in ourselves can sometimes hold us back, but painter and military spouse Sidra Hassan-Brown paints through fears and self-consciousness. Inspired by the strong women in her life, she discovers her own strengths in each piece of art she creates.  MilspoFAN: Tell us a little about yourself, your journey as a military spouse, and where …

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Catching up with Kirsten Carlson: The Creative Rollercoaster

By Kirsten Carlson on Wednesday, September 16, 2020

Crafting this follow-up guest post on MilspoFAN was a stellar way to reflect on my creative journey and share some enthusiasm for a hopeful future. Fate bought me a ticket for a two-year-long rollercoaster ride with the crazy pandemic-loop-de-loop that we’re all on, thrown in for free. I celebrated my 50th birthday right after the …

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Catching up with Carrie Cassidy: Pointe Shoes, Swans and Finding Motivation during COVID

By MilspoFAN on Wednesday, September 9, 2020

Hello fellow Mil Spouse artists. I am so honored to be back writing to you all again and I hope that everyone is doing well during these uncertain times. Creating art for many of us is an incredible outlet during times of difficulty. As a dancer, however we have all been forced to think and …

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An Interview with A.C. Williams

By MilspoFAN on Wednesday, August 26, 2020

A.C. Williams is an Army Spouse and dancer who has danced in response to change since her teenage years. She shares how dance can be transformative in positive ways to combat all the ways life attempts to transform us negatively.  MilspoFAN: Tell us a little about yourself, your journey as a military spouse, and where …

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Catching up with Roxanne Steed

By Roxanne Steed on Wednesday, August 12, 2020

Has this COVID year changed you? Hi everyone! Has this been a weirdly memorable year or what? I really thought that pandemics were only things your granny hinted at quietly, too awful to recall and speak of out loud. And here we are in the middle of one. I for one am looking forward to …

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