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“Creativity never responds to the stick, only the carrot.”
– Tiffany Yates Martin, editor and novelist
One of my own carrots is to buy myself an “art prize” when I finish the edits of a book. This lovely little oil by our friend, Columbia Falls, MT painter Rachel Warner, was my prize for Treble at the Jam Fest, the 4th Food Lovers’ Village mystery