Bio Updates
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Aging Gracefully – A Creative History : My Blog Feb 2011 – Jul 2019 😊
“…the only thing I fully realize right now is how much more I can learn if I want or need to. And with all the ideas I keep having, and all the social media opps available today, that should be fun!”
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My Most Visited Post of the Week, Mon-Sun Ending 08.04.19
My Most Visited Post of the Week, Mon-Sun Ending 08.04.19
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Aging Gracefully – 1st Update on My Amazon Affiliate Marketing 😊
Learning where to add an unobtrusive search link is easier than I’d thought, but, changes post to post since I write for content interesting to me — mostly the arts, senior fitness, and aging gracefully.
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Aging Gracefully – Update on My Health & Upcoming “Tune-up” 😊
I’ve also been working on a major blog update post with “tune-up” in the title for nearly a week. I must have tune-up on the brain syndrome 😊
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My Creative Experiment With Amazon Affiliate Marketing 😊
Remember, there’s no additional cost to you, or any potential buyer — not for my work — or any item I suggest — or any item you eventually choose to buy when you purchase by starting with one of my provided Amazon Affiliate links .
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Summer Art Reception Fun at Art for the People Gallery Austin 😊
Very pleased to drop off “Cobblestone Path Home” for the summer / September show at Art for the People gallery on South 1st Street here in Austin! – new blog post from Felipe Adan Lerma .
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Have a Great Friday & Weekend Everyone! I’m Taking a Few Days Off, Well, Kinda 😊
“…we played today and we’ll play Friday, then this weekend I’ll look again at my two poems, ‘Cross Country’ circa ’94, and ‘Accelerating Into the Curve’ circa 2012 – and the posts I’m working up for them.”
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Fun at the Old Bakery & Emporium Consignors’ 2019 Art Reception 😊
Today’s post is mostly filled with fun pics from last night’s art reception at OBE, the Old Bakery & Emporium! An Important Note First Due to a maintenance schedule change, OBE will be closed the 2nd week of July vs the 3rd, and will thus be closed July 7-15 and reopen Tuesday July 16, 2019…
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Aging Gracefully – Walking’s Paying Off After Surgery, Step by Step 😊
My lesson is — slow is better than not at all. And slow is better than fast too fast, then not being able to move at all, lol!
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Aging Gracefully – When Yoga Breathing Paid Off In the ER 😊
I thought it very cool a breath training segment of some of my yoga classes actually helped enable a health caretaker, my medical helper of the moment, also better “see” inside me, and thus help heal me!
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Delivering My Painting to Art for the People Gallery Austin
Very pleased to drop off “Cobblestone Path Home” for the summer / September show at Art for the People gallery on South 1st Street here in Austin! – new blog post from Felipe Adan Lerma .
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Adan’s Art – 2 New Trends Developing : Limited Editions and Auction Sales of Older Work! – Update 4, New Post Series: Personal Use Licensing, Limited Editions, Auctions 😊
…this is what’s happening, as I figure things out, lol! — I do have 2 new trends, but they’re what have always been my main creative interests: images (Paintings & Photography) + Writings (Poetry & Fiction).
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My Blog’s New Look 😊 — Recent Comments, Top Posts, Choose Your Language, Plus Posts in Title/Image Grid!
My new WordPress theme was doing to my content what the sun and Affinity Photo – my digital program of choice – had done to my old but still much beloved floral arrangement from decades back – given it new improved life!
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Adan’s Art – 2 New Trends Developing : Limited Editions and Auction Sales of Older Work! – Update 2, Choosing My 1st Limited Editions 😊
All my posted images are immediately available as Limited Editions numbered 1 to 100. Buyers may purchase any number not already claimed. I will print on demand as needed. :)
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Adan’s Art – 2 New Trends Developing : Limited Editions and Auction Sales of Older Work! – Update 1, Unpacking Art to Auction Soon
Art Auction items — there are seven items I’ve decided will help me make this happen….1. Action smaller works first….
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Aging into Creativity
Historians seemed to not only survive but thrive, possibly..because as we age we tend to muse and compare and find threads in not only our own lives, but the lives of us as people, as a being onto itself — humanity.
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Adan’s Art – 2 New Trends Developing : Limited Editions and Auction Sales of Older Work!
A funny thing happened recently when my wife and I emptied a climate controlled storage area, and then opened several piles of stored boxes inside an extra room — we found paintings, plus prints of work I no longer had, from as early as the 80’s to as recently as the early 2000’s! 😊 -…
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Adan’s Self Portraits, #20 – Aligned with a Half Moon Over Downtown Austin at Zilker Botanical Garden
blog excerpt, I knew right away, with the scent of flowers in the fresh air and a view of Austin’s growing skyline, I wanted a selfie with my walking stick set to that background. Zilker Botanical Garden has been described as both the jewel in the heart of Austin and as the centerpiece of Austin’s…
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38 Years With Sheila – Happy Anniversary! ❤️ 💜 💕
From my wife Sheila today on FB smile — Happy 38th Anniversary Adan! My loving companion on life’s journey. We’ve shared so many experiences, made so many memories in so many places..Vermont, Costa Rica, Paris, Acapulco, Boston, New York, Chicago, all over Texas, to name a few! Wonder what’s around that next curve in the…
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Aging Gracefully – Ever Feel the Need To Focus But Your Life is A Shotgun? I Do 😊
No, not really offering any solutions, more an observation 🙂 I do kinda chalk my frequent current state to aging. And yes, when I was younger, say half a century ago, lol, I had as many quality demands on my attention as now: family, all the arts ( music, painting, dancing, film, poetry, etc ),…
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Spring Sunset Austin Skyline Butler Park Horizontal – Photography Felipe Adan Lerma
Recently featured @FineArtAmerica artist groups – * “USA Photographers” curated by Judy Vincent (Twitter) @JudyVincent74 * “Images That Excite You” curated by (Twitter) @John_M_Bailey
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A Little Fiction About the Truth I Felt in Paris 2012 – “Slumming in Paris Part 6”
The recent tragic loss in Paris at Notre Dame, and the heroic efforts that helped mitigate it, has torn at our emotions and reminded me I had sensed and seen the mettle of the French culture and people via the beauty and monuments to their past when my wife and I stayed in the Latin…
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Paris in 5 1/2 Weeks : Around Notre Dame – Day 3, via Felipe Adan Lerma
My wife Sheila and I, even back in the autumn of 2012, were of course aware of then learned much more of the incredible history of Paris and it’s iconic areas inside the old city walls. We learned that a previous church had occupied the same spot on the island on the Seine as Notre…
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Adan’s Gratitudes – A Little History
About my previous attempts expressing gratitudes in my life and my latest intention to do so 😊 I should emphasize too, these are my public expressions of gratitude. My private expressions, and I think we can and should all feel free to have any number we wish for ourselves, are sometimes reluctant, sometimes infrequent,…
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PhotoPoem for – Winged Horse in the Sky – Hoof Prints From My Soul
Hoof Prints From My Soul Cloud clumps within my heart – Reappear in paint As hoof prints from my soul – Questions and guesses – Choices – Gathered (often without knowing) through seven decades of living, As naturally as fog settling – feathered – like thread knit loosely ‘tween sky and earthYes, it’s been a…
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Mount Mansfield September Sunrise Six & Seven – Daybreak!
Jan 03, 2019 Hope everyone is having a good start to 2019! These are my 6th and 7th images from my Mount Mansfield September Sunrise photo shoot one morning, September, 2018 – the final two pics in the series! 🙂 Please click links to see full res samples on my site at Fine Art America.Please…
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Wanna Know About Texas? My Texas? Watch “The Son” on AMC
June 28, 2017 Images are my own, All Rights Reserved, and are offered on Fine Art America (FAA) as posters, prints, greeting cards + more. Rights Managed photo licensing is also through FAA. The Son, on AMC http://www.amc.com/shows/the-son/cast-crew I won’t pretend to know all the history or histories of all the peoples of Texas. Like…
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Welcome 2017!
Hello 2017! Happy New Year everyone 🙂 It’s been so long since I last posted, my entire WordPress setup for posting has changed, lol! Needless to say I’ve tried all sorts of ways to get myself to post regularly again and failed. I seem much more suited for Twitter’s image-short txt format, and somewhat to…
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It’s Been a Long Night of Hate, and Dawn Has Just Begun to Break
It’s Been a Long Night of Hate, and Dawn Has Just Begun to Break Image on left: Cover: One Night in the Hill Country Thriller novella, set in Texas. Immigrant and illegal children caught in a mad man’s plan to stop child abuse. Featuring former police officer Samantha (Sam) Lacroix. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00MXGMN68 *** “a beginner’s view:…
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Biking Across Lake Champlain Vermont – Four Years in the Making 🚴♀️
“Making it to the bike ferry itself, about 3 or 4/5 of the way across, was a major milestone 😊 “
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Opinion: Why eBook Sales Have Flattened : Discover-ability
Opinion: Why eBook Sales Have Flattened – Discover-ability *** Pictured Left : One Night in the Hill Country – a thriller Currently available on Amazon and in Kindle Unlimited 5 star review : “Felipe Adan Lerma has written a fast paced book that will keep you engrossed and entertained. My only issue was that at…
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Why I’ve Opted for Another Ninety (90) Day Term With Kindle Unlimited
Why I’ve Opted for Another Ninety (90) Day Term With Kindle Unlimited *** Pictured Left : Eiffel Tower Pose on Family Yoga Day Currently available on Amazon and in Kindle Unlimited 5 star review : “An awesome short story by Felipe Adan Lerma with Paris as the backdrop. I’ve traveled there and love anything Paris…
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Paris in 5 1/2 Weeks : Serial Photo-Memoir Series in Kindle Unlimited
Paris in 5 1/2 Weeks Series on Amazon Buy in KDP Store or Free on Kindle Unlimited * Original Paris Images – (Click or swipe to expand images) Commentary & links Images of Notre Dame, small streets in Paris, the Latin Quarter, the Eiffel Tower, and more to come : Musee D’Orsay, Tuileries, Champs Elysees, Luxembourg…
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Story Sample plus Links : Paris in 5 1/2 Weeks – To Gare l’Est from the Latin Quarter – Day 13
Story Sample plus Links : Paris in 5 1/2 Weeks : To Gare l’Est from the Latin Quarter – Day 13 * 10 Original Paris Images, Commentary & links – A Photo-Memoir Available on Amazon and FREE on Kindle Unlimited http://www.amazon.com/Paris-Weeks-Gare-Latin-Quarter-ebook/dp/B00JTMNE62/ My Paris Photo-Memoir Series is growing, new editions available soon. *** “the intent of this…
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Two Plus Weeks left in Kindle Unlimited – What to Do, What do Do…
Two Plus Weeks left in Kindle Unlimited – What to Do, What do Do… *** Pictured Left : One Night in the Hill Country Currently available on Amazon and in Kindle Unlimited Three thoughtful 4 Star reviews: “…especially liked that the children were integral to the plot and the action. They were smart, brave, and…
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Second Month in Kindle Unlimited – Erratic, But Better
Second Month in Kindle Unlimited – Erratic, But Better *** Pictured Left : One Night in the Hill Country Currently available on Amazon and in Kindle Unlimited Four star review: ” In many cases, the author’s writing style in this book is succinct, flowing along more like free style verse than strict narrative. Both the…
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Story Sample plus Links : Paris in 5 1/2 Weeks – Around Blvd St-Germain, Small Streets of Paris, Notre Dame – Days 1 & 2
Story Sample plus Links : Paris in 5 1/2 Weeks : Around Blvd St-Germain, Small Streets of Paris, Notre Dame – Days 1 & 2 * 7 Original Paris Images, Commentary & links – A Photo-Memoir Available on Amazon and FREE on Kindle Unlimited http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00L7UFHFA *** “the intent of this blog is to incrementally build…
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Photo-Memoir of Fun Senior Bike Ride on Austin’s Hike & Bike Trail
When my wife Sheila and I committed to participating in a local senior bicycle outing, we knew it would be challenging, despite some relatively light prep work. And it was that, no doubt! 😊
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First Month in Kindle Unlimited Part 2 – Was It Worth It?
First Month in Kindle Unlimited Part 2 – Was It Worth It? *** Pictured Left : Lunch with Grandma and Grandpa Currently available on Amazon and in Kindle Unlimited Intergenerational fiction for the whole family. * Original fiction, photo-memoirs, and poetry by Felipe Adan Lerma Available via subscription, direct purchase, or library. *** “the intent…
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First Month in Kindle Unlimited Part 1 – More Time, No Borrows, One Sale
First Month in Kindle Unlimited Part One – More Time, No Borrows, One Sale *** Pictured Left : Love’s Travels – Vermont Paris Austin Currently available on Amazon and in Kindle Unlimited Four star review: “Love’s Travels is one of the best books/poetry I’ve read recently. The rhythm of the words with the incredible photos…
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The Writer’s Life – 101414 : Sometimes, Doing a Little of Nothing, Gets a Lot Done (smiles)
The Writer’s Life – 101414 : Sometimes, Doing a Little of Nothing, Gets a Lot Done (smiles) *** Pictured left, Everyday Gratitude Vol 1 http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006VDH4B8 Also available on Kindle Unlimited. Story Sample plus Links : Everyday Gratitude Vol 1 – Daily Meditations via Everyday Life *** “the intent of this blog is to incrementally build a…
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The Writer’s Life – 101014 : My First Boot Camp Since 1974! (USAF)
The Writer’s Life – 101014 : My First Boot Camp Since 1974! (USAF) *** Pictured left, Everyday Inspiration – PhotoPoems Vol 2 http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007AMU47A Currently also enrolled in Kindle Unlimited. Sample content page available. *** “the intent of this blog is to incrementally build a body of thought that works toward integrating various topics, yoga, fitness,…
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The Writer’s Life – 100814 : Getting Fit (again) is like Writing Something New (again)
The Writer’s Life – 100814 : Getting Fit (again) is like Writing Something New (again) *** Pictured left, Arts Poems, Dance Yoga Music Art Writing + http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007TBG0V6 Content sample page: https://felipeadanlerma.com/2014/10/09/story-sample-plus-links-arts-poems-dance-yoga-music-art-writing/ *** “the intent of this blog is to incrementally build a body of thought that works toward integrating various topics, yoga, fitness, and the arts…
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Happy National Taco Day! – 2014 Yum!
Happy National Taco Day! 2014 – Yum! *** Pictured left, “Lunch with Grandma and Grandpa” Currently free and exclusive on Amazon’s Kindle Unlimited. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00LZ7WRE4 Grandma and Grandpa’s adventure taking the grand kids to lunch. (smiles) *** “the intent of this blog is to incrementally build a body of thought that works toward integrating various topics, yoga,…
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The Writer’s Life – 100114 : Pictures Are More Than What We See
The Writer’s Life – 100114 : Pictures Are More Than What We See *** Pictured left, “Inspirations from Life” – Thirty Three Years of Poems and Images Currently free and exclusive on Amazon’s Kindle Unlimited. Eighty-four (84) Original Poems Thirty-one (31) Original Images Three “Poetry in Fiction” Samples Extensive links and light commentary *** “the intent…
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Why I Put My Books in Kindle Unlimited – It’s Personal
Why I Put My Books in Kindle Unlimited – It’s Personal *** Pictured Left : Love’s Travels – Vermont Paris Austin Currently available free and exclusively, on Kindle Unlimited Four star review: “Love’s Travels is one of the best books/poetry I’ve read recently. The rhythm of the words with the incredible photos creates a lovely…
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