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Celebrate Black Cats on National Black Cat Day – October 27

10/22/2020

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Celebrating Black Cats (Collage and Zentangles) by Kathryn V. White
Did you know black cats…
  • Are adopted at slower rates than other color cats.
  • Tend to be more abused than other color cats.
  • Crossing your path are seen as good luck in Britain, Japan, and Ireland.

To help educate the public and eliminate negative attitudes towards black cats, National Black Cat Day was created.

Please join in and make some positive actions, such as...
  • Posting pictures of black cats on social media and sharing what you adore about them.
  • Helping animal shelters care for black cats and other creatures through your donations.
  • Adopting a black cat and giving them a loving home.

It’s time to eliminate the stigma against black cats and celebrate them!
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Kathryn is an award-winning author and artist. Her book, 
Rumble Tumble Joy: A Journey for Healing, Inspiration, and Wholeness is available on Amazon. Her art is available as canvas and fine art prints. Learn more at www.kathrynVwhite.com
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When You Do Things from Your Soul

4/17/2020

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Little Bird drawn by Kathryn V. White
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Kathryn is an award-winning author and artist. Her book, 
Rumble Tumble Joy: A Journey for Healing, Inspiration, and Wholeness is available on Amazon. Her art is available as canvas and fine art prints. Learn more at www.kathrynVwhite.com
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Celebrate Earth Day!

4/15/2019

 
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While every day should be seen as a time to celebrate our wondrous planet, April 22nd is the established day for Earth Day.

This year's Earth Day theme is protecting species across the planet, including bees, giraffes, elephants, whales, sea turtles and many others. Learn how you can help here.

MSN is publishing a series of articles as stated in the following note: “In honor of Earth Day, throughout the month of April we are putting a spotlight on the beauty and fragility of Earth, with a special focus on trees and forest health.” Learn more about this important topic here. 

Each day, there’s much you can do to show your love for our lovely planet from picking up trash; planting trees and flowers; recycling, reusing, and reducing waste; and using what would ordinarily be thrown away as scraps to make something beautiful and/or useful for others.  See how 62-year-old Michelle Zieler is sewing her love. 

What will you be doing to celebrate our amazing planet?

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​Kathryn is an award-winning author and artist. Her book, Rumble Tumble Joy: A Journey for Healing, Inspiration, and Wholeness is available on Amazon. Her art is available as canvas and fine art prints. Learn more at www.kathrynVwhite.com.

For the Love of Ferrets and Other Wonderful Pets!

10/17/2015

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In September, I had a lovely chat with Rosie Morgan—a wonderful writer who lives in England—Cornwall to be specific.

Amazing the shortened distances our wired lives provide for us.

With the added benefit of meeting creative and kind people across the world!
Two of Rosie's books, The Golden Sword and Time Smugglers were finalists for the 2014 Wishing Shelf Book Awards.  

Check out our discussion by clicking here.

Click on the book covers to learn more about each book.
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Author and artist, Kathryn V. White's most recent book, Rumble Tumble Joy: A Journey for Healing, Inspiration, and Wholeness, is a finalist in the 2014 Wishing Shelf Book Awards.  Find out more at: www.kathrynVwhite.com
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The Positive Power of Change

7/19/2014

 
In the short story Yes, Fernando a woman finds her world turned upside down after an intense illness.

No longer able to authoritatively wield the word "NO!," she struggles to handle the changes sweeping her life.

And then, one fine spring day, she is faced with a dilemma. What will she choose?
Read Yes, Fernando to see the positive power found in opening to change.  

Click on the book cover to find out more! (Affiliate link)

Love Elephants?  Quick & Easy Steps to Help Them NOW!

4/26/2014

 
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Elephants are highly intelligent and social animals that live in close-knit family groups, roam vast acres, and need to live in warm climates. 

Zoos, including the Woodland Park Zoo located in damp, rainy Seattle, cannot provide the environment for elephants to live healthy lives. And some zoos have taken this to heart, closed their elephant exhibits, and sent their elephants to live in sanctuaries.

As stated in a recent article in City Living Seattle by Christie Lagally, “a recent survey commissioned by the Friends of Woodland Park Zoo Elephants shows that 62% of Seattle voters believe the elephants should be moved to a sanctuary immediately.”

To date, 27 zoos have closed or plan to close their elephant exhibits.  Click here to find out which ones.

There is enough suffering in the world.

You can make a difference to help end the suffering of these wonderful, intelligent animals.

Please add your voice to eliminate elephant breeding and housing at your local zoo.  If the zoo really wants to help elephants, it should follow the lead of the NYC Bronx Zoo and place money for helping preserve elephants in the wild in Asia and Africa.

More information can be found at:
  • Community Coalition for Elephant Retirement
  • Friends of Woodland Park Zoo Elephants
  • In Defense of Animals

Easy & Quick Steps You Can Take Now:

1) Write your local council members and local zoo letting them know you want to see their elephant exhibits closed, their breeding programs stopped, and their elephants sent to a sanctuary accredited by the Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries as soon as possible.  

2) If you live in King County and/or Seattle, click here for a list of council members to contact.  You can email your support—even if it is just one sentence—“Please send Woodland Park Zoo’s elephants (Bamboo, Watoto, and Chai) to a sanctuary accredited by the Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries as soon as possible.”  

3) “Like” the Facebook page for the Community Coalition for Elephant Retirement

4) “Like” the Facebook page for the Friends of the Woodland Park Zoo Elephants

5) Tell others about this issue and share this blog post to help spread the word in helping these magnificent animals!

Your actions do make a difference!  Thank you for taking part to help end suffering in this world!

NOTE: On 4/25/2014, Alyne Fortgang of Friends of Woodland Park Zoo Elephants (FWPZE) told me that FWPZE is beginning a round of meetings in the next two weeks  with Seattle council members starting with Jean Godden.  Thus, this is a pivotal time for you to contact King County and City of Seattle council members to add your voice in helping to end the suffering of the WPZ elephants!

Love The Animals

7/5/2013

 
Cat photo from HSLF.org
Cat photo from HSLF.org
Love animals?  Help animals!  And the Humane Society Legislative Fund (HSLF) makes it easy.  They publish the Humane Activist five times a year.  It only costs $10.00/year to subscribe.  Each short newsletter includes updates on legislation that supports or hurts our animal buddies.  

A great feature is their section on HSLF-supported animal protection bills before the U.S. Congress.  You then just email or call your senators’ or representatives’ offices and let them know you'd like them to support the specific bills listed.  It's easy--just give them the bill number listed in the newsletter.

Once you find out the contact information for your senators and representatives, post that phone number someplace for easy access—like your refrigerator.  And/or add their email addresses to your email accounts.   

How to find your senators and representatives?  Go to www.hslf.org/leglookup or http://www.usa.gov/Contact/Elected.shtml. 

Take action NOW!  And boost your good karma today! 

One Lucky Elephant

5/20/2013

 
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One Lucky Elephant is an emotionally wrenching, yet inspiring film about the love between David Balding and Flora, his adopted elephant. 

We journey with David as he comes to the conclusion that after 18 years of circus life, Flora needs a better place to live. 

Will David find a good home for Flora outside the worlds of zoos and circuses?

And, in terms of the bigger picture, what must humans ultimately understand and do differently for more harmonious relationships with the animals of this planet?


Beautiful Whales

4/20/2013

 
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Don't you love the beauty of whales, dolphins, porpoises and other marine mammals?

If yes, please take a moment to honor these amazing creatures by helping to protect them from the horrible impacts of mid-frequency sonar. 

According to the Natural Resources Defense Council in its Spring 2013 edition of Nature's Voice "the National Marine Fisheries Service is preparing to approve the Navy's five-year plan to use high explosives and deafening mid-frequency sonar in its training and testing exercises throughout enormous swaths of ocean off America's coasts."  

This extreme noise has harmful and horrible effects to marine mammals, including hearing loss as well as hemorrhages in the lungs and other organs.

Pierce Brosnan narrates a short video of the impacts.

Learn more and add your voice today to protect the lives of these and other amazing sea creatures at NRDC's website.





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    Kathryn V. White is an author and artist who dreams of rousingly playing a djembe in a drum circle.  

    Two of my books are finalists in the 2014 Wishing Shelf Book Awards!  Click on the below book covers to learn more.
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    Rumble Tumble Joy book reviews: San Francisco Book Review (4 star) & Story Circle Book Reviews (4 star).
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    2020 Juried Exhibit at the Washington State History Museum 
    Kathryn's collage, "Resonating Truth" has been juried into a show at the Washington State History Museum in Tacoma, Washington. The exhibit runs from April 9 to August 20, 2020.

    2019 - 2020 Juried Traveling Art Exhibit in Virginia

    Kathryn's papercutting plus collage  "Summer Interlude" has been juried into a traveling show.  The exhibit runs September 9, 2019 to December 8, 2019 at Gallery 3700 in Arlington, Virginia and from December 17, 2019 to February 18, 2020 at Westover Library in Arlington, Virginia.
    2019 Juried Exhibit at the Washington State Convention Center
    Kathryn's large collage "When I'm Gone, Who Will Remember Me?" has been juried into a show at the Washington State Convention Center's Phyllis Lamphere Gallery.  The exhibit runs January 12, 2019 to March 31, 2019.
    Poetry On Buses 
    Kathryn's poem, The Sound Soothes, was selected for the ​2017 Poetry on Buses: Your Body of Water Program and is a part of the online collection! Click here to read it!

    2018 Juried Exhibit at the Rosehill Community Center

    ​*Three of Kathryn's collages have been juried into an exhibit at the Rosehill Community Center in Mukilteo, WA from April 3 through June 24, 2018. "Phoenix" won the Northwest Collage Society's prestigious Eleanor Wolters Smith Memorial Award.

    2017 SOLO SHOW at the University Business Center

    *20 of Kathryn's artworks were on exhibit in a solo show from October 16 through December 7, 2017 at the University Business Center's Gallery 4500 in Seattle's U-District.
    2017 Juried Exhibit at Seattle City Hall 
    ​Kathryn's collage, "Welcome to My Universe" was juried into the exhibit, "Hot Town: Summer in the City" at the Seattle City Hall in downtown Seattle that ran from July 7 through August 30, 2017.
     
    2017 Juried Exhibit at Seattle University  
    ​Kathryn had a large collage, "Broadway at Times Square" juried into the 2017 Search for Meaning Art Exhibition (part of the Search for Meaning Book Festival) from February  16 to 25, 2017 at Seattle University's Vachon Gallery. 
    2017 Juried Exhibit at Cascadia Art Museum  
    ​Kathryn had a collage, "Indra's Net" juried into the exhibit, "Collaged Impressions of the Northwest Social Realism and the American Scene 1930 to 1950" that ran January 19 to March 26, 2017 at the Cascadia Art Museum in Edmonds, WA.
    2017 Exhibit at Dreamclinic 
    ​Kathryn had 10 artworks exhibited from January through April 12, 2017 at Dreamclinic in Seattle's Roosevelt neighborhood.
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