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About Andrea R Huelsenbeck

Andrea R Huelsenbeck is a wife, a mother, a grandmother, and a former elementary general music teacher. A freelance writer in the 1990s, her nonfiction articles and book reviews appeared in Raising Arizona Kids, Christian Library Journal, and other publications. She is currently working on a middle grades novel and a poetry collection.

new shoes

Posted on March 1, 2022 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

don’t take us out of the box we’re happy here, brand new as perfect as we’ll ever be don’t violate us with your stinky feet don’t destroy our perfect twinness we are each other’s ideal partner if you put mileage … Continue reading →

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o spirit of rhyme and rhythm

Posted on February 25, 2022 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

amuse me, muse now tickle my imagination with whistles of whimsy and whit make the words flow from my pen and paint pictures with their cadences I am merely the stenographer who captures the images and mounts them on the … Continue reading →

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two halves make the whole

Posted on February 22, 2022 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

the practical woman in me does the right thing the expected thing follows the rules chooses a theme devises a plan and then works according to plan makes well-thought-out decisions strives toward perfection the emotional one in me turns her … Continue reading →

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Review of Draw Your Day by Samantha Dion Baker

Posted on February 18, 2022 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

I love to look at art journals. For example, I love the blog Sketch Away, by Suhita Shirodkar, in which she records her days. I dream of being outside, pulling out my sketchbook, and drawing what I experience. But I have … Continue reading →

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In the Meme Time: Dare to be Vulnerable

Posted on February 15, 2022 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck
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A Few Things I Know For Sure

Posted on February 11, 2022 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

I watched this TED talk by Anne Lamott. And I thought, I could write an article like that. But what do I know about life? It turns out I know four things for sure. God loves you. God loves me. God is love. God … Continue reading →

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In the Meme Time: Climb

Posted on February 8, 2022 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck
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Video: Top 20 Acoustic Guitar Intros

Posted on February 4, 2022 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

Listeners of a certain age will recognize all of these.

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i fear the sound

Posted on February 1, 2022 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

i fear the sound of splintering wood barely audible beneath the tempest’s roar i am the lighthouse keeper my mission is to save i stoke a flame behind the lens when wind and spray and torrents extinguish visibility my slow … Continue reading →

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An Interview with Judy Dykstra-Brown, Teacher, Artist, Poet

Posted on January 28, 2022 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

This article first appeared on ARHtistic License. When I first started blogging more than six years ago, one of the first blogs I discovered was lifelessons–a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown. I took part in blogging challenges, and so did Judy. As … Continue reading →

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