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About Hippy Urban Girl
Darlene J Kreutzer lives in a wee colourful cottage with her musician husband and sports-minded son in a lovely old eclectic neighbourhood in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. When she is not scribbling in her notebooks or playing with light, she can usually be found sketching, painting, twisting up jewerly designs, puttering in her kitchen and tending her garden.
She is grateful for family, the light that casts beauty across shadows, music that lifts emotions, a little house and garden filled with colour and love, friends and inspirations, the beauty of nature, the ocean's cold spray, the soft barnacle skin of the grey whale and the possibilities that exist in life.
She shares snippets of her life and current obsessions at hippyurbangirl.com
A Visit Home
In this evocative post, Hippy Urban Girl writes, "I want to return home even as I know that the home I want to return to is gone, evaporated into the cycle of death, returned to the earth, the sand and becoming a part of a different story carved out of a piece of driftwood." [Read more]
Lavender
It reminded her of an old boyfriend. It proved incredibly hard to grow. But Hippy Urban Girl soon learned that she had underestimated the trickster of gardens — lavender. [Read more]
A Father’s Love
Father’s Day. A time to celebrate those men who stand steadily by, waving the BBQ brush in the air, strong hands hold gently as you pour out the sadness of your heart. I always think of my dad as the one who would fix everything with patient hands... [Read more]
Mood Swing
It’s amazing to me how much the weather can affect my mood. When the sun is shining bright and the sky sings a pale blue smile, my heart feels lighter. When the thunder clouds roll in and lightning streaks across the sky, my body feels exhilarated and excited. I can be languid in the heat and sleepy in the deep droop of snowfall. [Read more]
Lovely Thoughts
There are days when my smile comes as easily as my feet hitting the worn floorboards in the early morning rise. On those days, it’s easy to think lovely thoughts and the world seems easy; the light soaks into the world in golden hues and girls... [Read more]
Home
I live in the heart of a city, but when I look outside my window I breathe in the blue of the sky and the towering elm trees that create a canopy over my street. I live in the heart of a city, but I am exactly one block away from the river and a trail... [Read more]
Path of Light
The path I walk is not always a light filled space of illuminating proportions. Sometimes, the shadows slink and push out the shine, leaving me to wonder if I will ever feel whole again. It is in those moments that I doubt almost everything in my life.... [Read more]
Sunshine in a Bowl
I took a moment this afternoon to peruse flickr and found myself suddenly entranced with images of pretty spring flowers, tulips and a vast array of blooming blossoms. I could almost smell the fresh scent of spring as images of lush green sprang out at me. My reality check came quick and fierce as I glanced outside at the landscape of brown trees emerging from white snow and ice covering the wet brown grass of decaying leaves. [Read more]
Clarity: Beyond Crazed Travel Itineraries
Hippy Urban Girl discovers that beyond crazing travel planning and structured itineraries is vacation that truly allows for relaxation and the re-discovery of self. [Read more]
Lanterns Winner Chosen from Stories of Celebration
Hippy Urban Girl's announces the winner of the book Lanterns: A Gathering of Stories. It's all in the spirit of celebration. [Read more]
