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Courtenay Martin, aka Courtenay Bluebird, is a professional journalist, writer, and photographer. Her work has been featured in newspapers and magazines throughout the United States, as well as the American public television network PBS.

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    • The Bluebird Sessions
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    • Essays
    • Humor
    • Mash Note Dept.
    • The Marriage Interpreter
    • News and Politics
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Staredown between bunny and officeworker.
  • 5-Minute Dance Party

5-Minute Dance Party :: Sunny and Steve — Enjoy the Sweets

C. Bluebird April 20, 2014

Don’t worry—I’ll always share my Easter chocolate with you!

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Tango dancer arches back over a chair.
  • 5-Minute Dance Party

5-Minute Dance Party :: Libertango

C. Bluebird March 28, 2014

I am always amazed at what the tango can do when matched with the right dancer.

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Matthew Brady, first known war photographer, looking stern in self-portrait contact sheet.
  • Our Sunday Best

Our Sunday Best :: The weight of light

C. Bluebird March 24, 2014

Whatever the war photographers brought into a place was carried on their backs— and sometimes in their minds.

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Close-up of the unreadable face of the mysterious woman in Franz Von Stuck's - "The Sin."
  • Essays

Essay :: The Ouroboros chain

C. Bluebird March 22, 2014

In the last month of winter, I bought a clock from a man in Latvia who deals exclusively in time.

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Action shot of Irish Stepdancers in Ireland.
  • Humor

Humor :: Sports Mania Special Broadcast: Post-Saint Patrick’s Day Wrap-Up

C. Bluebird March 18, 2014

All those smashed instruments and crying men. I’m never going to get that sound out of my ears, Chet. Never.

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Irish dancers Suzanne Cleary and Peter Harding dancing in front of a bookcase.
  • 5-Minute Dance Party

5-Minute Dance Party | Folk You

C. Bluebird March 17, 2014

FOLK YOU!

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  • Essays

Essay :: Hesitancy

C. Bluebird January 23, 2014

Between one moment and the next: life, breath, and other surprises.

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Three small tree saplings at a rest stop on New Mexico.
  • Photography

Photo :: Three young trees (Encino, NM)

C. Bluebird January 6, 2014

It’s the light that kills me. Always the light.

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Courtenay's friend Camille photographed while talking.
  • Photography

Photo :: Camille considers sleep

C. Bluebird November 3, 2013

I love to photograph my friend Camille because elegance is her native state.

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Graphic design: Concrete background and lettering in mossy blue-green: Bluebird Blvd's 5-Minute Dance Party - Your Feet's Too Big
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5-Minute Dance Party :: Your Feet’s Too Big

C. Bluebird October 23, 2013

One never knows, does one?

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  • Essays

Essay :: The Good Luck Bonne Chance Raspa Stand

C. Bluebird September 19, 2013

The Good Luck Bonne Chance Raspa Stand is selling Cucumbers On a Stick tonight, covered in chili powder and lime. There’s World’s Best Corn in a Cup and Hot Fritos ‘n’ Xtra Cheese if you want them, and for a limited time only, you can get a Double Tiger’s Blood Raspa, Everybody’s Favorite Sno-Cone Treat.

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Photo booth sepia photo strip strip of young woman from the 1940s with mysterious smile.
  • Poems

Poem :: I, at Seventeen

C. Bluebird July 15, 2013

Trick question: Is there anything easy about being a seventeen-year-old girl?

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The duo from Up and Over It dance in hardshoes wearing neon.
  • 5-Minute Dance Party

5-Minute Dance Party | It’s ON

C. Bluebird March 17, 2013

Happy Saint Patrick’s Daaa—. . . Oh, I just don’t have it in me.

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Black and white picture of woman using an old-fashioned sit-down hairdryer to dry her hair.
  • Bluebird's Personality Quiz

BB’s Personality Quiz :: Your spring cleaning style revealed!

C. Bluebird March 1, 2013

Here are all the keys to my place, cleaning expert. I’m going to stay in a Motel 6 in Barbados until you call me, okay? Bye-byeeeeee!

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Black and white picture of young Doris Day on an old black telephone
  • Bluebird's Pillow Book

Bluebird’s Pillow Book | Le Téléphone Portable

C. Bluebird November 7, 2012

When was the last time you adjusted to a new technology? A year ago? This morning? Last week?

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