• Random Updates

    This past week has been a bit overwhelming. A loved one is having some health issues another loved one had a medical procedure. There has been research and phone calls and stress coupled with feeling overwhelmed and also somehow helpless.… Continue reading

    Random Updates

  • Working More and Making Less

    Last week I got an email from yet another print-on-demand platform that I’ve used to make money selling my t-shirt designs that they are cutting royalties for creators. The following day I received my monthly payment from a different print-on-demand… Continue reading

    Working More and Making Less

  • Music for Dinosaurs

    I was over at the county library Tuesday afternoon glazing a little jar I made in a class a few weeks ago. There were a half dozen of us there working on different pottery projects. A woman across from me… Continue reading

    Music for Dinosaurs

  • Planting Deer Food, I Mean Flowers

    The Easter Bunny (aka my mom) sent an Easter basket (aka a padded mailer) full of goodies. Among them were some gladiolus bulbs and a packet of wildflower seeds. It’s a sign that my mom is a true optimist. This… Continue reading

    Planting Deer Food, I Mean Flowers

  • Earthworm Showers Bring May Flowers?

    Lots of cool things happened this past week. I went out to lunch with a good friend. I took a class at the library. The daffodils started blooming, but perhaps the most memorable event was the earthworms. Friday is garbage… Continue reading

    Earthworm Showers Bring May Flowers?

  • Painting Flowers with Helen

    I know I’ve used this space to vent about the internet before, but even I have to admit that the internet is not a complete cesspool. If it wasn’t for the internet I wouldn’t have discovered Helen Dardik, an artist… Continue reading

    Painting Flowers with Helen

  • Hanukkah in March?

    In my quest to find a photo to accompany today’s post I typed the word “thermometer” into my photos app search bar thinking possibly at one point I had taken a picture of one. Alas, all it returned was a… Continue reading

    Hanukkah in March?

  • Signs of Spring

    We’ve been having some extra warm weather this week, and I’m happy to report that the snow has ALL melted. On Monday we took a walk through a somewhat soggy backyard and saw the creek flowing extra strong thanks to… Continue reading

    Signs of Spring

  • If You Are Impatient, Do Not Become a Writer

    I feel like I am forever trying to explain to people outside of the publishing industry just how glacially it moves, and I really don’t think they understand it. It probably doesn’t help that Hollywood has filled their heads with… Continue reading

    If You Are Impatient, Do Not Become a Writer

  • Pictures or it Didn’t Happen, Unless Maybe (And Hear Me Out Here) It Did

    We enjoyed watching the Olympics these past couple of weeks, but while we were watching the women’s ski half pipe competition over the weekend something jarring happened. One of the skiers lost her phone. It flew out of her pocket… Continue reading

    Pictures or it Didn’t Happen, Unless Maybe (And Hear Me Out Here) It Did