For those of you that haven't been with me through my many blogs, I am a crafts-person. I make jewelry, or will when I get another workshop, practice calligraphy, write, and dabble with drawing and paper crafts. I used to sell what I made before it was all stolen. (No, I didn't have insurance. Painful… Continue reading The Crafty, the Artsy, and the Uninformed…
Category: 365 Days Challenge
A Trucker’s Wife
The man in the picture is my husband. He works 70 hours a week delivering goods to warehouses that supply your stores with everything from the necessary to the frivolous. He's a truck driver. It isn't a glamorous life by any means, but he loves to drive, and when I get the chance, I love… Continue reading A Trucker’s Wife
Hello, Depression…
Hello, Depression, my old friend,Just when I thought I'd never see you again. I wake up in the morning with a sense of dread,An all-too-familiar black cloud over my head. The start of the year was rocky at best,But we were getting through it, a worthy quest. I was happy. I was excited. I was… Continue reading Hello, Depression…
Call-out Vs Cancelling
...or how to hold them accountable without running them off the internet. I have been doing a lot of thinking lately. Shocking, I know, but hang in there. There has been a rash of "cancel culture" for the past year or so. Instead of cancelling people, can't we just hold them accountable instead? Everyone makes… Continue reading Call-out Vs Cancelling
I can wait.
There has been many conversations about the state of media. I am eluding to television shows and movies mainly. Okay, I am talking about movie franchises. I can wait. What do I mean about this? Have you seen the movies slated to premiere over the next couple of years. Looking backwards at the movies over… Continue reading I can wait.
Cliques: Not Just for High School
Let's talk about something I have been seeing for a while online. I have been on social media, blogging, and on YouTube for a while, and there are patterns forming on the platforms I use that remind me of high school. Come with me down a rabbit hole. Image from: https://www.insperity.com/blog/cliques-at-work/ You get on the… Continue reading Cliques: Not Just for High School
Me? In Movies? What?
So, as many of you know, I set goals for myself this year, and one of those was to have three clients for whom I will write. Well, I have two, possibly three. The first one is a long-time client that I had to put on hold when I was homeless. The second one I… Continue reading Me? In Movies? What?
If You Don’t Like it, You Don’t Have to Look…
...Or stop "fixing" the artwork of others. It's not broken. In between video editing, writing for clients, and working on my personal novels, I read and doodle. If you haven't gotten into Zentangles, I would recommend you give it a try. It's very relaxing and I do them when I want to zone out. Pitcher… Continue reading If You Don’t Like it, You Don’t Have to Look…
Feeling a Little Down…
What you will find out about me during this posting challenge is that I don't fake it when I am feeling a little lost or depressed. It's been a rough couple of months. I am not going to go into detail here, but the stress and worry has gotten to me, and all I want… Continue reading Feeling a Little Down…
Day 6: From Tweet to Snuff Story?
I follow writers on Twitter, and there was a writing prompt for yesterday in which I participated. It was a snuff type of short story prompt. This prompt was only supposed to be on Twitter, but my brain, as it often does, wanted to add to the tweet, but I didn't not want to make… Continue reading Day 6: From Tweet to Snuff Story?
