I stood in the middle of the candy aisle contemplating the merits of a duo of delicate dark chocolate almond butter cups. The alternative: my go-to plain dark chocolate bars. In a 10-pack. The plan was to sweeten my sour mood with chocolate. But given my stranded status, quantity won over quality. I wheeled the … More The Art of Turning Sour into Sweet
All year long thus far, and all last year it seems I’ve been pursuing the perfect work space. Newsflash: it will never truly be perfect this side of heaven. On my snow day a couple weeks ago, I declared war on the walls, conquered clutter by purging no less than 6 bags full of stuff … More A Winter Work Space … In Me and my House
Currently these are inhabiting my kitchen table (pay no attention to the Christmas tree or the iron…or the Ford model waiting patiently to be assembled…) I primed these canvasses the other night and now they’re just waiting to be painted. In the cleaning of the closet last weekend, they became my target. Be painted or leave … More It’s About Time…
WordPress is telling me as I type this that there’s now an easier way to create a post and I should switch to the new and improved posting experience… I don’t really know what that entails, but I know I like the old one just fine. I have a soft spot for old after all. … More Christmas Unwrapped and Unraveled
Now that it’s December, we can officially begin talking about Christmas… I like my holidays to be separate, so I made a rule a long time ago that I wouldn’t decorate for Christmas until December. Except that it always takes my holiday radar a little longer than normal to hone in– my biological clock is … More Embrace the Quirk…
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