I’ve been feeling absolutely awful. There’s the routine nausea and tiredness but the worst of it is soul anguish. It’s impossible to gauge how much of this is contributed to hormones. Likely it’s mostly that, but in the fog of it this is no consolation. I’m not so sure my hormones have leveled out since Addair Kentucky, making normal irrelevant [...] Continue Reading »
volatile mama
8Loretta has lights
3Loretta is a 1962 Roadrunner camper we’re converting into an art studio and mobile gallery. For a while she has rested in the driveway, and little has been done since I got stuck on electrical issues. Then we (meaning my neighbor) had a breakthrough with a borrowed meter, and it’s always grounding issues with these [...] Continue Reading »
a list of sentences, because i feel like i have to hurry
0i really don’t have to hurry, but i can’t shake the feeling so… nausea again worked on the Knoxville Museum of Art’s Art on Tap painting today about to cut the day short so that I can pack and head to Bristol and then Tazewell for an evening of storytelling but before we go I [...] Continue Reading »
pretty pictures (and a sales pitch)
0Yesterday’s efforts toward making money resulted in a $3 sale. I am encouraged by this, but needless to say I must try some more today. Which brings me to today’s announcement… MARCH 26 2013: I’ll send along an original paper quilt and 2 CDs from Levon Walker with any purchase. Happy art shopping! Maybe if [...] Continue Reading »
snowing outside, angel baby at home, mama working right beside
0Today starts my week of bringing in the bacon. It’s the last week of March and I’m at 8% of my goal. It’s going to be a busy week. I hope to reach it sooner rather than later because I also have to put together an Easter fit for Addair Kentucky (I’m thinking of making [...] Continue Reading »
mostly links to delightful places
0Happy Saturday afternoon and welcome to today’s promotional awareness. I dare to write such a post because its fundraising week at WDVX and WUOT, so maybe just maybe you’ll have a little more tolerance for such ploys here. May I draw your attention to a couple of things that are in my own interest and possibly [...] Continue Reading »
things around the house that make me merry
0Oh joy! What a delightful surprise to come home to a package in the mail with my first ever published cover art. If you don’t mind my saying so, it looks great and I am really excited to read it. As the back reads, “This book is essential reading for pre-service teachers, classroom teachers, and [...] Continue Reading »
bout to head home
2It will feel good to be home but me oh my do I dread the ride. Let’s not think about it now. Spring time is lovely. Yesterday I spent the day sitting outside embroidering. It was perfect. I’m thinking of having my next workshop be on encaustic painting. I’ve got an [...] Continue Reading »
if there were timeouts
5Months ago I was posting drafts of memoir chapters as I wrote them. The writing has been a stop and go effort for two years now, and a huge struggle of time management. I am guilty of making more time for writing than is fair, truthfully. The balance of work, and the work I wish [...] Continue Reading »
homemaking, the couch, and writing aids
2February begins the second of a three month family plan. Finish taxes (it can be a novel for the self employed), a home refinance, obtain health insurance (in case of the proverbial tugboat), and build a little savings. Add to the to-do list, buying a couch. Nine years of keeping house, and still no couch. [...] Continue Reading »