Today 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 »
snowing outside, angel baby at home, mama working right beside
0mostly 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 »
still making things : a post that has been cobbled together over 4 months
2I posted these pictures in the middle of August and then wrote this while Levon was in South Dakota and now I’m getting back around to hitting the publish button: I’m just now getting back to the blog to hit the publish button. While Levon is gone we’re trying to evaluate things and have [...] Continue Reading »
letter to a friend : advice rant on parenting
7as for advice…. me o my. My heart is full for new mothers. My experience of pregnancy, labor, delivery, and now this first year of motherhood has been more than I can effectively put into words. It has changed absolutely everything. Certainly for the better, though there have been lots of growing pains. It [...] Continue Reading »
pictures i like: today was for working but not the day after this one
4Did you notice _y cleverness in not using the letter _ in today’s title? The next task on the ToDo list will be to google what your suppose to do for keyboards that no longer type all their letters Or if any of you know write in Also I would like to say that [...] Continue Reading »
acknowledging the next thing without following it
2When I nurse Addair Kentucky I listen to podcasts and one of my favorites is On Being. The last one I listened to was with poet/philosopher John O’Donohue. The thing that sticks with me is his definition of beauty. He talks about it as a homecoming. To quote him he says beauty is, “a homecoming [...] Continue Reading »
16 weeks of parenting
4And boy have I learned a lot. I know how to fold and fasten a cloth diaper, how to swaddle up a youngun, install a carseat, and how to nurse while lying down. Sixteen weeks ago I had no idea just how perfunctory these things are. For me, parenting is a giant stretch toward being [...] Continue Reading »
i’m changing
7After weeks of waking up to tasks that I begrudgingly checked off my list, only to feel weary and unfulfilled at the end of the day, I am deciding to shift my focus and priorities. I’ve decided to take a break from the sales and marketing of my paintings*. I’m not certain how long this [...] Continue Reading »
as for tonight
0[ from the both of us as we listen to K.S. Rhoads (Ten out of Tenn Vol. 4) ] a poem: i’m tying my shoes so that i can be ready for flying
talked out and currently on the search for epoxy resin
1[ from a. addair who is listening to Keb' Mo' (Keep It Simple) ] Betwixt holding a creativity workshop, having company at our house this week, and incessant broadcasting of new Etsy listings to social media networks I feel like I’ve said my share for a while. For the rest of the day I think [...] Continue Reading »