March 14, 2020
With this year’s Pi Ο Day not falling on a school day, this middle school math teacher was not motivated to make a pie, my least favorite sweet treat to eat. It also took an alarm and early morning door bust to manage to grab one of the last things Read more…
February 19, 2020
On solo mission now, a trip to the dark sky desert. Arriving with plenty of blazing sun, I captured the remote landscape… inhabited by enormous sculpture by artist Ricardo Breceda. Borrego Springs is a magical place where one can easily get a soy latte but also be in the middle Read more…
February 13, 2020
How are we well into February already?! New Years seems like last week! Must time pass so swiftly? It has been a very busy 2020 thus far. Here are some outtakes. Freshly milked cashew milk from a colleague? Yes, ma’am! ICYMI, there is now a Saturn emoji on the iPhone. Read more…
November 29, 2019
I scoured Manhattan for this second report of Angels in the five boroughs. Starting all the way at the bottom and ending all the way at the top. The result a huge selection of big city angels, inside and out, funerary and not, in several mediums. Starting here at the Read more…
November 17, 2019
In moving some files about my external hard drive, I stumbled upon my old designs for greeting cards, a brief Etsy stint in 2012. Annoyed with what was celebrated in our society, I created Jaded Greetings. In looking back at my designs I decided that they deserve a life beyond Read more…
November 16, 2019
Growing up as a female, I couldn’t help but notice that the males were always the ones lighting off the fireworks. I remember watching as a child as the cool teenage boys lit them off while the girls watched. As I grew older it always seemed to be the responsibility Read more…
November 5, 2019
Airport knees. Because I still sit like a 10 year old. The tail end. Good for them! I like my tables etched with love. She’s clockin’ my Banh Me Salad at Black Mountain Wine House. Or the wine. I love my “new” hutch. Having to get it in two trips Read more…
October 26, 2019
Kinda love this guy, like all fanboy-like. But more so, I suppose, I like what he creates. So I finally got my butt out to his space in Downtown Brooklyn during one of his free screen print events! And the design is my most favorite of his sentiments. First, outside. Read more…
October 19, 2019
Arts & Crafts, Beautiful Places Far Away, Nature, These are a few of my favorite things., Wanderlust
{It’s My Party π, Part 1} When I thought about where I’d whisk myself off to for (triple prepositions!) my birthday, I asked myself, “Self, what would make your special day enjoyable?” To which I responded, “Being far away and on my own, a national park, an old cemetery, lots Read more…
October 14, 2019
…continued from… I’m so pleased with how this project has turned out! All my baking supplies have a beautiful new home. But I don’t want to jump the gun. There’s still a bit to do. Step 5: Paint. Paint all pieces per the instructions on your paint can. Use a Read more…
October 5, 2019
You’re welcome, Stephen Powers. You appreciate me. I’m going to call this a Tumblr post because impending sickness is blocking my wit. And my couch requests I lie prostrate and groan weakly with Beetlejuice in the background. But I wanted to write about the importance of manners. How unkindness is Read more…
September 28, 2019
The High Holiday breaks from school are a perfect dose of rest for this gentile. And a perfect opportunity to return to the road, which I long for dailyβits freedom. With an “errand” in Buffalo, New York, I found my way to East Otto’s Griffis Sculpture Park for some art Read more…
September 23, 2019
The Warby Parker store opening in Williamsburg, Brooklyn has Stephen Powers all over it. β€οΈ Bask within it while I am overwhelmed by September as I usually am. To Fall… and to Getting Up.
September 8, 2019
Everywhere I look, beautiful blue, the magical pantone 292… Ok, mostly its variants. Irregular Choice makes such wacky shoes. I bought these amazing snake pumps quite some time ago, but decided I waited too long for an appropriate opportunity to rock them. I would rock them on Back to School Read more…
August 20, 2019
A shelling excursion on a remote island only accessible by boat? Just: Yes. A quick drive to Marco Island would have me within the most beautiful hues of green and blue… and more shells. But also dolphins and an abandoned dome-shaped home. First I had some errands at the campsite. Read more…
August 19, 2019
Animals, Arts & Crafts, Beautiful Places Far Away, Bucket List, Eating Out, Nature, Photography, Wanderlust
Real quick: I photographed the gosh darned Milky Way π last night. I needed to say that first as it would not have happened if the earlier parts of the day played out differently. So the 2-hour traffic delay on the I-75, the extended shelling expedition at Bowman’s Beach, losing track Read more…
August 18, 2019
Animals, Arts & Crafts, Beautiful Places Far Away, Eating Out, Nature, Southern Comfort Food, Wanderlust
Blog back-up makes me uneasy.Β Each day is a million adventures, so just two days ago is a million miles away.Β But Day 6, yes.Β Speaking to what I took pictures of is a helpful system, but it doesnβt indicate a lot of the important feelings I am having on Read more…
August 3, 2019
This blog is many things. Those of you who have been keeping up with me since the old days know that the tagline once was “Food and other delicious things.” This is accurate still. Because I am always hungry for all sorts of things. And I feed myself in a Read more…
July 31, 2019
My apartment is very long, with a narrow hallway to the bedrooms in the back which I sock-slide upon, Risky Business-style, often. If I am ever missing in action too long, I may have broken my neck because of this. But it is down this long hallway where I envisioned Read more…
July 20, 2019
With apartment storage limitations, the tub of the old toys I used to play with needed to get out of the square footage of my back bedroom and serve a more decorative purpose. With so many memories within, and sanitary and safety concerns with passing them onward to other youngins’, Read more…
July 19, 2019
I’m packing up the mermaid supplies for now, though I have already begun 2020’s costume brainstorm. So now, some reflections and inspirations to carry me out of mermaid season… I am happy to have sold two of my tops this season. Considering I only made 6 pieces, that is a Read more…
July 12, 2019
I’m a huge fan of Brooklyn artist Stephen Powers. His bright and colorful street art is so full of heart, so full of humanness. It is child-like yet potent with insight; the best of youth with the best of age. And since his art has joined the list of things Read more…
June 15, 2019
This weekend I became a proper mermaid costume entrepreneur. Setting up a table on Coney Island’s boardwalk which, next week, will be inundated with mermaids and the crowds they bring, I got to pick the brain of interested parties, and others, as they strolled about on a gorgeous afternoon in Read more…
June 12, 2019
In the quest of shell turnover, more mermaid crafts! My goal is to use all that I have to make way for some serious shelling this summer. This top used a ton of my roly poly seashells, the main haul from the last trip to Sandy Hook. Prep for a Read more…
June 1, 2019
Arts & Crafts, Beautiful Places Close By, Eating Out, These are a few of my favorite things., Wanderlust
On this self-care Saturday, I gave myself beautiful things to see and to feel. I like to do this for myself often. In fact, this blog wouldn’t exist if I didn’t enjoy exploring, gratifying my own senses with awe and wonder, seeking things to think about, feel about, talk about. Read more…
May 19, 2019
That which is not fed… dies. So keep feeding what you wish to grow. π± A simple truth I have to remind myself of on occasion as I can sometimes feed the wrong things with all my nourishing goodies. But I have a symbiotic relationship with Inspiration ( “her” ) Read more…
