It’s been up and down here. Mostly up because I work at it, but with an underlying current of down that every so often threatens to suck me under. But then, nothing is 100%, nothing is forever, right? And things are better for me than for so many, so shut… Continue reading
♪ I’m So Glad (Skip James, ca 1931) YouTube What is it about joy that has such power to make me teary-eyed? How can I be grinning like a maniac as I’m hauling wood from the woodpile in a wind so cold it freezes my snot? I want to ask… Continue reading
I write all the time I don’t mean all the blabbery on social media. I’m talking real writing — at least by my definition of “real”. Stories. I stopped writing them a long time ago but now I do again. Why? Don’t know. I write the occasional poem. I’m no… Continue reading
No, I don’t mean Frank Zappa, not that he and his Mothers aren’t worth a listen. But discovering that you don’t have what you need when you’re at a quilting retreat far from anywhere doesn’t mean it can’t happen there. We’re sewing in a restaurant. Long story… READ MORE PS –… Continue reading
I finally went live with my Patreon Creator account after a lot of dilly-dallying about it. Asking for money to support my creative efforts was a high bar for me to leap. I bashed against that obstacle for a year before finally just hurling myself over it because… after some… Continue reading