Good Will Hillenbrand

Or artistlust begins. Please to note: I am going through and updating some drafts that I never finished. The level of suck, erm quality may vary. I cannot tell a lie. Art is something that intrigues and harasses me. Since I can’t draw a lick I tend to hold artists up along with doctors and nurses: Gee they are awesome…

Thoughtful Tuesdays: What next

Each time I return from a workshop, conference or similar I bottom out. I am high from the ideas crashing through my head and giddy at the possibilities of what I can and will do however, reality rudely comes in and BOOM! I am feeling grumpy, whiny and ready to chuck it all for that age old question: Would you like fries…

Finally Finished

or yes, I suck. I am the Queen of Procrastination, unflinching ruler of never finishing and all around terrible at completing things. I was messing about (and, like, NOT finishing the hat I had started) and saw this post from Things Bright about Finally Finished.  This post encourages those like me to pull out all of those UFOs and get them…

Middle School Madness

That tween of mine is growing up! or Help! Seriously, I need some help because it seems as though my kid has lost her mind! Not doing homework, ‘forgetting’ about assignments, LYING about completed homework. What the holey hockey mom? I didn’t start screwing around in school until the end of 7th grade but I suppose with kids developing faster these…

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

 As suggested by my kid  On the list of things Rachee would never do (because I didn’t think me as being capable of, having the opportunity to or cause it just ain’t happening) I’d say dating outside my race would have had to be at the top. It’s not that I have something against other races, cultures etc, it’s…