I just saw this photo on Mary Ann’s blog.  I am struck with lust so severe I’m not sure how I’ll make it through the day.  What an awesome way to store flat collage ephemera.  Everything is organized, kept flat, and the whole thing is just so pretty.  I’m not usually one who gets worked [...]

Lately, I’ve been entertaining fantasies of going back to New York.  Last Thanksgiving I was lucky enough to go for a visit with my mom with my love.  We stayed at her house in Long Island over the long weekend and she and her friend drove us into the city the first couple of days [...]

I received an email from Chronicle books this afternoon inviting me and my readers to take advantage of a promo they are having.  Find the details here.  The sale lasts until December 12th.  Use the checkout code “FRIENDS”.

I tend to go through stages of interest in things.  My primary passions are art journaling, playing video games, and writing.  For the past few months I was more into the others than into anything resembling art.  It didn’t help that we moved to a house with less available room for my stuff.  Since we’ve [...]

I want desperately to be a more organized and to be much more productive, but in spite of myself I seem to find myself sucked in to things that I know I should avoid.  So I thought I’d share a list of some of the ones I’ve fallen prey to just today.  Google Reader- I [...]

  A few years ago blogging was like breathing to me.  I used to do it obsessively on a daily basis.  It never seemed to matter that I didn’t have anything important to say, the words just flowed.  Somewhere over the years I broke that habit.  Now even though I’ve been telling myself for months [...]