I had a story idea the other day. It came through one of my favorite avenues: those little pre-sleep dreams.
Category: Thought Bubble – Art and Creativity
It Has Been Five Years
Valentine’s Day – my anniversary!
Brainstorming IRL
It’s Ren Fair season, and I am again surrounded by creative people acting and playing like we are in the renaissance. I’m teaching people how to spin wool, smelling the blacksmith’s fires next to me and hearing the lilting accent of an insult. I love these days.
Blog Prompt Round Up
After last year’s NaBloPoMO, I had so much fun hopping other blogs and talking to other writers that I set a goal for myself to do at least two more months of posting-a-day. I just did April and will do at least one more, so to help with this, I’m doing a round up of interesting blog prompts.
Weekend Coffee Share #43
If we were having coffee, we would be here for a long time since its been awhile since we met! We had birthday parties, both in Ohio and in St. Louis. (Oh yeah, Wee One is two. What did you do that she has to be two? 🙂
Feminism Isn’t Finished (But Has A Long Way To Go)
I had an article run on She Knows! I answered a call to write an op-ed on feminism and it came out yesterday. IÂ loved being able to write about something I have a strong opinion on.
The feminist movement is so 1970s; tired and completely unnecessary to women of today. This was the takeaway from February news stories of social gaffes by Gloria Steinem and Madeline Albright while campaigning for Hillary Clinton. Women are have choices and equal rights, and so there is no need for feminism anymore.
How I wish that were true.
Read more on the she knows website!
I Opened An Etsy Shop!
For right now it’s called SaharasShop, (only because Sustainability Sleeves and ‘Cessories doesn’t fit.)
Right now, I’m only selling my Sustainability Sleeves, reusable crocheted coffee cozies, but
Chasing My Future
Stream-of-Consciousness Warning
“What do you want to be when you grow up?”
“What are you going to study in college?”
“Oh, you want a career in XYZ?”
“Why do you want to work for this company?”
One Stroke At A Time
Sometimes I find myself stuck in the car while the Wee One sleeps – nap trapped, I call it. I have recently begun a new style of drawing and am able to make some hay while the nap-sun is shining: through Zentangles.
Make a Joyful Noise
Having a baby means I don’t get to create and make art like I used to, at least not as much as I want, but I find I’m creating in different ways. Â In particular, musical ways. There are lot I sing to her every day, songs that fit into different kinds of categories.