Summer is blasting along at warp speed and with the scorching temperatures, come a crop of hot peppers.  Every year I tell myself I am going to make jalapeno poppers from scratch, and every year I don’t...

The Shoggoths mark my 100th post! Tekeli-li! Tekeli-li! It’s funny how things work:  I started this blog in late July, but it didn’t really get moving until I started with the Necronomicon Art...

I remember a time in my late teens when I was as idealistic as I was naive and everything I did moved toward the most simple life possible.  There are parts of me that continue to yearn for this misty...

This week’s Journal 52 prompts were reflective of ‘That Thing You Love’ or That Thing You Hate’. Since I have a natural bent toward the negative and work very hard to ensure positivity...

This weeks Journal 52 had three options for a prompt:  skulls, crows or what the heart knows. Since I am not a big on drawing hearts and kind of suck at being girly in that way, ‘what the heart...

Today will be the inaugural post in a series on creating mud art.  I have somehow epically failed and can’t find a single picture of any of the previous artworks I have done in this form.  Blurg. In...

Rosemary bread is a special treat from the local bakery, often paired with a hearty stew or soup.  It is a rare delight, and one that I wanted to recreate at home in the event that I wanted Rosemary bread on a...

Van Gogh is one of the most famous artists in the world, despite living in obscurity throughout his lifetime and he is the inspiration for this week on Love Art, Happy Life.  I honestly can’t share with...