Hastur is also known as the King In Yellow and was first introduced by Ambrose Bierce in ‘Haita the Shepherd’ and is noted in that piece as a god of shepherds. The character was then co-opted by...
In my New Year’s Day post I mentioned that part of my stunning failure to complete the Journal 52 prompts through last year was choosing an art journal that was way too big and overwhelming. I sometimes...
The Boxed app comes through courtesy of the Ibotta app. Like Jet, it is an online shopping resource for groceries and other bulk needs. I have pros and cons for this app, as while it has proven useful, it is...
This week’s choice on Journal 52 was between ‘lunacy’ and ‘full moon’. I chose lunacy. That’s not a sentence you write on the daily. Anywho, I looked through the other...
This year we have a new addition to give thanks for at our holiday table: butter-steamed Brussels sprouts. Now, I get it, many feels that they are gross or bitter or otherwise yuck. Brussels sprouts are...
The newest beautification to my life comes in the form of a gratin dish. I know, bizarre. Every year we host Thanksgiving dinner and every year I make an Onion Gratin. It is a rich and beautiful dish, but...
The weather this year has thus far been unpredictable and varied. Our late Winter and early Spring has consisted of a mix of 70F days and 20F days, often within 24 hours of each other. It hasn’t done...