The impetus for my creative burst over the past year was a desire to paint abstract acrylics. Today I feel like there has been progress made to this end. Through this journey, I have learned a lot, created a...
Mother’s Day can be challenging. My mom sent me a picture a few weeks ago and asked me to create something similar, and I thought, ‘there is no way, that takes a technique I don’t have...
I thought I was doing myself a favor the other day when I grabbed a pack of beef jerky for lunch instead of caving to something I know is not on my approved list for foods. But…I looked at the package...
There is possibly nothing more comforting than a creamy chicken dish. I don’t care if it’s chicken and biscuits, a hearty pot pie, chicken and rice soup, any variation makes me happy! This creamy...
Way back in Week 17 of Journal 52, there was a prompt called Rise or Fall that asked the journaler to consider ‘rising up, rising above or rising again’ and there was a bonus for creation of a...
Time goes so quickly as you get older. As I was conceptualizing this post and thinking back on last year, this all feels like it just happened. So I Googled. I found a fascinating paper titled, Age Effects in...
I received a weird call from my dad the other day, urging me to visit a website and login. He noted that I had received a letter from this company called Folio Investing and they stated I had money in an...
Autumn has a special charm and sadness about it. I love the season while hating what it signifies, the end of green and the end of warmth. Despite the predictions that this fall would fall flat due to the...