This week I present to you one of the most bizarre and addictive podcasts to date. I have binge-listened to the first dozen episodes of Welcome to Night Vale with the conflicting sense of, ‘Why am I...
The second canvas I used to practice my abstract art was awful. I didn’t like it at all. The colors were blah and I was not pleased. So, after seeing several YouTube artists ‘just paint over...
I felt a dearth of inspiration the other day and decided that I needed to refresh my list of podcasts. I was becoming a little one-dimensional, well two, listening to Nerdist and HP Lovecraft Literary Podcast...
This week’s inspiration on Love Art, Happy Life comes from the short-lived artist Egon Schiele. I love the way the guest instructor, Roxanne Coble, gives some context to Schiele and his work through...
A fancy Sunday chicken dinner. Not something that I typically do too much with, but since my father gave me a beautiful 8 lb chicken that he cared for and slaughtered himself, I can not resist. He also shared...
I am ambitious. I procrastinate. I think I am pretty normal in both of those assertions. What am I on about today? Well, often one reads about a way to keep the house clean, workout, eat better, do whatever...
My grandmother recently passed and part of adulting is helping to clean out your loved ones possessions. It isn’t a fun thing to do, but it has to fall to someone. Part of my responsibility was to...
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...