As the clock ticks down and we get ready to depart for our big trip to Yosemite and San Francisco, I am in full packing mode. In my own way. Yes, I have the suitcase out and have been doing laundry and...
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...
Tsathoggua is one of the Old Ones, and though he wasn’t a creation of H.P. Lovecraft, he was first seen in print in one of Lovecraft’s stories, The Whisperer in the Darkness, with a nod to the...
The inspiration for this journal, beyond, the desire to do something freaking awesome, has been to use my Inktense Pencils to create images of the Lovecraftian ‘monsters’. I am awed by the...
Hey there and Happy New Year! I was scrolling through my email this morning, looking for inspiration and found an email from Journal 52. Now, as some may recall, I started this art and creativity journey...
Life can get ya smelly! Some of us suffer more than others and, while unfortunate, it is part of life. Over the past decade, I have experimented with a lot of natural deodorants and antiperspirants. I tend...
Here’s a quick and simple tute on how to hem a pant and keep the original hem intact. This comes in handy when you buy a pair of jeans or other pants and want to keep the ‘factory edge’ and...
No one lives in pure bliss. I believe that we all have the desire for something more, something fulfilling, something that doesn’t feel like work. When we aren’t honoring that desire, we often feel...