This week we take a look at The Black Tapes podcast! This podcast disappointed me…when they took a break.  I binge-listened to the first ‘season’ of episodes and was nearly as upset at the...

A.D. is likely the best gift-giver on the planet.  If we were keeping score on thoughtfulness points, I would lose on the daily. But it is merely days before Christmas!  Well, sometimes the joy can come early...

The last weekend in April holds special appeal for me as I have come to enjoy attending the Athens Art Festival.  This started a few years back when A.D. was first doing art shows and I accompanied him for all...

When my grandmother was younger, she would make and freeze the our family’s favorite soups and serve them to us when we came to visit.  She has since moved to an apartment with a much smaller kitchen and...

I’m having a rough start this morning.  That happens.  It is the inspiration for today’s discussion on coffee and for the use of the new ring flash for my camera.  Notes on the ring flash will...

This week’s featured artist on LAHL is Hannah Hoch.  I must admit, at first blush, I was not interested in doing anything with this as I wasn’t really feeling the work.  Respect to her and the...

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...

My friend Ashley over at the Om Resistance turned me on to the joys of tea recently, specifically starting with Red Raspberry Leaf Tea and its purported use in balancing hormones. If there is anything that can...