Inspiration

How to inspire inner creativity by doodling

If you don't break the rules - how do you inspire your inner creativity? When we're young we're taught to color inside the lines. Create what you know to be true.  Don't mix colors or you'll just get black.  The clouds should be white on a blue sky.  And the sun should be yellow. But… Continue reading How to inspire inner creativity by doodling

Adventures · Inspiration

You’re a photographer and a blogger?

If you take pictures with your camera, you're a photographer.  If you write a blog post, you're a blogger.  It's a mantra, yes, it is, and... Yep, you are! You're a photographer, and you're a blogger. That's what I tell myself to keep motivated.  Sure, there are many people who recognize the hobby factor in… Continue reading You’re a photographer and a blogger?

Adventures

I lost my blog for a day…again…

Memo to self (if you're a blogger like me)...it is apparently important to use auto-renew for your blog's website hosting, otherwise, if you don't pay attention to your emails, and miss the reminder, your blog will go MIA for a bit and have to amble its way across DNS servers everywhere... Me:  "Oh...shit...I forgot to renew… Continue reading I lost my blog for a day…again…

Adventures · Cheers · Emptying the nest

Tolerance recipes for shared countertops

I grew up learning tidiness isn't a priority for everyone.  I was the one (occasionally mom, too) who desperately wanted a dreamy, beautiful, and tidy home.  I would spend hours reorganizing, cleaning, and labeling things.  I'd leave notes behind for everyone so they'd appreciate my hard work, and to remind them: "This is how it… Continue reading Tolerance recipes for shared countertops

Adventures

How moonbeams help create blog posts

In the middle of the night, I had an inkling that it was close to that time of the month again. As a post-menopausal woman (...TMI???), I'm NOT talking about THAT time of the month - the one that you younger chicks (& guys who worry about THAT) are thinking of.  PMW don't have to… Continue reading How moonbeams help create blog posts