Category: journaling
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Dabbling in Drawing
This is SO me. I never really had a word for it until I found the word Dabble… and dabble is what I do. I dabble in illustration. I’ve dabbled in photography… in sewing… and occasionally I dabble in diet and exercise. What is it about ‘naming’ something that makes me feel so satisfied? It’s…
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Balance
The ABC Chronicles What comes to mind when I think of the word balance is the delicate balancing we see in our daily lives… giving competing priorities their fair share of time and energy. I also think of yin and yang and the opposing forces in the universe. Neither can exist without the other. That…
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Love Letters
Or… What’s in a shoe?? My post tonight has a couple of meanings. First and foremost… and the most random, of course… is the idea that when a woman can no longer seem to find joy or inspiration in her life, sometimes she just needs to go shoe shopping. I saw an image of a…
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Are We There Yet?
Whenever I say that out loud, I’m reminded of my childhood and the drive to my grandmother’s house every Sunday evening. “Are we there yet?” She didn’t live far, but the drive felt like an eternity. It wasn’t like the destination was something that I actually looked forward to, it was that being in the…
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a New Day
Happy New Year! So, I’ve been in a funk lately. I won’t go into my thoughts on that because I’m focusing on the good and I plan to continue doing that for the remainder of this shiny, untarnished, virginlike year. Ok, ok… so it’s only day ONE… but humor me here. Anyway, I love New…
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the Champions
After my last post, I found humor in my talk of handless people, or “gloves” in place of hands (because I have a very hard time drawing hands with a mouse!), so I thought I’d give it a whirl. One of the cool things about Illustrator is the fact that once you create something, you’ve…