The past couple weeks, I have been dog-sitting at my youngest daughter's home while she is working in another state. This week, my...

As you know from previous blogs, I am a member of a medieval living history organization, the Society for Creative Anachronism. We...

This past month, I scrolled around online refilling my creative well. I found several references to a 'new' (or mayhaps the name is just...

Most of us creatives have UnFinished Objects tucked away in corners or in closets. Do we always have to finish things we start? Why...

"The sun did not shine, it was too wet to play. So we sat in the house, all that cold, cold wet day." ~Theodor Seuss Geisel Dr. Suess,...

Pete enjoys sportsball and watches the Superbowl every year. I am normally not a huge sportsball fan... frankly, in my world, most...

By now I'm sure you've heard me talk about the creative things other people make. All the everyday creativity that surrounds me keeps me...

Most of my life I felt dumb... because even though I am reasonably intelligent, numbers are not my friend. I transpose numbers and have...

So, I live a pretty routine existence... I get up in the mornings and have my coffee on my stationary bike. While riding, I usually post...

I find it interesting what we do to cope with grief. And we all experience grief at some time in our lives... in diverse situations......

Have you ever known some fact about something you do, yet can't recall how you learned it? How frustrating! The moy bog gown has been my...

I don't know about these cats of mine. Whatever hierarchical social structure cat families have, I wonder, if just like in the play CATS,...

Every year my regional SCA group, the Kingdom of Calontir, hosts a large Kris Kinder Market. A jolly time for holiday shopping, meeting...

Several years ago we had too many bugs around and in our house. We had boxelder bugs and ladybugs and seed beetles... well... bugs......

So this past week we went south a bit to visit my youngest daughter and her family. Kari made me a carry case for some of my craft...

In days past, you may have heard me talk about my mirror. Since I frequently think about it, you just may have. On the other hand, you...

A couple of weeks ago I stood in a thrift shop holding a 1930s-era cloche hat. The black velvet crown seemed in good condition, though it...

**Trigger Warning (animal lovers)** I've written about our farm before... we have a small cow-calf operation on 20 acres... December two...

While I'm not into the gore and the oogie-ness of Halloween, I do love to dress up. Become another character. So Halloween is a perfect...

Ever since I can remember, I've had a thing for boxes. All shapes, all sizes, all materials. Doesn't matter, and... Yeah... I have to...