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Creativity Away From Home

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...

Rainy Day Creativity

"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,...

Sportsball Creativity

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

Puzzles and Models and Steps... Oh My!

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...

Creative Math

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

Grief and Creativity

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......

Upcycled Planter

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 Day Reminders

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...

My New-to-Me Hat...

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...

Ewww Gross ... Now What?

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

OH, Look, a Box!

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...

What a Week!

This week I was looking forward to having all sorts of free time. I had the farm all to myself. Pete went on a fishing trip with his son...

'Tis the Season to be Fall-y

With the change of the seasons, from summer to autumn, my head starts to explode with new creative ideas! I want to make all the things...

Funny How Annoying a Little Prick Can Be

Five years ago Rena and I checked an item off my bucket list. We rode through the Panama Canal... (the cruise ship was not on my bucket...

Lavender wands

Recently I've been seeing lots of posts about making lavender wands. I became intrigued. My lavender plants did not grow back this year,...

Recurring Creativity

One of my recurring creative outlets is writing... specifically... this blog, Christine's Corner. I love writing on the old manual...

Doin' Nothin'

So this morning I started puttering around outside... doin' nothin' much and "wasting time"... Distracted from my intended inside chores...

It was Her Pick...

Rena and I have been best friends since high school. I am glad we have stayed in touch all these years, though we now live thousands of...

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