Arnold was a square.
He was also a blockhead. This was not a good combination, especially in a bond broker. Especially in a recession. Poor Arnold. ——————————– I just finished reading “The Big Short” and my brain is a spaghetti-mess of sub-prime mortgage backed assets, collateralized debt obligations, credit default swaps and other gummy wall street terminology. I feel [...]
This will mean something, someday.
let’s grow trunks with magical powers. let’s grow trunks with magical powers that wash away all the bogies hiding in the rattle-spaces of our minds, so we can feel our freedom (like the first time we flew from our mother’s nest). we will taste the sunshine on our tongues and lick the light from our [...]
Acadia
Memories: Briny breezes & the ever-present-steady rhythm of waves Whole hikes that smelled like Christmas trees The odd, hollow, echoing as we scrambled on a beach made of rocks The tinkling xylophone of an unseen stream running under the rock dunes Cold ocean for sore feet Thunder that rolled for minutes, luxuriating in tone, decadent Campfire [...]
the pecking order…
I am sans swan but non-duckling too more comfortable as me than having to choose which fowl to be. ———————– We’re wrapping up our time in Maine and I can’t wait to show you some of our pictures! Happy Weekend everyone! xo, Sam
Sneak Peek: New Products!
When I first started selling at fairs last fall, I sold a lot of greeting cards. I made them all using illustrations I printed on my Gocco screen-printing machine. Sadly, the Gocco isn’t in production anymore and as supplies grew scarce (and expensive!), I put a halt on cards until I could figure out a [...]
you should know when to be afraid…
a short prose piece: little ones, beware the wolves it was a long time before i knew what fear was before i could see what was actually happening to me it was like i had no walls, no property of my own i was this invisible thing, you could walk right through me one time [...]
Thirty.
Dear Russ, Today you turn 30. I’ve put off writing you this letter because it’s hard to put into words how much your friendship means to me. Since early on, when we would stay up all night talking, I felt so easily connected to you, like I’d known you forever. And I wanted to. I [...]
Special Edition Silly Faces
Just loaded a whole heap of new Silly Faces into the shop, including a few special edition Type Jars and larger jars. The one in the photo above is for the Gulf Relief Network and half the profits of the sale will go directly to clean up efforts in the gulf coast region. I hope [...]
Like waking from a deep sleep…
I have always been a girl that liked seconds. An extra bit of cereal for leftover milk, an extra bit of ice cream from the carton with a spoon, an extra taste of frosting from the cake. You could say that I struggle a bit with self-control or perhaps, more accurately, that I am impatient [...]
Sketchbook Mural
I’m back! Sorry for the silence here, I’m working toward affording a laptop so I can draw and write and post while I’m traveling. But in the meantime perhaps absence makes the heart grow fonder! I made a video of the still photos I took during the mural progress… the goal was for it to [...]
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