The Introspector
The Introspector is looking within for answers to unanswerable questions. Choruses of why resound and pound like tiny hammers on the eggshells of sanity. We’re cracking up over here and everything goes fuzzy like the sound between radio stations. I’m back from a really busy two weeks at work and gearing up for another trip [...]
Note to self:
Remember being small. Something so good, you wanted to roll in it, lap it up. Maple syrup. Magic. It’s a saving thing, being this connected to the weather. To feel the frost roll in, Chill flexing icy fingers, branch by branch, cracks its knuckles in crisp morning. Remember the leaves, for whom only yesterday I [...]
Feed your soul…
Need to spruce up your cube? Today my free downloadable art print is up at Indie Fixx. You’re a winner. Yes, you. xo, Sam
Once more, with feeling…
Out of the habit We used to visit every other year or so, strategically taking advantage of the Christmas break or summer holidays. Germany was magical. The Gummi bears perched on my pillow in the guest room when I arrived and a never-ending supply of Brötchen at breakfast kept my mouth busy, but left my [...]
I love New York. And Bloggers.
Okay, so mine is the lo-fi photo version of this event, but I would be remiss in not mentioning what an amazing time I had at the Mighty Meetup last Saturday night. When I was getting ready to go, I was all nerves and stomach butterflies. Would I get kicked out because I’m too silly? [...]
courage by surprise
alternate title: coming full circle: thoughts of a high school debate team drop-out. In high school, my family life was pretty out of hand. The bits I care to mention publicly would include the fact that my mom suffered from a health condition which involved 6 surgeries and multiple trips into downtown Houston over the [...]
The Desiderata
Make believe you’re brave And the trick will take you far. You may be as brave As you make believe you are… (from the King and I) Some of my favorite-est blog writers have been participating in Cassie Boorn’s Letters project, where people write letters to themselves at 20-something. It’s been inspiring and heart-warming for [...]
i’m not giving up just yet…
i think what terrifies me the most is the idea that i’m wasting time. TIME. time is this mystical commodity to me, this magical thing that is moving and is unstoppable and immutable. and at the end of time is death. DEATH! so i become a bit frantic. i grow impatient when i don’t [...]
Hello lovelies!
I miss blogging and drawing and writing this week. I’ll be honest, writing posts on my iPhone is less than ideal and I am tired enough to not have much great to say. It’s the good tired though… And I’m having so much fun on this job and have met so many great new friends [...]
Surrogate
Sam’s tired, went to bed. I am writing in her stead. love, Russ (Sam’s husband)
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