finding beauty in the everyday


  • Slog Happens

    Well, I haven’t been blogging enough lately for it to become a slog, that’s for sure! After what has turned out to be a very busy summer, I am finding my unemployed sea legs once again. And returning to the thing no one pays me to do; blogging, walking, cooking, making, and traveling. Sitting in…

  • Hobbies Coming Home to Roost

    Yesterday was a funny day. My hobbies, the things I do for fun, to keep my brain and creativity working and flowing, came home to roost. Last year I took almost six months off from my job as a costumer. During that time I took several creative writing classes and began submitting work to various…

  • Hanx Writer

    I am in love with an iPad app. I think you will love it too. And it will make you realize what a lazy typist you are sans autocorrect. It is Hanx Writer, developed by actor, and typewriter enthusiast, Tom Hanks. Complete with clicking sounds, dings, the option to turn off both delete and curser…

  • Late Summer

    Even after being abandoned by their costumer mother, my little tomatoes are going nuts; spilling over into their beet and pepper neighbors, sweet, juicy, and delicious.