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I want to share a poem with you this evening, one

I want to share a poem with you this evening, one that I came across when I was deeply in the early stages of grieving my mother's death. It gave me great comfort and I still read it from time to time because even these years later it comforts me both regarding my mom and my own life post-cardio diagnosis. I hope it brings you something joyful and sweet. Thank you Mary Oliver. PS: bonus points for the sheep in the pasture. And the pasture. #MaryOliver #grieving #comfort #joy #learningtobeastonished

After the longest hiatus ever, I've been blogging

After the longest hiatus ever, I've been blogging a little bit again. Instagram is really my blog, but I thought I'd give it a try to see if it fills any gaps for me in terms of sharing stuff, including other artist's work, inspirations, crafty chat and even an interview once in awhile. Blogging is more time consuming than IG, gathering images, writing text, and links. I do enjoy it, but not promising any particular frequency! Hope you'll check out this one which features the amazing Ukrainian artist pictured and tagged here. Link to my site in bio, access blog from middle of Home page. (we're working on better navigation for this!)

I'm going to order up some stickers! Why does ever

I'm going to order up some stickers! Why does everything feel religious today? But my own weird religion?! #noExplanation #socharmed

Today’s analog workstation feels like some kind

Today’s analog workstation feels like some kind of strange religion. On a paper towel backdrop. #believe

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Instagram post 18295728670063173

What more do ya need than a hat and a smile? #summ

What more do ya need than a hat and a smile? #summergear #psychicoutlaw #incognito

At left, the construction prototype which I got ri

At left, the construction prototype which I got right on the fourth version, seen here. At right, Disco Sheep is coming. You’ve been warned. #socharmed #process #findingdiscosheep #wip

I got dressed at least one day this week. I can’

I got dressed at least one day this week. I can’t remember why! #magnoliapearl #docmartens #vintagecroptop Headband being swallowed by my hair but it’s really cute! #yushokobayashi

Pretty sure my inner child has taken over my outer

Pretty sure my inner child has taken over my outer adult today. #ohWell

May I bitch a wee bit for just a second? I beg you

May I bitch a wee bit for just a second? I beg your indulgence. Getting products up on the Web to sell is a GIANT PAIN IN THE BUTT. I love making the pieces, but the rest of the process... where my elves at??? Most especially the photography and web page building, OMG. I often photograph each piece (multiple shots of course) 2 or 3 times... different lighting, different backgrounds. I did study photography in school... LIKE 100 years ago and I am not a professional product photographer. My house has the same kind of lighting yours does. Mostly, it sucks. Every single image then gets dragged into Photoshop for adjusting and optimizing and resizing... then uploaded to the Web, then there's the page to build... writing the text, getting all the parts in place and functioning. I'm a graphic designer. I'm decent and speedy at this stuff. And it still takes soooo many hours. In the end I'm mostly happy with the results, or happy enough. The photos are everything when selling online so I feel this pressure to make them really pretty but there's only so far I'll go obsessing over it. One thing I'll say has greatly improved in the last decades is that Apple has become quite the camera company. Here are some just off the iPhone shots and the piece is posted to the site. Fresh site launch hopefully next week. Psyched! To get this phase over with! Thank you for letting me bitch. You probably stopped reading. I don't blame you. #socharmed #bitching #sellingart #wheremyelves

A tiny disco sheep is visiting today’s analog wo

A tiny disco sheep is visiting today’s analog workstation. #discosheep #socharmed

Bead soup. It’s what’s for dinner. #allthebead

Bead soup. It’s what’s for dinner. #allthebeads #allthecolors #beadsoup

Takoma Park gardens decked out for Mother’s Day.

Takoma Park gardens decked out for Mother’s Day. Intense beauty on a late afternoon walk. #takomaparkmd #gardenenvy #nofilter

Created this prototype for a slightly simpler cons

Created this prototype for a slightly simpler construction while someone made me Sunday morning blueberry pancakes. Sending out some love to everyone today. May your loving hearts be ever mending from their losses & sorrows, and may joyful memories sweeten your day. #socharmed #tribaltwee

Working on my Fair entry. @amyjoy1818 #statefair #

Working on my Fair entry. @amyjoy1818 #statefair #ohio

a loaf that is also #tweeAF

a loaf that is also #tweeAF

I hope to walk through these hallowed gates this s

I hope to walk through these hallowed gates this summer, visit with the chickens, rabbits, and sheep, and the butter cow, eat some deep fried junk, check out the 4H crafts, and the James M Cox Fine Arts Building where I worked summers, fell in love with an older boy, and often laughed until I cried. I probably won’t go down the giant slide, but should. #ohiostatefair @wayne_kral

I’ve hit this place as an artist/designer where

I’ve hit this place as an artist/designer where I occasionally like to pause for a moment (pausing isn’t so much my nature!) and think about my creative output along the continuum, from a detached distance, as a body of work, considering the evolution and the threads that connect it all over time and what I might be trying to say. The former has become apparent, the visual threads (materials, colors, forms, etc), the latter… I’m unable to articulate, although I am becoming aware that it, whatever it is, is there and I can almost see it. Perhaps one day the words will come to me. Or not, which is ok. #artistslife #3necklaces

Cardiologist says I’m doing well so I guess I’

Cardiologist says I’m doing well so I guess I’ll just keep on with the stitching & mending. #❤️ #stitchandmend

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