Spring in January

The past week had a few days close to 60, which is not typical here in the Pacific Northwest. I don’t know if these flowers usually bud at this time, so wondered if the warm front that came through affected their timeline.

I looked up

I looked up and saw Orion Belt and sword Outstretched arms Grounded stance floating in the heavens on Christmas Eve I want to be Orion Weightless and brilliant On-the-ready No one able to pull me down But I am mortal and not Orion Tethered and uncertain Tripping and scraping Serving food and drink on an […]

Inspired Natives

We took a bite out of the holiday budget to get new Christmas stockings and bought these beautiful wool stockings from Eighth Generation. Left to Right: From Thunderbird Arrives Wool Blanket by Louie Gong (Nooksack) From Cherokee Treasure Wool Blanket by Bryan Waytula (Cherokee) From Walk in Beauty Wool Blanket by Ahsaki Lafrance-Chachere (Diné/Navajo and […]

Foraging

This past week I caught up on the latest available season of Bakeoff. So naturally I was inspired and decided to eat through random ingredients around the kitchen. This was a sweet potato (that I’ve had for a while) mashed with Mexican style sour cream, salami, and aged cheddar, and a pinch of salt and […]

Release

This is my latest empty coffee mug vision. After landing on a color, I couldn’t help but see the moon. This started off looking straight down into the mug, but it looked too straight forward. The obscured edges reminded me of looking past the silhouette of a tree’s branches, or more plainly, a shallow depth […]

The Latest

Winter is off to a bumpy start. Finding the energy to even FEEL like what I’m doing on the daily is okay is exhausting in and of itself. Whether that’s doom scrolling, only doing two loads of laundry a week, or only managing making one meal a week as opposed to heating up another pizza […]

At The Bottom

Sitting at a table with a notebook open and ready to listen. Mugs that held coffee sit empty, leaving behind shapes that turn into wonder. At their bottoms of I’d find patterns in the fine grinds that were left behind. I don’t remember when it started, but I started taking photos of these forms. If […]

Brain Juice

America Unraveling

I’m hesitant to post this work that I’ve been working on. But I think it’s a manifestation of an anxiety dream I had recently. I won’t go into details, but the themes in it were fear, scarcity, survival, and people’s actions not matching their words.

Toby

Fit check for Wobbly Life Era.