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

Toby

Fit check for Wobbly Life Era.

Contemplative

Flew down to the LA area last May for a wedding. Obviously, rehearsals are not terribly interesting to a kid, so we explored the church grounds and kiddo found a tree to rest on. I’m really enjoying Procreate and I’m still trying to get the hang of layers, and finding textures I want to use […]

Just keep sketching

The summer was on the slower side when it came to activities. Not much adventuring, and probably too much time spent at home. But during that time I did take to coloring, sketching, and playing with the illustration program Procreate. I enjoyed using layers to trace photos I’ve taken and just play around with them. […]

It’s okay to feel these things

Day 2,357. Today was supposed to be the day. The child would be well enough for school. Fever free for more than 24 hrs. Symptoms better. But the 4am coughing fit followed by gagging… yah. No go. I woke up late for an appointment I had downtown in an hour. My head was pounding. I’d […]