A dream (almost) fulfilled
If you ask any artist what their dream is, they will tell you the same thing: Storage space. All artists DREAM of an empty studio, with all finished paintings miraculously…
Tara Choate Healthy Steps – Week 6
In spite of a week that in some ways got the best of me, I am down another 1.6 pounds this week! Frankly, it seems like a miracle because there…
Stealth project reveal – Cosmo and Zoe
As an artist, an especially an artist who plays too much on Facebook, I am constantly barraged with lists of things I could or should do. Sometimes these lead to…
Healthy Steps – Week 5
Another 1.2 lost! I’m very pleased with myself! I am also trying to get another project done tonight, so I’m just going to reiterate my goals (still, no change….) with…
Birch, Anise, and Clove
Yesterday I told you all where we went, but today I plan to talk about WHY we went there. Since March of last year, Key and I have been taking…
Dungeness, Salt, and Ruby
This weekend I went up to Sequim, Washington (Sequim is pronounced squim) to get Key certified for scentwork (that’s tomorrow’s blog.) It’s a bit of a drive, five hours up,…
Healthy Steps – Week 4
On Tuesday, I posted this picture on Weight Watcher’s social media app “Connect.” I also contacted the WW help app to grumble and be reminded about “long term goals.” This…
Second verse, same as the first
During what the press is calling “Women’s Weekend” I attended the Salem WomXn’s March to mark the anniversary of the epic 2017 Women’s March. Note: I am not going into…
Featuring fish, fowl, and fossils
This morning was my monthly critique group excursion. While I haven’t exactly been producing at a record speed (or even producing anything very good...) I have been working. I sorted…