Finding Yourself Despite Yourself

I wear makeup once, maybe twice a year. I’m not anti makeup I just don’t have time to fuss with it, nor can I remember to keep my hands off of my face. As an au natural Mama I thought I would enjoy a few privileges, the main one being a reprieve from the children [...]

Belly portrait at 17 weeks. Practically everyone has commented this week about how I’ve “fallen out” or “popped out.” Now that there is no mistaking it, the hands have started gravitating to my bump. In a little over a week I go to see the high risk doctor and will get another ultrasound. I [...]

12:10 and I’m tearing through the back roads singing my heart out when I get ambushed by Social Distortion:

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I start belting “Take away, take away, take away this ball and chain, well I’m sick and I’m lonely and I can’t take anymore *sob*” I lost it. Full on wailing, the thought of having this whole [...]

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This is my latest finished collage. It’s an 8×10 on canvas board. I was excited to see this one develop. The featured bird has been hanging around in my ideas drawer since 2000. He started as part of this huge poster sized oil bar piece that refused to come together as I envisioned [...]

Do not be surprised if people flee the storage bin isle of Target when you are examining a small 3 drawer Rubbermaid container and musing aloud “I wonder how many needles will fit in here”At the time I had no idea why everyone was scattering. I sniffed thinking someone dropped a fart bomb (I know, [...]