I got a very nice invitation in my inbox today, from my spectacular Mom. And, holy shit did it bring up a lot stuff in my brain today, as communication with my Mom sometimes(often) does. And this was just an e-vite…that’s it. But it was an e-vite to a home jewelry party, for a company [...]
Yeah, I know. That’s the last time I posted… At this point I’m just going to be honest and say “I have no frikken idea what to post about.” I have blog-block. I have pseudo-performance anxiety. I have had next to no spare time, my life has served me a series of hugs and bitch-slaps, I [...]
Hello blog. I’ve missed you. I have decided that instead of rehashing the trials of the past 2.5 months, it’s just best to look forward to the awesomeness that is now and to come. In short, here’s what has happened: a death, a breakdown, a resignation, a new job, reconnections, a rest, a holiday, a [...]
Due to a lack of wireless connectivity at the show earlier today, I decided to ‘tweet’ my first holiday show experience of 2009 into my notepad app on my iPod.
Oh…this made me happy tonight. Right after I finished posting my War and Peace-sized post below, I got an Etsy convo from my lovely SATeam-mate Caron (of Beadsire) telling me that she had chosen one of my necklaces as part of her awesome, inspiring and oh-so-fresh Etsy Treasury titled “4th Chakra Anahata – The heart [...]
Having grown up in a bilingual area of Québec (as an anglo) I have been a relatively decent french-speaker since I was about 10 or so; meaning that I could get along well enough to translate for my parents who barely spoke french. Once I hit high school, I was in the immersion program and [...]
Ridiculous, I know. Everyone loves blogs. They have become so common-place that it’s probably not even cool to actually say that out loud. But honestly, I love them. They remind me about that I still (generally) like humanity. And, they have kind of saved my life these past few days. Because I answer phones to [...]
NOTE: I didn’t write the following. I wish I had. All I did was find it, tacked to the wall in the lunch-room of my p/t job, with a sign in red marker above it saying: “Artist friends, please read this. Do not undervalue yourselves, you are necessary, rare, and highly needed!!” So instead of [...]
Yesterday was the annual pilgrimage to the Oasis Bead Show in T.O. Wait, that makes it sound way more arduous than it really was…honestly, it was just a GO trip and some Skyway hiking…but you know me, I have a penchant for drama. I go to this show every fall, and sometimes to the Spring [...]
My friend David Somers passed away on Friday, April 24th. I came home to the email with the sad news this afternoon, and was so overcome with a sense of loss for the world. The world has lost a good, good man. A torch-bearer for the arts. A brilliant thinker, a leader. [...]
