Forgive me, Internet, for I have sinned. It has been over a month since my last post. For a blog mainly about writing, wackiness, and creativity, you can surely tell when all that dries up due to Real World Stress. More specifically, job related stress. I've learned a lot about the effects of stress on… Continue reading Stress and the Real World
Category: A Personal Glimpse
PostSecret
Every Sunday morning is pretty much the same - coffee, pancakes, and reading PostSecret.com. Sometimes those pancakes have chocolate chips in them. This has been my ritual for years now ever since discovering the PostSecret project. The premise of the whole thing is to send a handmade, anonymous postcard that tells a personal secret no one… Continue reading PostSecret
The Dreambox
Back in May 2012, I bought a small souvenir while on a business trip to Albuquerque, NM. It's called a Dreambox - small, wooden, and only holds items as big as a quarter. I liked the etching on the top along with the itty bitty turquoise stone set in it. I bought it like most… Continue reading The Dreambox
A Decade of Dachshunds
so what exactly do you do for a dachshund birthday party? funny little hats? piñatas and a bat? or something else entirely? first you start down on the floor with blankets piled around, add pillows and bones, squeaky toys are thrown. it's a rompin' rowdy wiener town! play until the fun is spent and Cricket… Continue reading A Decade of Dachshunds
Creative Coffee Crawl – Third Stop
Back again in Charlotte's NoDa (short for North Davidson St) area. My first coffeehouse pick was closed for the long holiday weekend. That's the beauty of privately owned places, they can close whenever they want to and you can't do a thing about it. So now, I am sitting at Smelly Cat Coffee. The name kinda… Continue reading Creative Coffee Crawl – Third Stop