Cup o’ coffee

I have discovered Island Coconut coffee. Back in the fall I was on a Pumpkin Spice coffee kick. Then my local joint started carrying French Toast flavored coffee. Can you imagine? I like to make a regular cup and just put a splash of the flavored stuff on top.So now...

Inspiration by mail

Today I had one of those moments of self-doubt regarding self-employment. These are (thankfully) far outnumbered by moments of exhilaration and determination, but when they hit, they hit hard.So I asked for a sign. You know, something telling me what a fantabulous,...

Diva delight

Yesterday, my last “official” day working at the senior center, I was doing some research on Greta Garbo. I was trying to write a blurb for an event I had booked where an archivist will come in and do a slide show on the actress. That’s how I came...

Untangling the web

There is a peach of a man redesigning my website. I was so daunted by the task and he has shepherded me through the process unscathed (so far!). But seriously, there is something very big about expanding and reconfiguring what is essentially my online brochure. It has...

A sense of autonomy

As is often the case, the chapter my group is reading in The Artist’s Way this week feels very synchronous to me. We’re in Week 11, which means just one more to go. This one’s about recovering a sense of autonomy, something artists often struggle...