tuesday truths...you know...the posts where i overshare & get too wordy...heh...

The truth is that
after days and days
of not being able to come
to the page,
to any page,
virtual or paper…
I am suddenly
on fire with
wanting to
write and document,
note and number,
doodle and draw,
plan and pretend and
scheme…

I am hyped about
Inktober
and planning a
2nd annual pumpkin carving day…
I am driving dirt roads,
listening to music
I forgot that I loved,
making connections
with friends that I have missed
and redecorating my deck
with pumpkins and
purple flowers.

I feel alive and
almost humming with
excitement
like a power line
on the edge of spontaneous combustion….
and while that sounds
dangerous
it’s also
exhilarating.

I’ll ride it out while it lasts.
Winter hibernation
will set in soon enough….
♥

tuesday truths

when i reread what i
wrote yesterday
about how my
dad felt when we were
both in the same area,
close proximity
but each doing our own thing
and how that made him feel
happy and content…

i realize that i often feel like that now…

26 is living home with me
and we often spend a lot of time
together and apart…
i hear her at the top of the stairs
at my old art desk,
mixing paints, cutting paper,
giggling at tiktoks and youtubers…
while i am down here
clickclacking on a keyboard,
doodling letters made out of flowers
and little geek girls
with sad eyes and striped socks
listening to leonard cohen and bonnie raitt…

we meet in the middle often…
she cooks me meals,
we watch greys anatomy…

but i love this somewhat shared
alone but not alone time….
having grown up kids live with you
is not really a bad thing…
sometimes
it’s exactly what you needed
even when you didn’t know
you needed it.
♥

tuesday truth

today’s truth
is that
i came to the page
to write
but
realized
i have nothing
to say.

tomorrow
is
another day.

tuesday truths...

I am editing photos
from this summer…
including my solo random,
planned-yet-unplanned
trip to Hopewell Rocks
that ended up in Truro…
and my trip to Fredericton
with a BFF…
and I am kinda happy
that I waited until
the dead of February
to edit these
because
they are such a little
ray of sunshine for me
and are making me
look forward to future
summer adventures…
♥♥♥

tuesday truths ♥♥♥ and a hint of happy mail surprise/contest

It has been a minute
but my little geeky girl mini-muse
has finally decided
to come back and visit…

Not gonna lie
the truth is
I was getting a little worried…
I thought I might have scared her off
for good.

But she has been peeking
around the corners
and I have seen her shadow
every now and then
but then she’d scurry off
and probably hide
behind the couch
wrapped up in a blanket
eating all the cookies.

Anyway…she’s back.

And she said she had an idea…
it was a little bit hard to understand
because she was whispering
and her mouth was full of cookies
but I think this is the gist of it…

happy mail
makes
people
happy.

I love getting something in the mail
that is not a bill or a flyer or a bill.
So many bills. Blech.

And then I did the Ipsy thing
and that was so much fun
and then I did the chef’s plate thing
and that was so much fun
and I realized that I really, really like
happy mail
and maybe
me and my little geeky girl mini muse
could make someone else
happy
when they open their mailbox
and not cross-cranky-curse-y
like I sometimes get.

And the truth is
I like just making random things…
doodles, scribbles, cards, notes…
I like little toys and post it notes
and fortune cookies and
teeny-tiny love letters…
paper dolls and photographs…
soooo
here’s my plan…

I am going to make two
happy-mail-packages.
One to give away, and maybe one
someone can buy
if anyone has any interest in that
kind of thing…
and if not, then it will be two to
giveaway!

Stay tuned for the details…
we haven’t quite decided on
the contest logistics yet….
we’ll be able to concentrate
better after the
cookies are all gone.
♥♥♥