This past Sunday, I was fortunate to attend the launch of my dear friend, Kimberley Moore’s, first book, a children’s book called Lucy and the Light Bulb.
Let me make this clear: I am a supah-fan of children’s books, and DO NOT think that they should be limited to children…especially because, if you consider the illustrations, [...]

I love this project! Found this over at Sparkletopia today, and it is very timely. I have been feeling pretty un-brave lately, uncertain of myself as I blaze brand new ground…I forgot that action taken to propel yourself forward is brave in itself.
With that said, I have been very work-brave and emotional-brave lately, so I picked [...]

My favorite thing to say these days is: “monkey humper”. How can you not appreciate the simple fifth grade eloquency of these words? AND it fits in wherever and whenever one is looking for a just a little more description and colour in the vocabulary.
That is all.
…monkey humper.

In the house these days, everywhere I look, there are bits of things: gifts, wrapping paper, half eaten cookies, random socks, yarn…in every crevice and covering every surface. Which, under most circumstances, drives me round-the-bend crazy.
Except that, when I crumpled into bed after another full day today, I realized that the bag of Lush Bath [...]

Breath caught at the base of throat
scared to breathe, to hope.
To hope perchance to fail?

Not stomach churning, bowel-emptying, paralyzing fear…it’s worse?
If my bowels were emptied suddenly or my stomach churned, I would know what to do (flush those undies and grab some Pepto).
Flicker of hope, only to be doused by a buckets of
avoidance, procrastination, rationalization, [...]