Blog Posts

My writing. Project summaries, interests and thoughts.


  • Nine months spent giving 100% and getting back more than I thought possible I was not having a good time in 2022. I was depressed, aimless, and miserable. I spent that year as a cashier at a smoke shop, trying to figure out how to turn things around. I couldn’t afford college. I didn’t want to be stuck where…


  • New Year’s Resolutions

    My love/hate relationship with the tradition.  It makes sense.  New year, new goals, new plans.  It also drives me just a little bit crazy. I feel like it’s a frustrating phenomenon, and primarily psychological.  That said, I love to talk about my New Year’s resolutions.  But there’s always a little voice in the back of…


  • This year, I sold six dozen macarons and sixty-five ornaments.  This was way above my goal.  Things got a little crazy, but I pulled it off. All of the ornaments were done on time. One order of cookies was late. All in all, I am accomplished.  Here’s what I learned from my most ambitious year…


  • Listing On Redbubble

    My thoughts and experience.  One of my first experiences with freelancing was listing designs on Redbubble.  Redbubble is a place for artists to list their designs. People can buy these designs on a vast array of products. Redbubble produces and ships orders. The artists take a small pay cut.  I listed on Redbubble for the…


  • Big, Scary Dogs

    And why I love them dearly. People gave us looks when we walked my dogs in Tacoma. Judgmental ones. Nervous ones. Fearful, even. See, my dogs are massive. 110 pounds each. Quite the duo. They are a Doberman and German Shepherds mix. And people are scared of them. The are good guard dogs, to say…