happy stuff.

this weekend, my sister visited me. she lives about 5 states away and we don’t see each other very often. i don’t think i’ve visited her without our parents being around too since we’ve been married. for some reason, we can get along great over the phone, but when we’re in person we tend to [...]

a tree with tiny orange leaves and black branches in front of a cream-colored house with a bright orange pumpkin on the steps that was the same color as the leaves a tiny mouse that scampered away from the edge of the road and up a telephone pole as i ran by a deer, not [...]

today i walked past a tree with intricate black branches and tiny, bright orange leaves. the stark contrast in colors and textures made me smile.

pidoodle.com has been a limping website for a very long time. i think i last did a partial overhaul on it about 3 years ago before i started making anything other than jewelry. the website was ok for what it was, but i cringed any time i referred anyone to the website, stumbling over a [...]

so today i had hoped to have lunch with mr. h-s, but due to a crisis at his work around lunchtime, he was unable to accompany me. since i already had my heart set on eating out, i decided to take the opportunity to eat somewhere new that wouldn’t be all that exciting to mr. [...]

yesterday, the much fretted zine program happened. i had four kids show up and i explained to them (to the best of my knowledge) what a zine is.* my greatest fear is that i would get done telling them about zines and they would look at me blankly and say, “i dont get it.” or [...]

so… have i ever mentioned on this blog that i would like to start a (very slowly acquired) collection of art by real artists? (i.e. not posters of famous paintings or stuff i make myself — which may or not be considered “art”) i came to this idea about two years ago on the way [...]

i love to throw a good library party. i also love it when other people get into the spirit of the party as much as i do. yesterday, (as some of you may be aware) the final, 13th book in the series of unfortunate events by lemony snicket was released. to celebrate/mourn this publication, we [...]

yesterday, i went to a meeting for work where we were giving a presentation to some parents of young children. one of the (grand)parents in attendance was an interesting-looking older woman of asian descent who, despite the cold temperatures outdoors, was wearing flip-flops and short sleeves and not looking like she minded it. at one [...]

today, after storytime, a boy who is always very quiet and reserved but who has been coming to my storytime since january approached me afterwards with a book and wanted me to read to him. afterwards, his mother told me that he never does anything like that and that it was a huge step for [...]