Blogging has taken a bit of a back seat, since I’m never actually sitting at a computer anymore to write posts. Lately, I’ve been chronicling my work most on Instagram, which gives me a nice way to save some visual descriptions of what exactly I’m up to. And, if you’ve looked at my Instagram account …
Category Archives: my mom
Over the River and Through the Woods
I grew up in Nebraska and Iowa, but every other year or so (although it seems like every year in my memory), we would drive to northern New Jersey at Christmastime to visit Grandmother Maggie and Grandfather Bud. I’ve written about Christmas at their house before; it was always magical, without fail. My grandmother embodied …
Spring Ephemerals
Rooftop astronomy Lately, the moon has been in a triangle with Venus and Jupiter, all 3 brighter than anything else in the early night sky, with Orion close on their heels as they all fly west (more correctly, as we spin east). I mark my nights by the angle of Orion relative to the tops …
Botanica
And, suddenly…it’s November! My mom has an incredible green thumb, and her dad, Grandfather Bud to me, studied forestry at Syracuse. Growing up identifying every plant that crossed our path (or was even close to our path), I’ve learned enough to identify most common plants, but I’m still no expert. More than anything, I have …
Predictable orbits
Despite the silence, there’s no lack of activity around the homestead – not to worry! We’re just lacking in hours in the day and energy enough to conquer it all. We’ve been up to plenty. A few custom projects – one a birthday celebration book filled with letters to the client’s mother; another an illustrator’s …