Welcome to my new blog, which now includes content from many of the blogs I’ve created over the years. You can now also access content via category from this one page instead of having to search for my individual blogs, which were scattered over various platforms and websites.
Thanks to @fabtic_ltd for inspiring this post via their Twitter comment about this image.
Happy New Year! Here’s a fun doodle challenge for artists (and non-artists) of all ages: download and print my blank “2018” page and decorate however you’d like (art, inspiration quotes, random doodling) with what whatever media (crayons, pens, pencils, paints) you’d like. Maybe draw what you’re hoping to see or do in . . .
I don’t know about the rest of you, but I’m always torn between making and not making New Year’s Resolutions because it’s so easy to make them but then disappointing and demoralizing when you realize early in the year that there’s no way you’ll ever be able to make them . . .
I recently finished EVERYTHING BEAUTIFUL IS NOT RUINED by Danielle Younge-Ullman and adored it. I’m not surprised it’s garnered so many rave reviews as well as being a finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award. I’ve always been a fan of survival-type stories, and Danielle’s YA novel combines this with beautiful writing as well as . . .
Do you know a good friend who could use more time to read, write or draw? Offer to babysit, run errands, do grocery shopping, shovel snow etc. Everyone appreciates the gift of time. Suggestions for presentation: Download and print this certificate, then roll it up and present it tied up in red . . .