how did it get to be july?

this is really just a part 2 to my last post, as here we are mid july, still the middle of summer, though honestly the daily afternoon rains have been keeping the temperatures down so it hasn’t felt too oppressive yet. cvp is over and i did end up joining the academy, at least for…

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summer doldrums

it’s officially summer now and thankfully my pet schedule has slowed down some. i was away for 3 weeks on an overnight pet sit so unable to spend any time in my studio, but now that i’m back i’m having a hard time getting going again. while i was away all i wanted to do…

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spring has sprung!

i guess i’m averaging one blog post a month this year, which is better than nothing but not as much as i’d hoped. this will be my 2nd for march though, so yay. now that cvp has officially begun and life has slowed down a little even though it’s spring in new orleans and that…

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wtf 2025?

this year has started out weirder than any other year i can remember. first new orleans starts 2025 in literally the first hours of the first day by having a domestic terrorist attack in the french quarter. many people killed, even more injured, by a radicalized military vet from houston driving his truck onto bourbon…

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and just like that…. cvp

sometimes you get to a crossroads in your life when you know in your gut that you have to make bold moves, take big steps, into the scary unknown…. do things that maybe terrify you. you have to just trust your gut, go with your intuition, let the universe guide you, because, well, as they…

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making art my business

hi everyone. now that mardi gras has come and gone, it’s time to get back to the business of making art, and working on the actual business of my art. to that end, i just finished a free online class from jessica serran who is an artist and coach who does various online courses throughout…

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