About
This place is a manifestation of my creative brain, treated as a dumping ground for creative activities. Like me, it will always be a work in progress: messy, multi-themed, and only half finished.
The vintage ads in this newspaper take you to pages I've made.
January 2026 Issue
Happy New Year! for all those who celebrate Gregorian calendar events.
I'm a little late but I've been rather sick, even when I felt like I was getting better the exhaustion totally took over. I have a few backed up entries and things to add, they'll just have to be late. I'm drafting but no energy for editing or coding. I spent the last days of the year sleeping and the first days of the year recovering.
This holiday season I saw people I haven't seen in years, met several babies (and saw several 2-4 year olds I hadn't seen since they were a baby), and spent a lot of time at home cuddling with a purring cat. Overall it was a good one, and I'm fortunate to have such joy in my life.
I'm fortunate that I've met my life goals. Even though it's a weird stagnant stalemate feeling not having goals for the future, at least not yet, I'm fortunate that I'm able to sit in this moment and appreciate what it is. That is not something I could always do. For most of my life I have been so driven to achieve these goals that it was hard to accept stillness, because at the time it felt like a lack of progress. I'm grateful to now understand that stillness doesn't have to mean failure.
In winter I do a full social media break, so I've been on that. Every year I refine and delete another service, and every year I don't miss it, but this year I'm reflecting on how people choose to share their lives and that it is a gift they share them at all.
The last week has been full nursing mode; I had a pretty bad flu and even recovery took longer than usual. I've had time to think about the practices I've set up for myself in writing/creativity, and how they might look in the coming year. I've been drafting month, season, and year in review; this time of year has a lot to reflect on.
This time of year means different things to everyone. I hope that you get the chance to do your own rituals and experience moments that surprise you. Whether it's winter or summer where you are, may the season bring you unexpected joy!
