While my word of the year for 2025 is/was healthy, I’m having a very hard time sticking to that while the world around me is a giant dumpster fire.
There are no checks and balances right now in the government, our personal data has been handed over to a gang of thugs, and life as we know it is being dismantled at a breakneck speed. I am trying to stay sane through art. I’m even trying to help others find some center in all this madness. It really does take a village.
Pre-COVID, I found an incredible group of artists online and took all sorts of fun online classes. One of the best of those was making Kindness Cards, or what others may call artist trading cards, with a specific focus on positivity. I’ve been making and dropping these cards on my travels for the last several years. In the last few months, I’ve been making them at an astonishing rate to help keep my anxiety at bay.
I’ve always enjoyed collage and have been fascinated by miniatures. This combines the best of both of those.
I’ve been mostly absent from my blog for the last few years, getting sucked into the various social platforms. With all that’s going on now, I’m going to spend more time over here and I hope you’ll join me. Some days and weeks all I may be able to muster is a photo, other days you may get a rant. But since this is my space, I’ll do what I please.
Either way, pull up a chair and I’ll get us a drink.
Tell me about it! Feel for all the probationary folks that are getting canned. We are back to the Navy Yard full time. Lots of whining from those who moved far far away during COVID. When are we having an adult beverage?