There are really so many photos you can take of beautiful flowers. Unpopular opinion there? For sure I’ve halted in my tracks upon seeing an I-can’t-believe-this-isn’t-fake passionflower and had to take a picture. But like many images that wind up on Instagram, flower pics tend… Read More »Florrible: When Flora Goes to Seed
Today we’re gonna chat about me being responsible for the universe’s best poem (yet still I await my Pulitzer)! I may have opened with some tongue-in-cheek hyperbole there, so let’s get into it before I spout any more grandiose lies claims. A History of Mathematics… Read More »The Greatest Poem There Ever Was A.K.A “I Hate Math”
That’s right, gang—it’s time for another review of a book in the Creative Activities …Program series! We’re now on #5 Creating, and I had high hopes for this one; the idea of being creative and creating anything is super exciting to me. But I gotta give… Read More »#5 Creating: Creative Activities…Program Series
If you’ve been reading this blog for more than five minutes, you probably noticed that I’ve made a lot of mermaid art, especially when I was younger. Shoot, I wanted to be a mermaid as a kid. I suppose that makes sense; we had a… Read More »MerMay and a Lot of Mermaid Art
Before the yoga art adventures continue, so shall my story of yoga teacher training (YTT) and the actual teaching of yoga that followed! Behind the Scenes of Being a Yoga Teacher Even though I’d wanted to go through YTT, I ultimately feared the teaching aspect.… Read More »Pixelasana a.k.a. More Yoga Art (and Behind the Scenes of Yoga Teaching)
For the past three Decembers, I’ve hosted a yoga art challenge. Every day during the challenge, I posted a drawing of a yoga pose (or asana) and invited others to post photos of themselves in the same pose. At the end of the event, those… Read More »Yoga Art (and Behind the Scenes of Yoga Teacher Training)
Today I’ve got another book review for you: Performing from the Creative Activities …Program series! I assure you: This book is on par with the last when it comes to “creative” “activities.” Yes, I need to put quotes around everything; it’s all that confounding. Let’s get… Read More »#4 Performing: Creative Activities…Program Series
Remember when I put myself in Minnie Mouse’s shoes and made a scrapbook from her perspective? Well, I went and did it again. Take a look at The Second Minnie Mouse Scrapbook Minnie Mouse is much friendlier (read: “not hostile”) in this scrapbook introduction than… Read More »The Second Minnie Scrapbook -OR- When I Pretended I Was Minnie Mouse Again
Weird thoughts spring to mind when I’m in the middle of practicing yoga. What makes them weird is how random and benign they are. There’s no common thread between them. They’re special in no way—boring, even. For example, these thoughts include the following: The Chicken… Read More »The First Minnie Scrapbook -OR- The Time I Pretended I Was Minnie Mouse
The Series Last fall, my husband and I popped into a secondhand store (urgently titled OMG THRIFT). I wanted to find some interesting little-known games so I could do a review for my-frien’-Jen’s board-game blog, Idle Remorse. In addition to two games, I came across… Read More »Creative Activities…Program Series: Book #3 Discovering