It's hard for me to write this because I never dreamed that I would have to write a blog about how the end of My Chemical Romance was affecting me.

When I first found out, which, thankfully, was from my besties after a long day of work and not sitting alone at work in front of a computer screen, I was speechless. Mouth hanging open. Distraught.

The ( Read more... )

[NOTE: This entry was inspired by this one.]

I think we are wiser when we are fools because the Fool is not afraid. The Fool is not held or bound by society’s logic and rules, by all the things the world forces upon us to make us fine, upstanding, normal little drones. The Fool doesn’t listen when the grown-ups, our teachers, our parents, our ( Read more... )

Has anyone else heard about the new protest that Santa is supposed to start saying "Ha, ha, ha" instead of "ho, ho, ho"?  One story claims it scares kids. Another says it's degrading to women, or something to that effect. First, kids who are afraid of Santa will run screaming long before he has a chance to speak (or so I've seen in my experience). ( Read more... )

I'm so supercrazyexcited!! I made my very first sale at Schwoopie Towne.  I sold a Trick or Treat Greeting Card.  That's just the coolest thing EVER!!  This is so encouraging that not only do people like my work & think it's cute, but they'd actually spend money on it. I know that's the whole point of opening the shop is that I thought someone ( Read more... )

Five Ways to Believe in Yourself: From the Muse, Audacity

By Jill Badonsky, M.Ed.

“Power is the ability not to have to please.”
- Elizabeth Janeway

We tend to be attracted to confident, bold, defiant people in the world of art. Many times audacity can go further than even talent. The talented artist, writer, or musician who does not show belief and ( Read more... )

The women of Ohio call upon the women of the world, from the day-old babies to our most senior elders, to stand with us to save the world.

We will be standing for the world's children and grandchildren, and for the seven generations beyond them.

We dream of a world where all of our children have safe drinking water, clean air to breathe, and enough ( Read more... )