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  • Food for thought: How are hobbies and activities different?

    This morning while I ate breakfast, I watched a YouTube commentary video featuring someone’s take on the death of hobbies, particularly among Gen Z. She cited a lot of plausible reasons: cost, the fear of being seen wobbling through the early stages learning something new, and the lack of persistence people have in working through Read more

  • Okay, but how am I getting dumber?

    I swear I’ll get back to more posts about crafty morsels soon, but I have to get this topic out of my system… A couple of posts ago, I talked about trying to break up with my smartphone. Now, it’s all well and good that I’m trying to reduce my smartphone use to ultimately switch Read more

  • Trying Trichrome

    Before color film existed, photographers used a process called trichromy to create faux color photos.  To create the image, they took three separate black & white photos and layered them atop one another.  Other people explain this process better than I can, but put simply, each shot used a different colored filter in front of Read more

  • The Safe Way

    On the topic of changes in my life lately (see previous post), I made the choice earlier this year to start buying my groceries somewhere different. I promise I’ll get back to fun, crafty posts eventually. But we all know how much I like idiot data experiments related to grocery stores. Now, there are only Read more

  • We’re Breaking Up

    I’ll eventually return to my inconsistent programming of random craft endeavors, but for now… I am trying to break up with my smartphone.  I wish I could say to it, “It’s not you, it’s me.”  But that’s not really true, not when the most addictive qualities about smartphones were designed by billionaire tech companies to Read more

  • The Making of Mistakes & Shitty Art

    The Portland Zine Symposium (PZS) is coming up in a couple of weeks, and I am pretty excited to attend it as my first zine fest/gathering. Late October in Portland, OR is its own type of lovely that begs you to sit inside a coffee shop on a rainy afternoon and read a book while Read more