Category Archives: Thoughts

Awareness of the outside world. Colonial Williamsburg: The Twelve Myths of Christmas (in early America), 2023. ~~~ Process Note Christmas decor turns out to be spiky: stars, tree branches, snowflakes, candy wrappers, the non-fluffy part of ribbons & bows. Previous Posts [Holiday The First] [Holiday The Second] Onwards!Katherine

Awareness of the outside world. Also residing at the intersection of food and Christmas tree, KFC Golden Drumstick Tree Decoration. ~~~ LobbyChildren’s of AlabamaDecember 2024 Lobby from outsideChildren’s of AlabamaDecember 2024 Muppet Wiki: Cookie Monster But Why? Because Milton is a cookie monster. [C is for Cookie, C is for Costume Class, Halloween 2022] [The ReturnContinue reading “Wishing You A Cookie Christmas Eve, Or A Tasty Tuesday”

Awareness of the holiday world. “Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas” Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas. Bluesky @merriam-webster.com‬, December 11, 2024. ~~~ Stepping Stone Farm Diego. Note bows & greeneryContinue reading “Christmas Season at the Farm”

Art of the outside world. Snowflake Bentley. ~~~ Process Notes Inspiration. Wordflake, from personal noodling. Single letter flakes, the idea to rotate a letter around a point came from Julie Wildman during a presentation for the Washington Calligraphy Guild. At the time, I thought she was making cute ornaments from the letters & that theContinue reading “Welcome Winter, Graphic Art”

Words of the outside world. Reactor: All of Reactor’s Short Fiction in 2024. Hat tip to A. ~~~ Supposition. It’s A Wonderful Life is a reverse A Christmas Carol. I came to this conclusion when I was noodling ideas for Christmas fiction posts. The problem with A Christmas Carol, in all its various iterations, isContinue reading “Miscellaneous Christmas Thought”

Awareness of the outside world. NYC Historic Floral District Museum. Online only at the moment. Much history of the 28th street district. 💐🌼🌸🌹🪷🌻🌷💐 ~~~ My monthly 5Ks for 2024. All taken at a mild walk on mostly flat, mostly paved paths. January IRL local park/self-awarded medal, Feb post. [Month of the Dragon, State of the Fitness]Continue reading “5Ks, Final Fitness Friday for 2024”

A post for the classes I did not show in. Yes, I am spreading this show report jam over as much post toast as I can manage. [The Winter Blues You Want, Show Report AWTA 2024-2025 #1] Usually when I do Winter Tournament, I show in the Advanced WTC Adult classes. I couldn’t even. They areContinue reading “Getting Ready For Not Showing”