I’m obsessed with the South. Moved by it. The "what’s that got to do with the price of butter" sayings, roadkill baked goods, dove hunt dinners, the ironic formality found in such a slow-paced, porch-drunk, June bug of a place.…
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chinese love, black dolls, and racist friends
February 8, 2010
Growing up, each Chinese New Year, my parents held a potluck, inviting their friends to bring their most treasured dishes from their favorite Chinese restaurants. Maybe they didn’t do it to celebrate the Chinese New Year. Maybe it was a…
a year in review: scrap forward
January 27, 2010
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I wouldn’t say that I’m a last-minute kind of girl, not aloud anyway. More like a last-month-of-the-year kind of girl. I wasn’t always like this, either. In school, I always finished all my homework on Friday night, so I’d have…
mindmapping: idea generator for writers
December 21, 2009
Mind maps. You begin with a blank page, turn it horizontally, then smack a word or image at its center. By association, you see what grows. I don’t always follow those directions, but I do find that following my random…
holiday card time & let’s talk turkey
November 18, 2009
I never send holiday cards. I just can’t get (sh)it together in time. This year, I’m hoping that changes. I’m loving the keepsake holiday card mini-books, like this one I made of the taters. Here’s hoping we take some good…
busy toddler activities
October 14, 2009
My sweet natives are getting restless. So mama’s come up with some new activities for her two, almost three‘s. Clean activities. Good fun that doesn’t involve paint, dough, or not-so-magic markers. What quantifies as a good activity? Sure, there’s the…
all the cool shit you see on etsy
September 14, 2009
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I really love the scrapbook pages that you have shared on your blog in the past. I’ve recently become obsessed with scrapbooking, and I’m trying to invest in some good tools. One thing I would like to get is a…
achieving balance for a work at home, stay at home, hot mama
June 23, 2009
Now, pay attention. Again. What does the 3rd C stand for?
I should warn you that I’m delirious right now, and the screen is kinda looking like she’s posing for a series of "glamour shots." Even as I type this…









May 13, 2010
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