This is not the post I intended to write for today, but I just can’t stay silent. The state sanctioned murder that took place in Minnesota last weekend hurts my heart. I’ve tried to write things about it, but it was so hard to find words. Then I saw a couple of posts on Mastodon and other social media of fellow...

This is a totally staged screenshot of Tot. I wrote about it in yesterday's post. Then I realised I shared about it in my how I plan post but I've since made some changes, and thought it would be fun to write about that. Tot is my only notetaking app, not my only list app, as I do use Keep to share lists with my...

Dear Creative Soul, A couple of years ago, one of my new year's resolutions was to write every day. It seemed an easy goal to set as writing is my passion. I also set a rule that I shouldn't make any plans as to what to write each day. I would just put my fingers on the keyboard and type type type, or pen to paper and...

Reflecting on my post about memento mori, I came up with the question above. I have a brain that leaps all over the place and it’s constantly focusing on the next thing instead of something I love. For instance, this week I got sucked into a game that I found at random. It’s not even a game like I use to play, it’s...

Years ago, I sat down and made myself this little graphic above, seeking for ways to help me to create more. I just doodled the ideas, let whatever wanted to be written be written, and it’s been such an inspiration ever since. Now I sit down and do something with my doodled words, I notice that a lot of the things I...

I was in the hospital for a week in March, for a major surgery. After I got out I thought of making this list, but I needed a bit more healing to be able to write it. This list is totally random, and very stream of consciousness. Maybe later, I can go back in and sort it by topic or something like that. Here goes! Bring...

Okay so, I have cancer, was diagnosed in June last year. And every day since, except on days where I felt really sick and my brain was mush, I created something. Here are ten random ideas on how to stay creative while your world falls apart. Change your purpose for creativity. Create for distraction. Create for healing....

When it comes to promoting my work, two contrasting facts are undeniable.  1. I’m an introvert I’d rather hide than show that I have things that I’ve created that I would like to sell to others.  2. but my art isn’t The things I make just are. I can write about them because they are not me. They are things I’ve created,...

Years ago, I took this picture of a field of tulips at the Keukenhof in the Netherlands, and I knew that there was a blog post in this. It’s found me at last. Earlier this week, I thought about being different online, which is hard to do amidst all the influencers pushing us to get the same thing.And that’s permeating...

I thought it would be fun to describe my planning progress, especially because I’ve changed things completely. I use three things: 1 google calendar 2 an app called Tot 3 an A7 notebook ⠀The google calendar is a shared one with my husband. I hope to replace it with something a bit more privacy friendly soon. Tot Tot (or...

(this is a repost from a former blog of mine) The other day I had a breakdown. I had not taken everything in account on a situation and fear, doubt and their pal “need-to-do-everything-perfect” had a party. When the tears dried and my sense of self came back I realised that this is a pattern in my life that I need to...

When the world overwhelms you Shift your focus Look at the street you live in Where can you make life better? What can you do for your neighbours? What joys can you spread?

When I sit down to create something or write something, I’m not always ready to create, mentally. I may have a lot of things on my mind, like a brain that won’t stop spinning.What I do then, Is lean to my left, grab my Rubik’s cube and mess it up and solve it again, or I grab something to knit for a while, or I Wordle,...