ugh!

The steps on the loading dock have been temporarily moved due to excavation for some water problems in the building. The replacement steps are placed behind the dumpster, so that trucks still have access to the dock. It is only a minor inconvenience, mostly that I have been going one direction off the dock for […]

the fickle fate of fashion

Little by little, I have been (re)teaching myself about the terminology of men’s clothing. It started with collar styles on dress shirts…This article helps with equal amounts of information and snark. I like that combination. Tonight, I was sorting through the sport coats I have recently acquired from my thrifting and putting them up in […]

I have today off. No alarm was set. I awoke to the phone ringing. I don’t get out of bed for the phone; I cannot get to it before the machine takes the call. It was my mother. As the record caught her call, she announced that Dad went back into the hospital. He has […]

buzzing by

Blur. Blur. Blur.The world spins by my sleep-crusted eyes. Work keeps me exhausted and unproductive in my life. I am close to simply just being.What has it been? Two months of overtime now? Ugh. And the money doesn’t pile up, either. I am getting by, but spending seems to be constant in a life where […]

open studio @ the hobbs

The crunch is on!Fall Open Studio at the Hobbs is October 10 and 11: Friday from 6-10 pm, Saturday from noon to 4 pm… The studio is always a disaster going into it. Write that up under the never-learns column. I still haven’t gotten back to drawing. No big concern there as long as I […]

seen on a billboard:

I have been meaning to post about this for a while now. This is the effect of being easily distracted. There is a billboard along I-35 just over into Kansas. It advertises a local university hospital.It reads: In Relentless Pursuit of Curing Cancer The damned thing bunches my panties into knots every time I pass […]

another right now

This is what a full night’s sleep and daylight can do. I am often amazed at the difference myself…(even if I still prefer to alter contrast and saturation…)

Author: Cattywampus Fellow