I have always been a Mommy Blogger. I have never been a Mommy Blogger. Do I contradict myself? Very well then, I contradict myself. I am large. I contain multitudes. — Walt Whitman I spend a lot of time attempting to reconcile these contradictory truths. That is why I love this quote. On The I […]
Free Gray and Black Textures
The images in this post are all images I created from scratch except the first one that I downloaded from an out-of-print book and cleaned up. I thought I would share them, freely, as they are not the type of thing I can easily sell outside of a virtual world but they are […]
Kate Greenaway Public Domain Images of Children in Wind
I could not post what I had planned to post today. Moore, OK changed all that. So instead here are some images that are out of copyright for you to use as you see fit. The images in this almanack are out of copyright and have entered the public domain. I like to treat images […]
My Birthday Gift to Myself
Happy birthday to me, happy birthday to me… “Well, you say it’s your birthday, well it’s my birthday, too, yeah…” “A very merry un-birthday to you… to you!” I think I may give myself something material as well… like an iPhone on a Cricket plan, but while I’d love to take a walk in the […]
A Good Breakfast
Remember that advertising poster from 100 years ago of a little girl and a St. Bernard walking on a village sidewalk? That is how we should all think about breakfast, “Off to school well fed on…” I’m trying to be better when it comes to eating only when I’m hungry, reducing sugar and over-processed carbohydrates, […]
Mother's Day Proclamation, 1870
143 years ago this proclamation was issued by a woman to women. Most histories trace the current practice of celebrating Mother’s Day back to Ms. Howe. The journey has been one of proclamation, obscurity, resurrection, and then platitudes and commercialization. Mother’s Day Proclamation ……………………………….. Arise, then, women of this day! Arise all women who […]