WHAT'S ON MY MIND THESE DAYS
You’re not too sensitive, sweety!
You just have to stop opening the doors to the bakery.In my first class at paralegal school the instructor told us we needed to have thick skin to be a paralegal. “Pfffft. No problem,” I thought. “If I can survive my mother, I can survive anything.” I knew everything and had little self-awareness at 19 […]
Why are Bethenny Frankel’s #SuperModelSnacks so interesting?
How Facebook running group propaganda ruined my workoutsMy boobs are in the way.I hate that when I gain weight, the two body parts I most need to be the fuck out of my way are the ones that gain weight first: my boobs and my ass, in no particular order, and it’s always a surprise […]
Hugamonsters!
Hugamonsters! A FREE crochet pattern! These lil dudes give the BEST hugs and will definitely cheer you up. Easy to make. Perfect for gifts. Excellent use of scrap yarn.
{free zine!} We the People Demand Fair and Equal News Coverage
An 18 page half-size zine that highlights the lack of coverage by the media of the historic April 5 Hands Off protests and shares images of the protests the media failed to highlight. Includes CTAs and Know Your Rights during protests information on last page. Free to print and distribute.
The Sacred Tenets of the Church of Arts and Crafts
Can arts and crafts be the foundation of a spiritual community? Here’s a first draft of what I imagine this might look like.
How to Start a Junk Journal 101: Newspapers
Junk journals can be anything you want them to be. The easiest way to start is to start now with what you have around the house or can buy for less than $10 – a composition book, glue stick, scissors, and a newspaper.
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself
Politics is storytelling and marketing and we can use that to pull out of this tailspin.
How to find your art style
There’s no secret to it – you just have to make a lot of work and be willing to play and make bad art! Here’s a tour of my watercolor sketchbook from 2017 to present. This is what happens when you don’t give up!
No, having a Substack newsletter isn’t the same thing as owning your own platform
Anyone who says differently (Substack 👀) is selling you something.
Please excuse me from Internet duty for the next eight to twelve years
It’s been real! It’s been fun! But it hasn’t been real fun BBBBYYYYYEEEEEEE
Rules of Engagement
When you feel like you’re being pulled this way and that, creating Rules of Engagement and a mission statement for yourself can help you stay centered and on purpose.
New Jersey is on fire and so are its local Facebook groups wondering what’s burning
However could this have happened, neighbors?
America is Cooked and the DJ is Tired
The morning after the election in a Spotify Playlist. The DJ has some big feelings.
Taking My Dad’s Ghost to the Voting Booth
Welcome to this season of Schrödinger’s America, where YOU get to choose which hellscape we wake up to tomorrow. Choose wisely.
Tiny House Dreams and The Bed That Broke Me
Shouting into the void about a newspaper shilling tiny houses that will work about as well as the bed that broke me for the sake of earning a couple of pennies of affiliate income.
Brain, interrupted
It looks like you’re trying to escape social media, would you like some help with that? (Just realized I can easily insert GIFs here so I had to let Clippy out for some air. I miss him so much, he made work fun.)ANYWAY.I’ve spent the last few weeks building my new website, Wise Lasagna. Until now, I’ve […]
Wise Lasagna is on a social media break
It’s been years since I sat in the bathtub with a cool glass of rose perched on my knee playing Candy Crush until I turned into a prune, but I remember who I was back then. Tired. Anxious. Depressed. I knew I was wasting my life, but I was also too tired to do anything […]
Your work is worthless
Facebook is now prioritizing AI generated content. Your creativity doesn’t matter. Your connection to family and friends doesn’t matter. You don’t matter. You are a data point feeding Meta’s bottom line.
I rawdogged a 5k at PHL
The point of saying all of this is that when you have this big, looming impossible thing you want to accomplish and you make doing That Thing your definition of success, you’re going to miss celebrating all of the smaller successes you have along the way to doing That Thing. Showing up is something to celebrate. So is progress. So is failure, because that is your best teacher if you’re willing to take the lesson.
An open letter to the Philadelphia Parking Authority
An open letter to the Philadelphia Parking Authority upon receiving a parking ticket after the Waffles & Wine art show which I should not have received.