well, hello there.

Long time, no see. Long time, no type. Long time, no read.

I fell off the grid. And it was needed. I never talked about my mom on my old blogs or on social media. She asked me not to. So I didn’t. But now I need to talk about her just a tiny bit.

I was a caregiver to my mother for eighteen years. I lived with her in her beautiful home and it was good until the last couple of years when her health began to slide. She passed away in December 2023.

That’s when I built the biggest Blanket Fort in the history of humanity and I gleefully stayed there as my mind and my body tried to find a way to healing. I’m not fully healed yet. But I’m bored in my Fort, so I’m coming back out.

I’ve never blogged on Squarespace before. Won’t lie, I’ve made good friends with the “help” section. It still feels foreign so the site is looking a bit pale. I imagine over time I will figure more stuff out and it will become snazzier. I just want to start blogging. Felt like being present was more important then trying to make it perfect (whatever that is)

But for now this will do just fine. I’m also starting to remember making art. That’s comforting to know that Art Brain has not totally left me. (Although she does have opinions about how things have been going the past few years and they are fairly obnoxious.)

Anyway. I bought a house. I renovated it. It’s a strange quirky little split level and I’m looking forward to sharing it’s weirdness with you. Part of me feels like this is a lame first post on a new blog but honestly? It’s all I got right now and if I’ve learned anything from my time in The Blanket Fort, it’s that working with what you got at the moment is more than good enough.

Catch ya next time. Love you.