Reflecting on life, fountain pens, coloring, and digital creative journeys.
Today’s prompt for the Xmas Magic challenge was present. Now this is one of those tricky English words that has multiple meanings but given that the list was based on words children gave when asked what they thought of when they thought about Christmas and New Years, I’m going to go with the gift definition. … Continue reading Present
What makes you feel nostalgic? Nostalgia is an odd thing. It can be triggered by the most random moment or object. It’s really hard to pinpoint the things that make me nostalgic. For example, I recently did a wood burning project for the art challenge I’m participating in and looking at the graphite transfer paper … Continue reading Daily Prompt – December 31, 2025
Today’s prompt for the Xmas Magic challenge was Snowman. Can’t build a real one here in Florida, we don’t get snow. I can however recreate the fun of doing so and that was the goal of today’s creative exercise. I have had in my arts and crafts cabinet for sometime now the majority of a … Continue reading Snowman
What relationships have a positive impact on you? This is another prompt where I had to stop my literal brain from responding and look at it from the larger perspective. My immediate read of the prompt had me wanting to list out every relationship I consider to have a positive impact but thats really more … Continue reading Daily Prompt – December 30, 2025
If you started a sports team, what would the colors and mascot be? I’m not much of a sports person so I honestly never put much thought into things like this. I have no idea about a mascot. One of my nicknames is Smurf but that doesn’t really make sense as a mascot plus it’s … Continue reading Daily Prompt – December 29, 2025
I am no stranger to snow. I am also no fan of snow. I moved to Florida in part to escape snow. That said snow is pretty when it’s falling and you can watch it out your window from the warmth of your home. Or when it is freshly fallen and undisturbed. I think I … Continue reading Snow
How have your political views changed over time? I’m going to start this off by saying you aren’t likely to see much political talk on this page. It’s not that I don’t care about it but I don’t actively engage in discourse about it for my mental health. We are living in a very bizarre … Continue reading Daily Prompt – December 28, 2025
Today’s prompt for the Xmas Magic challenge is Santa. Growing up Jewish, Santa wasn’t really a thing but the motif has always been present. The first thing I thought of when I saw this prompt was the traditional Santa face. I thought I could glass etch that on to something maybe an ornament and that … Continue reading Santa
You get to build your perfect space for reading and writing. What’s it like? I really like this prompt as I sit typing in my living room in my little corner of our sectional couch looking out the giant set of window at the sunrise. My perfect reading nook where I can also do my … Continue reading Daily Prompt – December 27, 2025
Today is the first day of Nina Jane Art’s Xmas Magic Art Challenge. The prompt today was happy. I chose the picture below because being authentic, being myself makes me happy. I hope through my content to inspire others to do the same, feel the same. I discuss this more in my latest YouTube video … Continue reading Happy
