Thanks @jaynie! YOU... are awesome! Reading about you and your mom always made me happy... I haven't had that much experience with positive and loving relationships between generations. I am certain my

Hi @cuddlekitten, always great to have you visit!

Natural Medicine is definitely one of my favorite communities, and they cover a niche I have a lot of connection to... and that I'm considering making a more regular part of my publishing routine. I'm

Well, why not? Here's a moody and ethereal piece from the inimitable Emma Hewitt (yeah, I know, I post a lot of stuff people have never heard of!):

Thank you! It can be really pretty, and it seems to fascinate people of all ages... I remember picking it up when I was a little kid, whenever we'd vacation somewhere near the beach.

Thanks for the support, I appreciate it!

It was really somewhat of a "happy accident" and being in the right place, at the right time. And it also happened right at a time when the whole "upcycling" movement was really starting

Hello @cuddlekitten, always lovely to see your many incarnations here!

Most people never see any in colors other than what you find food and drink in at your local supermarket; typically clear, brown and green. And Coke bottle "seafoam." It's quite fascinating,

For many reasons, I wish we were still using more glass and less plastic. There are all sorts of interesting things on the beach... sometimes I find old sparkplugs from 50-75 years back; I've found Asian

It is a pretty esoteric thing... a niche market where I had maybe 300 customers worldwide, at best.

Thank you! 'Tis a bugger, indeed, about the supply... but hopefully there will still be a little bit to be found, and who know? Maybe inspiration will strike for a new angle that'll carry my "beach

Thanks @jaynie! I know you've seen your share of loss and sadness recently, too. I know that "this, too, shall pass" but sometimes those words ring a little hollow. Meanwhile, I keep on keepin'

Debt is a trap a lot of people can't extract themselves from... lately, I have become rather intricately connected to debt, as a result of Mrs. Denmarkguy and I starting to look at the possibility of needing

I am doing my best at getting better of tracking my progress... historically, my pattern has been that I get off to a great start and then it falls by the wayside once May or June rolls around and I get

Generally I avoid resolutions like the plague because I'm not naturally inclined to follow up on things... part of what inspired this post, in the first place. This year, I'm going to make at least a

Thanks Eric! So sorry to hear about your dad... these are extreme times, to be sure. A wise person once reminded me that "grief doesn't have a schedule," and we each need to process loss in our

Thanks Karen, I appreciate it! You're exactly right, life is both fragile and uncertain... hence the importance of stopping and appreciating what we do have.

Thanks for stopping by, and for the good vibes!

Thanks, I appreciate it! Hopefully we've gotten most of the bad stuff out of the way for this year!