As a former teacher and lifelong bookworm, I can’t resist!
Here, you’ll find shop updates, behind-the-scenes looks at creative projects, book reviews, and teaching tips. I am a nerd at heart, and this blog shows my many different passions and interests. Contact me to follow up on any of these topics.
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The Only Three Forms of Hemingway I Can Tolerate.
Bradley Cooper and I have one thing in common: we both threw A Farewell to Arms across the room when we finished it. OK, it was Cooper’s character from Silver Linings Playbook, but still. I’ve tried to like Hemingway. I tried hard enough to finish A Farewell to Arms, even though with every turn of the… Read more
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C is for Chopin: The Awakening and Why Fiction Matters
One of those embarrassing pictures of my youth held hostage by the Internet featured The Awakening. My senior year of high school, I posted a series of selfies (before selfies were cool, of course) of my reaction to Kate Chopin’s classic to that early social network, Friendster. Mildly pleased at first, then bored, then scandalized… Read more
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Handlettering on a Budget: Affordable Tools to Start Your New Hobby
Handlettering can seem like an expensive hobby—but it doesn’t have to be! Here are basic, affordable tools to help you get started without busting your wallet! Read more
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DIY Chalkboard Canvas in 6 Easy Steps
In the winter of 2012, I was in my second year of living alone–my family and fiance were 300 miles away in Dallas while I was working in Lubbock–and at the height of a stressful year of wedding planning. By that time, I had learned to love living alone, but I still craved time with… Read more
NLD x Swapna 