I like to do papercuts, a practice that came out of a combination of my childhood love of cutting out paper dolls and my adult admiration for woodblock prints (papercuts are WAY easier than woodcuts or linocuts). And for the last however many years, I’ve been doing a papercut for my annual holiday cards. LastContinue reading “Christmas Card Design: Vote!”
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Shower flowchart: Pandemic edition
My friend Amy and I have a shower flowchart that helps us decide if we need a shower or not. It’s a long story. But when the pandemic hit, we decided it was time for an update.
Fashion and Personal Style
It’s funny: I don’t think anyone who knows me would say, “MourningDove has such great fashion sense.” And yet I’ve spent a fair amount of time in my life thinking about fashion, noting which designers I like and don’t, recognizing trends, paying attention to what other women are wearing…. And absolutely none of it hasContinue reading “Fashion and Personal Style”
Wright’s Beach
Every year for the last couple of years my friend Steph and I have come out to the CA coast in the summer and stayed at Wright’s Beach campground (actually one year we stayed at Bodega Dunes down the road). We mostly like to sit on the beach and stare at the water, but weContinue reading “Wright’s Beach”
Donkey and Cow
I was going through some old files today and came across my favorite illustration for a story I wrote for friends about their giant dairy cow, Mabel, and her miniature donkey friend, Eeyora. I never actually saw this happen but imagined the friends helping each other reach the ripe apples in the trees that overhungContinue reading “Donkey and Cow”
SFO Botanical Garden Photos
A couple weekends ago, I escaped the heat and wildfire smoke with a group of girlfriends. We spent a deliciously cool couple of days in SFO’s Japantown, staying at the Kabuki and getting a year’s worth of dead skin cells scrubbed off across the street at Pearl Spa. Appetite piqued, we ambled through Japan CenterContinue reading “SFO Botanical Garden Photos”
The Rookery 