Happy New Year! Do you like those end of the year round-up lists? Here’s one for you, almost entirely made up of links to previous posts. (Each one will open in a new tab.) We remember the things we review, so let’s go. . . 11 Things I Learned in January 8 Things I Learned […]
Six Things I Learned in November
November felt rough and busy, and I wondered if I learned anything. Some of these things may have been acquired in October, a more educationally productive month. Perhaps the continued filthy air has muddled my thoughts. It certainly messes with my attitude. Sigh. But let not your heart be troubled; learning continues. . . Barkthins […]
Learned in October
These are dogwood “berries” (don’t know if that’s the real word for this). A friend showed me that her domestic dogwood tree made berries, but this is the first time I’ve seen them in the wild. This same friend introduced me to this: “Cottage gas stations” a style of gas station built in the late […]
Eight Things I Learned in September
It has been over a year that I have posted these monthly lists, and one of the things I’ve learned is that I learn 6-8 notable things every month. (I didn’t add this fact to September’s list because it felt so obvious.) Ladyfinger grapes are a new variety of seedless grape. I don’t know where […]
Eight Things I Learned in August
Fridays are for Mineral King, but today’s post is my end of the month list of things I learned. Here is a Mineral King photo for you as a consolation prize. A friend of mine is always on his phone, always always always. But he only uses it as a telephone. For note-taking, he uses […]
Seven Things I Learned In July
If I don’t keep track of learning new things during the month, I’m hard pressed to think of them at the end of the month. There is a wildflower called “Giant Blazing Star”; it looks like its smaller cousin, “Blazing Star”. Wildflower naming is just confusing and weird to learn, but I persist in my […]
7 Things I Learned in June
I could be doing something called “affiliate marketing” on my blog by listing products I use and like and then putting the link on the site so that if you click and buy, I would earn money. It is called “passive income”, but that term fails to take into account all the work of signing […]
Things I Learned in May
There is something called “Allergic Pneumonitis” that you can get from breathing the dust of certain tree bark and sawdust. I learned this the hard way. When bad things happen, such as Allergic Pneumonitis, the best question is “What does this make possible?” What it made possible was uninterrupted time for me to work on […]
6 Things I Learned in April
If you don’t know how to tell a sheep from a goat, remember this: goat tails go up, sheep tails go down. (You are welcome – I’m sure this will be useful information to you at some time in your life.) Glazed ceramics are porous- who knew? We have this pretty bottle for dish soap […]
Eight Things I Learned in March
This month’s items don’t have anything to do with art or my art business, but they are all interesting to me and I hope they will be to you too. The 5 Second Rule by Mel Robbins says we have to parent ourselves because we will NEVER feel like doing the difficult or unpleasant things. Our […]