Media and Things

Ten bucks if you get the connection with this picture and the post title   One of the things I've been trying to do for the past few months is finding space to do some kind of creative work that is different from writing or reading or whatever happens in that side of the brain. Part of the fun with burnout and trying to recover from it was finding something interesting that worked out the more artistic side of the cranium.  I found that I dig painting - especially watercolors. I found that I'm not too good at it though, and got kind of frustrated. On top of that, I never knew what to paint and when I did paint it seemed like it went really fast. I guess I didn't have enough patience or time. I have a lot of supplies sitting in the cabinet and I'd like to give it another try someday. In the meantime, as corny as it sounds I've found myself doing what I call "bead art" (and I'm sure others call it the same thing) - it's basically small plastic beads ...

Shout out to my peeps who got the wordplay... Well anyway, welcome to the third decade of the 21st century. It looks like I built this space awhile back and have come back to it at times, only to drift away for an average of eight years. I found this place while attending an online conference last week - I looked up a professor who was a guest speaker and his blog link went straight to Blogger and I had a total flashback and dug in a little bit and holy moly. Talk about a blast from the past.  A few things have changed since I last updated... I also found some other blogs hosted here that I started before I started this one. I've disabled them for now but I'll probably go through them and repost some of the old school greatest hits here, just for kicks.  For a super quick update - I'm not department head anymore. I stepped down in August of 2024 due to burnout caused by lack of institutional/administrative support  combined with too much work that kept piling up. I'll w...

I guess it's been awhile. Stay tuned...