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Mom, wife, lousy Catholic. Long-suffering Padres fan; San Diegan by birth, suburban Chicagoan by choice. Ex-journalist (Fresno > OC > Raleigh > Chicago). Gen-X nerd. Finding solace in art, poetry, and animation.
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I did an event in DC & there was a party for donors etc after. Was talking to 2 ppl & I said "Things are so bad." They said "No this is how it is. Things swing one way, then another. It's normal." That's when I realized why Dems are toothless. They have no idea what this is. Frogs boiling in water.

#ICAD2025 15/61: Newsprint, security envelope, acrylic paints, washi tape, junk mail, Dipper the dog #MixedMedia #Collage #IndexCardADay #IndexCardADay2025 #dyicad2025 #dyicad #daisyyellowart #art #NoPrompt

#ICAD2025 14/61: Newsprint, junk mail, book pages #MixedMedia #Collage #IndexCardADay #IndexCardADay2025 #dyicad2025 #dyicad #daisyyellowart #art #NoPrompt

I decided I was grossly overthinking this #ICAD2025 business. So, I turned off the brain to catch up and just made stuff over the weekend. It probably shows.

There’s a No Kings rally in this suburb where I’m waiting for my kid at her D&D session, but the demonstration isn’t till 4:30, and we have to pick up C from the airport around then. Hoping I can at least honk my support here or at some other event.

Sitting in my usual Saturday coffee joint, which is inexplicably playing awful radio-friendly country music. This is why I pack earbuds—so I can listen to Tom Waits and Talking Heads with my caffeine, as God intended.

Hit a wall yesterday with the index card size of the #dyicad2025 challenge, so I didn’t do an #ICAD piece. (I’ll make it up this weekend.) But I still created a few things last night, mainly a small batch of #ATC pieces; this was my favorite. #artisttradingcard #postagestampart #mixedmedia

I got a big sack of books from the library today on ADHD. Let’s see how many I actually read. #ProbablyADHD

With World War III looming, seems as good a time as any to plunge down a rabbit hole about the Dada movement. www.nytimes.com/2016/07/10/a...

#ICAD2025 Day 12: Newsprint, security envelope, acrylic paints, washi tape, junk mail, magazine #MixedMedia #Collage #IndexCardADay #IndexCardADay2025 #dyicad2025 #dyicad #daisyyellowart #art #NoPrompt

God bless Brian Wilson. youtu.be/Ch84fmOa414?...

#ICAD2025 Day 11: Acrylic paints, daughter’s doodles, newsprint, magazine. #MixedMedia #Collage #IndexCardADay #IndexCardADay2025 #dyicad2025 #dyicad #daisyyellowart #art #NoPrompt

#ICAD2025 Day 10 (posting a day late): Newsprint, scrap paper, acrylic paints, washi tape, junk mail. Day 11 coming shortly. #MixedMedia #Collage #IndexCardADay #IndexCardADay2025 #dyicad2025 #dyicad #daisyyellowart #art #NoPrompt

Very fun fact

#ICAD2025 Day 9: Magazine, metallic Sharpie. #MixedMedia #Collage #IndexCardADay #IndexCardADay2025 #dyicad2025 #dyicad #daisyyellowart #art #NoPrompt

#ICAD2025 Day 8: Acrylic paints, postage stamps, teen daughter’s original character doodle, newspaper headline. #MixedMedia #Collage #IndexCardADay #IndexCardADay2025 #dyicad2025 #dyicad #daisyyellowart #art #NoPrompt

Juuuust a day late. #ICAD2025 Day 7: Security envelope, acrylic paints, junk mail, sticker. Day 8 coming soon. #MixedMedia #Collage #IndexCardADay #IndexCardADay2025 #dyicad2025 #dyicad #daisyyellowart #art #NoPrompt

When the LA police says you are overreaching, you are overreaching.

#ICAD2025 Day 6: Magazine, pasta box, acrylic paints. #MixedMedia #Collage #IndexCardADay #IndexCardADay2025 #dyicad2025 #dyicad #daisyyellowart #art #NoPrompt

No one saw this coming. #raygun #MuskVsTrump www.raygunsite.com

I hate these Hitler-vs.-Satan matchups.

#ICAD2025 Day 5: Newsprint, security envelope, paper napkin, acrylic paints, Popsicle box. #MixedMedia #Collage #IndexCardADay #dyicad2025 #dyicad #IndexCardADay2025 #art #NoPrompt

It’s a little painfully close to my previous life, but I love this video so much.

#ICAD2025 Day 4: Newsprint, junk mail, postage stamps. #MixedMedia #Collage #IndexCardADay #IndexCardADay2025 #art #NoPrompt

#ICAD2025 Day 3: Newsprint, book page, washi tape, scrapbook paper, security envelope, child’s doodle. #MixedMedia #Collage #IndexCardADay #IndexCardADay2025 #art #NoPrompt

Notice you never hear the bros say, "You know, we've really done a bad job and screwed up this planet -- let's let the women run it for a while and see whether they can fix it"? No, it's always, "You know, we've really done a bad job and screwed up this planet -- let's just move to a new planet."

Okay, last one (we think). Online now, in stores soon! #raygun #JoniErnst www.raygunsite.com

Whoops. Already a day behind. #ICAD2025 Day 2: Newsprint, book page, paper napkin, acrylic paints, sticker. #ICAD prompt: SPRING. Day 3 entry coming later today. #MixedMedia #Collage #IndexCardADay #IndexCardADay2025 #art

Productivity is the anxiety of the obedient

#ICAD2025 Day 1: Black metallic and white acrylic paints, washi tape, yellow glitter marker, and 10yo child’s doodle. #ICAD prompt: GLIMMER. I’m generally not opting to follow the prompts, but will take a stab at one occasionally. #MixedMedia #Collage #IndexCardADay #IndexCardADay2025

Time for #ICAD2025. I haven’t given the Index Card a Day challenge a whirl in 4 years, having taken a stab at it in 2021. Day 1 card coming soon.

I feel like I’m watching an ‘80s Sid and Marty Krofft fever dream. #Labyrinth

Watching “Labyrinth” after years of intending to do so. F is wondering why. C says it looks like David Bowie in his David Lee Roth era. And I’m wondering how much money Bowie got for dancing with muppets.

We went to Chicago and I did my civic duty. I also applauded a woman having her photo taken doing the same thing.

You must understand the whole of life, not just one little part of it. That is why you must read, that is why you must look at the skies, that is why you must sing and dance, and write poems and suffer and understand, for all that is life.~Jiddu Krishnamurti

Summer’s here. A fresh start is n order. www.instagram.com/artsy.fluffb...

Rethinking a lot of my social media usage and other ventures. Diving back into creative pursuits (e.g., collage and other art) to alleviate the pain of politics, the job search, and Padres baseball. Need to find joy where I can get it.