In the late 90s, at a time when the minimum wage here was just over $7 per hour, I spent 7 hours at a local berry farm picking raspberries. This farm made berry wines and since I wanted a job that would ensure I wasn’t face to face with people…
It was my mom’s birthday, the 31st of July, in the year 2000. I got on a plane and arrived on the other side of the globe, in the Netherlands. This is where I would spend my next year. I had graduated from high school in June and this was…
“What did you go to college for?” Me: “Art.” Laughter. “Well I guess that was beneficial, wasn’t it?” This has been a conversation I have had many times over the years as I don’t work ‘full time’ making art. It does not provide me an income (yet – I will…
I was scrolling back through some of my posts and remembered that I had written earlier in the year an update at the Week 4 mark, and now, it’s month 4! Already. The year is flying by and we are well into April. And as always, it feels like there…
When I was 13, I was in grade 8 and we had to take ‘Drama’ class at school. I hated it. I hated talking in front of people, I hated a group of people looking at me, I hated attention directed at me. And I think when something makes us…
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