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Continue reading →: Bitching In Private
Today’s Daily Post prompt is to write about what it takes for you to ask for help when you’re unwell. I’ve had a lot of practice at being sick as of late, so part of me feels that this prompt is a natural fit for my circumstances, while the rest…
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Continue reading →: Race, Cold, Origami No
Just a tiny update, since it’s late and I’m dying to get a little sleep. Once again, I’m behind on origami. Yesterday I slept in until almost 2pm, then got up and got ready and went out to do a 4 mile run across the Crescent City Connection (which spans…
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Continue reading →: Thirty Days Project: Day 7
Ugh. Coming down with yet another cold, so I thought I’d take it easy on myself today with a very simple project, the origami cube. Unfortunately, the tutorial that I was following, which had lots of comments on how easy, fun, etc. it was to make these cubes, actually left…
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Continue reading →: Jumping the Broom
The following post is mere conjecture, and should be taken with a grain of salt. It’s a response to today’s Daily Post prompt to plan the perfect party for your closest friend. In my case, for myself and about 100 of my closest friends. I’m going to tell you a…
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Continue reading →: Photography Friday! Week 7 – Recap Of My NYC Trip
If you’ve been reading the blog this last week, you’ll know that I took a trip to New York City last weekend. It was my second time in the city, but really my first true vacation there. It’s funny – in popular culture, NYC is not just A big city,…
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Continue reading →: Thirty Days Project: Day 6
Hallelujah, I’m finally caught up! I wanted to choose something moderately easy, since I’ve got a lot of tasks to accomplish tonight. So around two hours ago, I sat down to make a 12 module origami ball (using instructions from A Fine Tangle) that should have taken around 10 minutes…
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Continue reading →: Thirty Days Project: Day 5
Lucky for me that I’m a freelancer, as otherwise I would have just spent an important hour of work hiding away at my desk, making a 16-pointed star. Only one more piece to make before I’m officially caught up and my life can resume its normal (ridiculous) pace… If you’re…
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Continue reading →: Thirty Days Project: Days 3 & 4
I spent my entire evening making two origami models and watching Battlestar Galactica. Wish that I didn’t have “real” work to do – it was pretty much the perfect night, other than stressing about being behind on so many things as a result of my vacation over the weekend. Speaking…
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Continue reading →: Thirty Days Project: Days 1 & 2
I’m running behind on my daily creations for the Thirty Days Project, but vow to catch up tonight! This time around, I’m only making modular origami (I’m hooked on the stuff – just can’t get enough pretty modular stars, boxes and ornaments). Here are my first creations of the month,…
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Continue reading →: The Things We Just Don’t Say
The following is a response to today’s Daily Post writing prompt, “Never.” Today’s post presents a bit of a predicament for me, in that in the process of talking about the subjects I consider verboten, I will actually be talking about those subjects, anyway. It’s like saying, “This sentence is…
Hello,
I’m Nova
I have no “personal brand.” I’m not a girl boss, I’m not an influencer, and I don’t aspire to be powerful, inspiring, or rich. I probably can’t teach you anything, and there’s a good chance that there’s nothing at all of interest or use to you here. This is just where I come to talk about the random bits and pieces that make up my quiet life as a sober woman in her 40s. I’m engaged to the love of my life, have six (yes, SIX) indoor pets, and spend a lot of time gardening and hunting for thrift treasures. I also study classical voice (I’m a lyric coloratura soprano) and am deeply interested in all things spiritual and paranormal. Right now I’m trying to recover from career burnout and even out my personal energy, but my eventual goal is to become a medium and shamanic healer, using music to remind humans of the things that actually matter: connection, community, and loving all living things as though they were our own children. I may or may not talk about all of these things here (and sometimes all at once). Welcome!
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