The Rainbow Fishy

"I'm a charade of a sham of a con of a joke of a travesty of a human being"

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I’ve opened a little online art shop with my talented friends--Paper JAM Studios! Now officially open for business!

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Just a raccoon pouring tea into his boots to start the day

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Happy Indie Bookstore Day!!

Illustrated some tiny totes for Hub City Bookshop, featuring Zora, of course

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Children’s book room mural!

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Unexpectedly went to NY. Brought back 7 books somehow. Went to my friend’s birthday stationery crawl and also MOCCA Fest, which I hadn’t been to in years.

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Doing a daily Richard Scarry-inspired sketch throughout March

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The postcards vs the paintings

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Some movies I watched (and one tv show!) in 2025

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Books read in 2025

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My Edward Gorey House Annual Envelope Contest submission, theme: the Evil Garden

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Slowly, slowly painting again

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Fall 2025

Movement

Low humidity and evening walks

Camping, hiking, enjoying the crunchy fall leaves

Apple picking (+ tasting)

Dance workouts

Art

Christian Robinson’s butterflies + moths

Slowly but steadily sketching and painting SP

Books / Reading

Library trips, as always

Reading books I own

The Witch in the Tower by Júlia Sardà

Lee Lai’s interview in Scout and on Q with Tom Power

Melissa Albert’s upcoming The Children during spooky season

Maddie Ballard’s blog and memoir, Patchwork

Watching

Wooden Overcoats 10th anniversary live show, “Rudyard Ruins Everything!”

Tala Schlossburg’s leaving Brooklyn video

How To with John Wilson on a projector

Planetarium!!

Food/drink

Green tea in big travel mug

Homemade milky lavender coffees

Pumpkin pie almonds

Conveyer belt sushi

Apple cider donuts + apple donut holes from Costco

Costco organic peanut butter being the camping food hero

Monster salads with apples, toasted sourdough, ripped mozzarella, avocado, shredded carrots, roasted chickpeas/acorn squash

@solsnack’s super saturated and creative food videos

Games

Bracket City

A crazy cat lady world domination themed escape room with my whole family

Misc.

Extremely nostalgic sleepovers with early 2000s movies, hanging out in kitchens, sharing clothes, crashing on couches, repeating “we’re almost done” while doing jigsaw puzzles

Goofing off at work (making a scary Halloween reel, drawing a pair of shorts for a logo, scrolling through tumblr for cover art research, hiding out in the back room at a party, eating miniature book cookies, wine + Christmas card writing Friday)

Finishing my journal + starting a new one

Sleeping with the window open

Listening to an album a day

@sophietruax’s puppets

Trying! to! slow! down! and! be! more! mindful!

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👻👻👻👻Happy Halloween 👻👻👻👻