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Lorena Haldeman

Crafting since birth; drinking since noon.

Lorena Haldeman

Crafting since birth; drinking since noon.

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Put that where, now?

Lorena August 15, 2026

Sometimes I think about a third of running a business that you run out of your home is thinking “is there a better/more functional place I could put/store/work on this.”…

My Random Life

Age and weight are just numbers

Lorena August 13, 2026

I don’t know what got me on this thought train the other day but I was wondering how old my grandmother (G-ma) was when I was born. She was born…

How I work

Options other than Shopify

Lorena July 27, 2026

For anyone coming to this months or years after I write it, please know that this is not an article comparing and contrasting every single ecommerce platform to help you…

How I work

Stay with Shopify, or….?

Lorena July 25, 2026

Pardon me while I think out loud for a thousand words or so. The ecommerce platform I use for HaldeCraft is Shopify. I started with Etsy in 2010 and quickly…

How I work Navel Gazing

Do you ever just want to start over?

Lorena July 21, 2026

I’ve had to start over, start fresh, so many times. In … sixteen (?) years of school, I went to three different grade schools, three different middle schools (technically I…

How I work

Put that where, now?

My Random Life

Age and weight are just numbers

How I work

Put that where, now?

My Random Life

Age and weight are just numbers

How I work

Options other than Shopify

How I work

Stay with Shopify, or….?

How I work Navel Gazing

Do you ever just want to start over?

Rants

I’m sorry, Citibank, you want me to what?

Lorena October 3, 2024

Scene One: me, on the Citibank website, September 20th, going to pay my credit card. *sees five transactions that posted on the 18th that I didn’t make* *sees that two…

HaldeCraft

Back to life, back to reality

Lorena September 29, 2024

I just looked up the lyrics of that song, to see if there was a good stanza or something I could use in this post, something to tie my topic…

UK Summer 2024

Does anyone even read travel blogs?

Lorena September 26, 2024

I was looking at my unpublished drafts, and I have five or six started-but-never-finished unpublished blog posts about my trip to Ireland in April. And I only barely blogged about…

Monday Musings

I’m so tired

Lorena September 16, 2024

I’m not sure if this will be a “Monday Musings” post or a “Rants” post but here we go… I’m not tired as in “I need a nap” (although….). I’m…

Rants

Dear anyone who is grieving

Lorena September 10, 2024

Back when I was in the hospital in May, the doctor there didn’t like that I was having trouble breathing and that my oxygen was so low. Well, one of…

UK Summer 2024

Plans are overrated

Lorena September 8, 2024

For as much as I tried to plan out an amazing, magical, once-in-a-lifetime trip to Scotland…. man. Life be lifin’, y’all. I was not expecting to be felled by Covid…

Letters to Tim

Revisiting LOST

Lorena September 5, 2024

Dear Timmy Sean; Remember that show we really loved (until we didn’t, but then we hate-watched it until the end), LOST? On, I think it’s the Mary Sue website, someone…

UK Summer 2024

Definitely the strangest WorldCon I’ve ever been to

Lorena August 11, 2024

Writing that title got me thinking… how many WorldCons *have* I been to? Mom, did you go to St. LouisCon in 1969? That would mean I was at that one,…

UK Summer 2024

I finally caught The Co-co! The ‘Rona! The Sars and Stars! Whatever the kids are calling it these days.

Lorena August 8, 2024

Honestly I’m a little surprised it took me four years. I guess there’s something to be said for being a feral, stay-at-home artist who never goes anywhere or sees anyone.…

UK Summer 2024

People-watching on the ship

Lorena August 1, 2024

People-watching on this cruise is wild. There are the people who clearly cruise a lot. There are the people who look out of place. There are the people who never…

UK Summer 2024

Ten Days from Scotland

Lorena July 14, 2024

How am I ten days away from another international adventure???? I feel like I’ve barely unpacked (metaphorically) from Ireland! I know I haven’t talked a lot about the Scotland leg…

Letters to Tim

I never write, I never call

Lorena July 13, 2024

Dear Tim; It’s been a while since I wrote, I know, I know. But I had a weird dream about you the night before last. Like, a really weird dream.…

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  1. Anne B on The one about a picky eater with food allergies on weight loss medication who lives in a food desertAugust 3, 2026

    I’m just now starting on the Zepbound journey after losing 25 pounds in the first year-ish of diet, exercise, and…

  2. Alice on Options other than ShopifyJuly 28, 2026

    Aren't some of these costs considered expenses and get deducted from any income you make? Well, I'm a librarian, not…

  3. Alice on Stay with Shopify, or….?July 25, 2026

    Too many choices, too complicated, too hard but I'm sure you'll narrow it down to best choice.

  4. Trista on Do you ever just want to start over?July 22, 2026

    The last 7 years have been filled with do-overs. I feel you x

  5. Quinn on My Memory Table is too clutteredJune 22, 2026

    This sounds like an excellent plan. Congrats on closing and minimizing!

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How I work

Put that where, now?

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Age and weight are just numbers

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Options other than Shopify

How I work

Stay with Shopify, or….?

Lorena Haldeman

Crafting since birth; drinking since noon.

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