widowhood

  • Just a quick check-in

    Just a quick check-in

    I have so much to say that it’s like a logjam – too many thoughts in my head all trying to get out at once. *** Usually I do all of my social media for HaldeCraft on Sundays, for the next week (taken from pictures that I took last week, so that I don’t have

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  • Can you separate the art from the artist? Should you? How? When? To what level?

    Can you separate the art from the artist? Should you? How? When? To what level?

    Content warning for mentioning names of famous people who’s works I have enjoyed up until finding out that artist/creator is/was a Garbage Human. I will not be discussing the things they did to get on this list; this post is only about separating (if you should) the art from the artist. Sigh. The list of

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  • All of my tattoos are my favorites, but…

    All of my tattoos are my favorites, but…

    … every new tattoo I just get is my FAVORITE favorite! Let me just tell you before we get to the pictures… as usual, I went to Sleepy Dave (Anthem Tattoo, Gainesville Florida) with an idea, and he doubled my creativity and made it exactly what I wanted. There was even a blank space at

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  • It’s time for Church

    It’s time for Church

    And  by that, I mean, it’s TATTOO FRIDAY, YO! I’ve been trying to get this tattoo since… January of last year? February? And it’s one I’ve been thinking about for even longer. My regular tattoo artist books out months in advance. I had a consult in … I think it was early March….? His kid

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  • Playing a poor hand, well

    Playing a poor hand, well

    “Life is not always a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.” – Jack London I have thought long and hard since, what, just yesterday (?) when the news rolled out about Facebook no longer fact checking. I mean, you could argue they were doing a shitty job of it,

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  • Victory garden? More like resistance garden.

    Victory garden? More like resistance garden.

    Tim had a plan for a garden even before we moved out here. He had grandiose plans, he wanted to start large and get even bigger. Side note: I read somewhere when doing research on starting the yarn store I used to own with two friends, that more businesses started by women do better in

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