Mon chat, splatch, gît sur mon lit
A bouffé sa langue en bouvant dans mon whisky
Dearest readers,
Pardon the weeklong hiatus, my house has been invaded by the cutest agents of chaos. Also, everyone needs to help me to practice saying “no.” Seriously, they are so adorable, but paralyzing.
I marked another square off my bingo card this week and went to vote early. I frequently allow myself to believe that I can wait until voting day and that everything will go according to plan and I will make it to the polls. My brain is a liar, that almost never works out. When my neighbors texted and asked me to meet them at the polling place, I peeled the puppies off of my lap and ran to join.
What am I reading you ask? I usually try to sneak a book from my TBR list in between my book club books. So I am reading The Correspondent, by Virginia Evans. Some people I have talked to have struggled with the format (the entire book is a series of letters to and from the protagonist), but I really like it. Disclaimer though, I have always been obsessed with letter, the post office, etc. I need to hurry up and get started on our next book club pic, Lawn Boy, by Jonathan Evison. The mom’s at my son’s homeschool coop are starting their own book club, and although I don’t really think I have time to add this to my life, I would like an opportunity to get to know them. I suspect they are my people. They are reading Parable of the Sower, by Octavia E. Butler.
I have been wildly successful (I just wanted an excuse to use this phrase) in getting my illustrated journal going again. I have been drawing almost daily, and resisting getting bogged down in pages that feel unfinished.
On a related note, the 100-day project starts tomorrow!!! I am still wavering. On the one hand I am afraid to lost the momentum I have in my illustrated journal by picking something that moves my attention in another direction. On the other hand ADHD and the desire to learn all the things. Here are the three (maybe four)1 things I am considering today:
Give myself a challenge like “draw 20 minutes in journal daily for 100 days”
Carve 100 pink erasers into stamps
Spend 100 days working on animation on my ipad in flip-a-clip or procreate
Who has already chosen their project? What is it? How can be support/encourage/follow along?? Feel free to link your substack in the comments if you are joining in.
I am running terribly late, but I am thinking of you all and hope to hear from everyone.
Love, Laura
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Every time this rolls around, I am pulled towards doing 100 small abstract watercolor or gouache paintings.
I don't do challenges, because I know myself and will end up feeling bad when I don't complete them (or even do them), and I usually don't. BUT if I were to pick one of the three you named, it would be the first one because it seems less time-consuming and therefore doable. 20 minutes a day isn't bad at all. Good for you on the illustrated journal, Laura (not to mention puppy love)! Your journal is beautiful!
I’m late to comment but the hexie project sound promising. As few or as many as you like in a day. These are wildly successful pages. How about “My Name is” Lima Alpha Uniform Romeo Alpha?