latest posts
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My Sister
Both of my daughters are every parents hopes: smart, good kids, with good friends and good values, talented, beautiful….one should only be so blessed once, but twice? How lucky I am! It’s such an honor. Imagine hating someone who did nothing wrong except be born, someone you don’t even know.
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Here I Go Again
No, not Whitesnake. Well… maybe a little. If you got my email today, you already know something is changing around here. If you didn’t get it, welcome to the website, grab a coffee, and let me catch you up. My old website, Cosmic Cat Creates is getting a redo. Going
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Where Is My Mind?
There’s a particular kind of quiet that settles in when a connection you thought was unbreakable… breaks. No dramatic soundtrack. No slow-motion movie moment. Just you, your thoughts, and deafening silence of a phone that doesn’t ring, or a notification that doesn’t ping, and absolutely no idea what you’re doing.
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Recent works
Well the boat painting isn’t recent, but I did recently stumble across it and I scanned it in with the rest of these.
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February art challenge?
Probably not happening. January? I painted a LOT but I definitely did NOT follow my prompts. The end of January SPANKED us though with a big snow storm and sub zero temperatures. School was closed for three days, with the remaining two on two-hour delay. I missed meetings, canceled appointments,
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Monoprinting Class
Monoprinting lessons start March 4th Starting March 4th, I will be teaching hands-on gel plate printing classes and I’d love to have you join me. Lessons will be held thru SAGA at the Gallery in downtown Shelbyville. Whether you’ve never touched a gel plate or you’re ready to dive into
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Testing my new plugin!
WordPress recently announced integration with Claude.ai, my FAVORITE ai platform, and no I’m not getting paid to promote them. Anyway, the connector does not work with self-hosted WordPress sites, which all of mine are. So I had to do it. I had to be the one to create a plugin
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2026
Hello. Nice to see you. We’re going to be friends.
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January Watercolor Challenge
Here’s my 31-word list for January’s watercolor challenge, theme “New Beginnings”. Realistically though, I’m not sure I can commit to 31 paintings, even though I should. Day 1 and 2 are already painted. Come back at the end of the month to see the complete collage.
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One with the Universe
On my dad’s side of the family, I have 6 cousins. Two of them are brothers whom I spent a LOT of time with, as their parents are my quasi aunt and uncle, plus godparents. I say quasi because technically my dad and uncle are actual first cousins but they























