Stories, Starlight & Wild Places

Today I did something very brave. I enlisted for a waiting list for the next Fantasy Fest in 2026. To sell my art, prints and some other stuff that I haven’t figured out yet. I’ve been at Fantasy Fest quite a few times. It’s amazing. Enchanting music, people dressed up in the most cool costumes, art, pirate food, books, stationary and all kinds of magical things. I always come back with new prints, washi tape, mugs and stickers. And now, I plan to go there not as a customer,

November surprises me in many ways. I thought all the leaves on the tree would have been gone by now. I expected that there would be more October storms. I thought there would be more grey days. I prepared for them mentally, braced myself in a way. The other day I really sat with this and looked at why. Did I change? Did life around me change? I guess it’s a bit of both. And is has a lot to do with a teapot. At the beginning of this year, I planned to create more small moment

Yesterday we went to see the vet with our Mackie, our Malamute-Husky. He wasn’t doing well at all. On May 31st we got the news his illness was terminal. There was no treatment, accept for painkillers to stall the inevitable a bit. The message I got was that, worst case scenario, we may have only a week together left. The painkillers brought some relief. And each day we found something fun for both Mackie and Billy to keep the spirits up. Mackie’s usual big appetite faded and

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Hi! And welcome to my first blog and my website. In this first blog I'd like to introduce myself and tell you a bit about what you can...