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TeddyBear & GeekyGirl, is an independent publication launched in April 2023 by Sandy Steen Bartholomew, AKA GeekyGirl. If you subscribe today, you can stay up to date and receive emails when new content is published!

4/14/23 • Wait... did I miss Spring?!

4/14/23 • Wait... did I miss Spring?!

I finished this painting last week. It was very cold. And we still had quite a bit of snow. 3 days ago, it was chilly, but sunny, and there was only snow on the shady North side of the house. Yesterday, the yard cleanup people came and took the big

4/4/23 • Autism Awareness Month

4/4/23 • Autism Awareness Month

I’m seeing a lot of posts about Autism because - #autismawarenessmonth. I’m not quite sure how to interpret that… like “oh yes, I’m aware of the thing called autism!” Or is it more of a way to celebrate your autism? I have a whole lot of feelings

3/30/23 • Mimbres and Soup

3/30/23 • Mimbres and Soup

For a person with a damaged immune system… there was one positive side to everyone wearing masks during Covid… I didn’t get any major colds. But since January I’ve been really sick twice. My kid was home from school for one day last week… and I’ve been

3/27/23 • Good Advice!

3/27/23 • Good Advice!

This was Marek's comment on my last post - about not being able to paint or draw comics lately. That's a good point... I had started painting again last year - just for myself - another self-imposed challenge. It just felt good. But then I started showing the paintings to

3/25/23 • I'm Still Here...

3/25/23 • I'm Still Here...

I've been quiet for a bit... I've been working on a new store on Shopify (harder than I thought it would be!) And I created a new store on Etsy, Clutter Gallery, to clear out stuff from my studio (starting with books, then art supplies, then art...) I still have

3/1/23 • Good Thing That Happened, Part 3

Waaaaaaay back in June 2022, I visited the Western Avenue Studios in Lowell, MA. And then, I applied for one of the live/work spaces called The Lofts. It was quite a process with CVs, artist statement, portfolio, proof that I'm a working artist and showing my work - luckily

3/1/23 • Good Thing That Happened, Part Two

Oops, fell behind again. These Anxiety-Depression Attacks are kind of like a neurotypical person getting the flu. They knock me out and leave me so exhausted and then feeling like I have to run to catch up! So I told you about the puppy I'll be getting in April, the

Good Thing That Happened, Part the Third

Waaaaaaay back in June 2022, I visited the Western Avenue Studios in Lowell, MA. And then, I applied for one of the live/work spaces called The Lofts. It was quite a process with CVs, artist statement, portfolio, proof that I'm a working artist and showing my work - luckily

Good Thing That Happened, Part Two

Oops, fell behind again. These Anxiety-Depression Attacks are kind of like a neurotypical person getting the flu. They knock me out and leave me so exhausted and then feeling like I have to run to catch up! So I told you about the puppy I'll be getting in April, the

2/26/23 • Geeky Girl is Getting a New Teddy Bear!

There has been SO much happening, I admit I have been really overwhelmed! There's been some really bad stuff with medical and mental issues and words like "cancer testing", "inflammation", "... indicators", and "more extensive testing..." And the Depression and Anxiety have gotten so bad... well, there are a whole bunch

Geeky Girl is Getting a New Teddy Bear!

There has been SO much happening, I admit I have been really overwhelmed! There's been some really bad stuff with medical and mental issues and words like "cancer testing", "inflammation", "... indicators", and "more extensive testing..." And the Depression and Anxiety have gotten so bad... well, there are a whole bunch

2/2/23 • Portrait of the Dog

2/2/23 • Portrait of the Dog

I keep giving myself challenges to paint! Mostly, I've been using liquid acrylics on a thick mixed media (watercolor) paper with spiral sketchbook holes along the edge. This is to focus on practice rather than thinking of the painting as something I can sell. The paper gets a little wonky

1/28/23 • It's Been a Minute... or a Few Years...

1/28/23 • It's Been a Minute... or a Few Years...

I'm working on doing a new overhaul - of everything... website, online store, my life - it's all in there.

It's Been a Minute... or a Few Years...

I'm working on doing a new overhaul - of everything... website, online store, my life - it's all in there. I'd put this blog on hold while I was in school, then again a few years ago while trying out Patreon. I'm not sure that's my place, so I'm returning

1/13/23 • Sort-of-Vision Board

1/13/23 • Sort-of-Vision Board

I have lots of great vision boards of things I want to achieve or own or do. This year, I thought I'd make a vision board of what I have, had, or did. Weird, I know, but that is my objective for this year - to stop masking, be myself,

1/13/23 • Last of 2022, First of 2023

1/13/23 • Last of 2022, First of 2023

Yikes - forgot to post this last week! I was having a lot of meltdowns - nope, don't want to talk about them. The Empathy Monster was... a summary... of what I took away from 2022. Learning to be a little nicer to myself and ask "What do you need?

GOrillas! on the Move!

Today I had the perfect kind of social interaction day! Sue Matott, the children's librarian at the Pillsbury Free Library - (our local library here in Warner, NH) - chose my book, Ready, Set, GOrilla! for Storytime! [Book Info: "Ready, Set, GOrilla!" - written by Melissa Stoller, and illustrated by

My Birthday Week

If you haven't read my late-night, pre-Birthday rant, please take a look - it would mean SO much to me! I did have a party and it was a lot of fun. It was interesting to note that none of the people that would consider themselves to be my closest

Happy Birthday! Happy Survivor Day?

"I'm not DEAD YET!" to quote Monty Python... This Sunday is my 50th Birthday and I'm making a really big deal about it. A few people have thought it was weird in general that I even still celebrate birthdays. Or that it's strange to celebrate a birthday since we don't

Gone Solar

One month later... here's a follow up to the last post about Going Solar. My solar panels were installed in time for my Birthday (so I'm counting it as Birthday Present #1)! It took about a day and a half of noise and chaos, but they look fabulous. And they

Going SOLAR!

Bill was up at the Flying Goose Pub in New London, NH and texted me this amazing sight! It's the poster I designed for Granite State Solar!I had gone to a Solarize Kearsarge meeting this spring and decided this was the perfect time for me to solarize my house.

Comics Camp Day Five

The final assignment was to design our cover!?! That does seem weird to do the cover last, but now it makes sense. I thought designing the last page was really hard, but this was worse. It took me two hours to think what it should look like and what to

Comics Camp Day Four

Today's in-class exercise was about Dialog. We were paired up and given two characters and commanded to create a comic that used dialog to show the characters interacting and changing in some way. Part of the challenge was brainstorming and working with another person! This first one is the one

Comics Camp Day Three

As usual - I'm not working on the project I thought I would. I've been working on the Demons, and their new friend(?) and other stuff from inside my head. I am so so so tired! But I don't want to go home and lose this momentum and unlimited possibility.