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They grow up so fast?!

They grow up so fast?!

While every other parent was taking pics of their kids going back to school (my kid is never with me for the first day of school - gotta love a parenting plan written over a decade ago and never updated) - I was teary-eyed over my puppy who is now

First Week - Phew!

My first full week as a SENIOR at CCS! This is a really big deal to me because - I have NEVER been a Senior in College. How is that possible since I have a BFA? Well - every time I left a school (Brown to SVA to RISD) -

Vermont ComicCon - the Weekend

So that last post ended with the purple flowers... like a cliffhanger, right? You're thinking... "WHAT? The Fireman is BACK?! Are you out of your mind?" Well... maybe... we'll see... He did show up at the door with this... (giant meatballs and sauce) ...and this... (super cheesy lasagna) which he

Online Dating - The Adventure Begins?

What was I thinking? I have been looking at houses online for ages. I get lots of messages from Zillow. I've "Favorited" many houses. I've visited tons of them, fallen deeply in love (The Hobbit House in Chester, VT!), and even had my heart broken ($4,000/year Association fees!

MeCAF - Adventures to the Maine Comic Arts Festival

The Maine Comic Arts Festival was AMAZING! This was my first "real" comic show. I've been to "comic book" shows where there are lots of toys, old comics, fan-art, cosplay, etc. - but MeCAF was all about the artists and their work. I almost didn't get up and out of

The Week in Review

Maybe the week went so fast because I had so much work due, or maybe because I got so little sleep... staying up till 4am most nights! But it started pretty well - last Saturday - an evening out with the Fireman at The Local, spent listening to Brad Myrick

Non-Fiction Begins

We started our lesson on Non-Fiction comics with a field trip to Clay Hill Corners Farm in Hartland, VT to talk with Marty Banak and listen in as he was interviewed. He showed us around the amazing farm and his sugar shack (on wheels!). Greenhouses, bees, blueberries, even a little

Field Trip - Upper Valley News

Yesterday, in Comics History, we learned all about the Comics Code and how "Freedom of Speech" is not as free as we believe. Even in America. It seems that, throughout America's history, having an opinion - and having a printing press - were two of the most dangerous weapons a

Comics Smackdown!

In Cartooning Studio, on Wed., we had the most funnest day yet! In the morning, after a lecture, we were given a slip of paper with a description of a character... ... mine said "A bearded man wearing the hide of a bull, riding a great bear and carrying a club.

A Whole Lot of Culture

I have definitely packed in a lot of culture in the past few days. Friday I got a peek at the new apartments that are being built in the old American Legion building directly across from the school. They are beautiful, streamlined with the perfect location. But small, and very

Dam It

I forgot to show this sketch on Sunday's post. My iPhone had died, so I drew my daughter playing in the water park at Montshire Science Museum. There were rubber blocks and Lilah was building a dam in the middle of a waterfall. She was moving a lot so her

Last Day of Summer Vacation

The King Arthur Flour Bakery (Shop and Classrooms too) is just a few minutes north of me now and we felt particularly adventurous (and hungry) this morning. My mom was on a quest for coffee, Lilah for something with sugar icing (cinnamon bun!), and me... I was just hungry! Don't

Orientation!

In the past two weeks so many amazing things have happened it's like "If it's Monday, I must have taken my kid to college," "if it's Tuesday, I think I bought a car..." In case you didn't hear, my Kickstarter Project was funded (wink wink) - thanks to YOU! And

Tip Top 2 - Review

Last weekend I got a chance to try out the restaurant across the street - the Tip Top Cafe. My friend Debbee, who has been away having her own adventures all summer, came to visit and help clean my grungy mini-blinds (which we did at one in the morning!) We

Tip Top!

Lilah and I went on a big adventure... across the street! There's an old warehouse that has been converted into very colorful shops and art studios. The gift shop - that term doesn't do it justice - called "Oodles", is run by this huge poodle. I think his name is