Category: Art + Craft
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Spiced Chocolate Chip Cookies with Cranberries & Pecans
As much as I love chocolate chip cookies, they never feel quite right for this time of year. These are the perfect upgrade: the turbinado sugar adds just a hint of crunch, the winter spices balance out the sweetness, and the cranberries and pecans make everything better.
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How to Make Dalgona Coffee with Instant Espresso
Just like everyone else, I’m stuck at home and missing coffee shops desperately. Sure, I can (and do! Even when things are normal!) make good coffee at home, but sometimes I want a bit of variety. It was only a matter of time before I gave in to temptation and tried to make dalgona-style iced…
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2020 in Preview
The year—the decade—isn’t even two weeks old and it’s already testing my optimism. I keep sitting down to write this post, and I just stare at the blinking cursor, trying to figure out what to say about my goals for the new year, trying to figure out how to say that I’m still hopeful. That…
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Looking back at 2019.
2019 was… well, it was exhausting and awful and the world is on fire—literally and metaphorically—and I’m glad it’s over, even though I’m not wildly optimistic that things are going to get better any time soon. (American voters: prove me wrong! Also, register to vote, and make sure you’re still registered every month or so…
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Sketchbook #46
I ended last month’s creative review by wondering if it might be time for a reset. I knew I had to figure out some stuff with how I manage my time, and I had to figure out what I was going to do about Violet Lane. From a technical standpoint, I was happy with the…
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Sketchbook #42
The end of April kind of snuck up on me, but here it is: time to check in with how I’m doing with my overall creative goals, and figure out what those goals are going forward.
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Sketchbook #41
It’s the end of March! And, since it’s also the end of the first quarter of 2019, this feels like a particularly significant creative check-in. I’m trying to focus on 90-day goals this year, or at least breaking down my bigger goals into smaller milestones, and… well, the end of March is my first big…
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Sketchbook #40
In a lot of ways, February is when my real work starts—even in a good year, it takes me a few weeks to find my routines and start moving forward again with my writing, or photography, or… whatever. This year, February has been a very good month.
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Sketchbook #39
When it comes to creativity, January and December are never great months for me. I spend December—what little isn’t taken up by holiday prep and recovery—in full planning mode, which is good, but it does turn into an excuse not to do the actual work. And January… despite my enthusiasm going in, it always takes…
Reghan Skerry 