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A graphic essay for my friends who are wondering what the f*&^ I mean by Free Range Brain.

You know how it is when you want to do something but you just keep telling yourself “I don’t have time for this now?” That was me and leaning to create animation. Well I finally made time and you know what? It was much easier than I thought. At least to do simple stuff like…

Naming my Substack newsletter was a painful process. I considered dozens of options and then had to overthink each and every one before moving on. The following chart doesn’t have every single option I considered by it will give you an idea of my process.

In real life, I’m overwhelmed and anxious a fair amount of time. On vacation, I have no worries. There’s no cooking, no cleaning, no errands… I wish life were like that all the time. I also wish I could bottle that life up and bring it home. Since that’s impossible, I make due with the…

Paintings from our trip to Ireland this spring. I challenged myself to paint what I felt, rather than what I saw.       . .      

You would think drinking Matcha lattes to combat my vitamin D deficiency and osteopenia would be a great idea, but nothing is EVER as simple as it seems. I know Matcha good for me, but I can’t get past the fact that it tastes like ground up leaves mixed into skim milk. To be fair,…

I thought you might like to see how various experiences and photos get translated into art. We visited Ireland in 201l The paintings and sketches were completed between then and 2024.   The cow we caught pressed up against the barbed wire — making eyes through the fence at a cow in the next pasture.…

Hello friend, My 59th birthday is coming up fast. Which, of course, has me thinking about my 60th birthday.  What do I want to achieve between now and then?  How can I, by the time I turn 60, become a better version of myself? Being The Queen of the Chronic Overthinkers as I am, I…