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Please don’t eat my meat.
My friend Emily Richmond buys fancy meat at the farmers’ market, because she needs more iron in her blood. She looooves donating blood, but the blood donation people sometimes turn her away for having low iron levels. A while back, … Continue reading
A thrift store haiku
I went to a thrift store today to donate a few bags of clothing and random household junk, and then thought “Maybe I’ll peek inside and see if they have anything good.” Here’s what I found: It was $7, and … Continue reading
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Cooperation, defined by an 8-year-old girl
The other day, I heard a girl explain what the word “cooperation” means, and I liked her definition so I made a little painting of it.
Please look out for snails.
Monday morning, I opened the gate of my apartment building, and looked up at the blue sky. As I stepped outside, the only thought in my head was “It’s so nice out!” A split second later, I felt a horrible … Continue reading
New robot painting: “I’m full of ideas”
I spent yesterday volunteering at a WriteGirl songwriting workshop, so my day was full of creative ideas and inspiring song lyrics. Then I came home, took a nap, and made this painting while listening to the end of an audiobook … Continue reading
Work hard. Be nice.
A few years ago, I read this book — The Talent Code — about how our brains work and what it takes for us to get really-eally good at certain things. One of the chapters talked about a charter school … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, cardboard, sign, work hard be nice
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I painted my sister’s dog.
I made my sister a painting of her dog for her birthday. This isn’t a great picture of the painting (I know it’s kind of blurry), because I forgot to take a good photo or scan it before I mailed … Continue reading
Robot painting: I am doing better.
A few years ago, I was going through a pretty big depression. Sometimes when there’s too much going on in my head, I paint, and it helps. Robots are sort of my default subject when I’m not sure what to … Continue reading
A hand-painted cardboard sign I’m holding up for you
Sometimes things (paperback books, mostly) come in the mail with extra pieces of cardboard, and sometimes that cardboard looks up and me and says “Paint something on me, Lisa,” and sometimes I do.
My Stitch-inspired 2011 holiday card
I didn’t make any holiday cards last year (I bought supplies and then got too busy), but I did make a little drawing of my dog in a Santa hat. I picked up that same notebook this year to sketch … Continue reading
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Tagged block printing, christmas card, dog, holiday card, Stitch
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