Category Archives: life

Please don’t eat my meat.

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Lisa

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 →

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A thrift store haiku

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Lisa

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

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Lisa

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.

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Please look out for snails.

Posted on April 5, 2012 by Lisa

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 →

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New robot painting: “I’m full of ideas”

Posted on March 25, 2012 by Lisa

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 →

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Work hard. Be nice.

Posted on January 22, 2012 by Lisa

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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I painted my sister’s dog.

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Lisa

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 →

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Robot painting: I am doing better.

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Lisa

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 →

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A hand-painted cardboard sign I’m holding up for you

Posted on January 2, 2012 by Lisa

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.  

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My Stitch-inspired 2011 holiday card

Posted on December 24, 2011 by Lisa

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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