by caragrandle | Oct 23, 2025 | Art Journal Blog
One of my goals is to cultivate “everyday creativity”. I figured out recently that I’m interested in learning lots of different creative arts, not just being an author. So, one of my new goals is to have a stack as high as my hip of art journals that are...
by caragrandle | Nov 9, 2023 | Uncategorized
Complete. Whole. What is that? My perception of myself is as twisted as a pretzel. The bottom outweighs the top. Never a question of the glass being half-empty or half-full, But Rather what’s in it…what’s in me? But one conversation with You, my...
by caragrandle | Jun 14, 2023 | Uncategorized
Handlebars. Learning to hang on. Bobby was the teenage neighbor boy. Three motorcycle riding experiences with him. The first, watching him learn how to drive. He pulled the throttle wide open and sped across the driveway, feet flying out behind him and hit the side of...
by caragrandle | Aug 3, 2022 | Uncategorized
Original Opening Scene “Rebecca! Get some more mash.” Pa kicked her bedroll under his cot. Seventeen-year-old Rebecca squelched a moan and peeped her head out from her tight quarters. She focused her sleep-puffy eyes on Pa, who moved to sit on his wood stool....