Scary things – The Bloggess

My real house is a mess but my haunted house is…well, it’s actually a mess too.

If you’ve been around long enough you know that I’ve been building a haunted dollhouse for the last 19 years and it’s still not done because I have ADD and don’t have the ability to finish a project. Today I added a ghost to the house but I can’t tell where I should put herContinue reading “My real house is a mess but my haunted house is…well, it’s actually a mess too.”

Bitch, it’s Halloween Eve. LET US HAVE THIS.

So last week Aedan and I built the Halloween windows for Nowhere Bookshop, and the floating candles made of papertowel rolls looked fantastic but we also tried to make a ghost out of chicken wire and after several hours we had scratches all over us, a new appreciation for why people wear gloves, and aContinue reading “Bitch, it’s Halloween Eve. LET US HAVE THIS.”

Harvey. Such an asshole.

It’s late but I can’t sleep because I’m watching timelines and texts from hundreds of friends affected by Harvey. We lived in Houston through many hurricanes, storms, and floods but I’ve never seen anything like this. I’m watching friends lose their houses and I’m also watching friends out rescuing strangers. It’s breaking my heart andContinue reading “Harvey. Such an asshole.”

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