Roxanne Baldwin's Artsy Blog

  • December’s Over…so is 2014

    A good way to start the New Year is to finish what you start, and no, I don’t mean the bottle of vodka.  I finished “Making Peace with December”, this morning.   Here ’tis. So, one more month of the dreaded winter, gone.   Happy New Year, everyone.  May your 2015 be awesome, fabulous, fantastic…and…

  • Indecision is my vocation…

    So, the holiday fair is long since over.  Considering the weather, it was okay (in that I didn’t lose too much money).  I did, however, learn a lot from a fellow vendor. Plus a chance to visit with my long time friends…so, it was worth it. But what has that to do with indecision? Absolutely nothing….as…

  • The Time Has Come…..

    Let’s just say, I’m feeling the love.  Have been doing an affirmation every morning, and I just feel as if everything is flowing, and I’m going with the flow.  Even the parts I don’t like, well,I accept it as part of the flow and everything will work out in the end…….. So, back to art….and…

  • A Respite

    Two whole days off from a wild, emotional roller-coaster of a Christmas rush in retail. One of the aspects of the roller-coaster? The managers of the store being threatened by the family of a terminated employee. Did I say I wanted a job without drama? Anyway, the most recreational thing I can do for myself…

  • It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year….

    Unless you work in retail.  So, to all my retail working brothers and sisters in spirit, keep your chin up!  It’ll be over sooner than you know it. So, as promised, it’s after Thanksgiving, and I’ll rolling out the little Christmas cards I have done.  I’ve got to be careful here, I don’t want anyone…

  • Wow, that was fast……..

    Unexpectedly, my Christmas/Yule/Channukah card project got me invigorated again. Instead of the dreary Christmas rush I face in December most years, and the empty holidays, I suddenly found a rush of how, as a child, I used to view Christmas. It was a secular holiday for us, and my mother had a bit of a…