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Merry Mushmas 2025

Doodle of a Christmas tree in the glow of the Christmas tree lights

Ahh, here we are again! At the most mushiest time of year, and yet I have felt the least mushiest yet. It’s been a difficult year. But, one where I look back and think well shit, I’ve become the most honest and truest version of myself thus far. I’ve spent more time with myself without the influence of others, without trying to overthink how people perceive me. Whether that really matters. Because it doesn’t. I spent time with the people who matter most to me and stopped chasing those who aren’t or even will be in my life. I stopped forcing things and questioned my motives with questions like, am I just saying and doing this to make this person like/and/or see me? Validate me! Attention seeking what? Uhhhhh, let me just be a blob and become a form of mush that isn’t seeking anything but life and love within and without! 

And that meant less writing, less doodles, more thoughts, more observations. Lots of anger, grief, sadness. I’m still in this formless shaping into what? Well, I’ll always be a little mushy, a little blobby but that means I’m always growing! Changing! and allowing myself to make mistakes. And hopefully I’ll eventually forgive myself for said mistakes… eventually…

Bird in my Coffee (Lino Cut)

Bird in my coffee

I’m getting back into printmaking! And I think I had mentioned I should. And well it’s December and I followed through on something for once.

I used some simple linoleum blocks and chiseled away rather hastily as that’s my method for doing everything, I’m afraid. Unfortunately I don’t have a press so I just pressed it gently with my hand. It came out with some spots but I am having fun experimenting.

I’ll get my brain woodcut out and see if I can’t show y’all the original brain from 20 years ago! Boy

Severed Hand of Christmas Joy

Severed Hand of Christmas Joy

Oh, well, it’s that time of year again where I make scribbles and dribbles or Christmasy Mush to delight you all and to spread the Christmas cheer! What cheer…oh what cheer ….

The world needs A LOT of Christmas Cheer.

It also needs to collect the severed hands of all the cruel people in this world too. Oh what a day that would be …but let’s not be heartless during the holidays, is that being heartless? I can imagine that would be a lot of severed hands though. We’ll call it Mount Severed Hands.

But instead we’ll just imagine a happy little severed hand decked out in Christmas lights.

Well, that’s as far as my Christmas spirit is going to take me this year. I have no Mushmas cards to give out, paper crafts, or sweet baked offerings.  This is the first doodle I’ve drawn this month unfortunately. But I shan’t let the cruelness of this world destroy the whimsical mush! No I shall not!

Mush Muffins

You know you can’t resist a scrumptious mushy muffin with your mug o’ mush

I know I can’t, because I’ve been eating at least 3 a day since I made a batch of banana pumpkin bread and muffins.

It’s still pumpkin season. I want to linger in November but it’s going by just too freaking fast!! Next week is definitely not thanksgiving. But if I could get a break from the bad news and sit around eating scrumptious mushy foods with family then I really can’t wait then.

Mush Mornin’

Checking in with that morning mug o’ mush…

And November’s playlist, since I’ve opted out of sending September and October’s which were just extensions of the same music, over and over until you’re done. This one is probably too.

November

I was going with thankful songs, appreciation songs, you know for November. But what the heck it’s okay. Thanks for reading! And not laughing at my deranged doodles. But if you are laughing I hope it’s laughing for joy and not at how sloppy they look. Thanks!

Tea Instead

As my tea was cooling down I decided to doodle my mug.

Doesn’t necessarily look like the original. Oh, I suppose here is the original.

Yes the crappiness and the swiftness that I drew it. The artistic license. The mush way to turn it into the crudest drawing, you get it, you see it. Lately I’ve felt like why bother? I chuck out crap lately because I’m not sure I have the creative stuff happening in the brain …And brains again… I’ll go back to brains. I’ll go on my rotation for blobby faces, coffee mugs, brains and birds. Blobby faces, coffee mugs, brains and birds…blobby faces, coffee mugs, brains and birds…over and over until you’re pretty sure the woman is mad!

Because I am mad I tells ya!

I will say this I did have some talent many years ago, but turns out prolonged stress and anxiety really does wobble the brain a bit. Not to mention kill the soul.

And you wonder why I like drawing brains … UGH.

Mash up Doodles of Halloween

Now late than ever the only Halloween doodles I managed to facilitate this year, but didn’t think they were blog worthy. I felt a bit sad for not creating anything like I usually do. But its how it goes. I was busy decorating the outside and also making sure my kid’s costumes were put together well.

The creepiest eyeball you ever did doodled
Mushed Pumpkin
Mush Brain dressed as a hippy.
There’s a giant spider in there
My son’s jack-o’-lantern
Happy Halloween from the dark side

Cat in the Pumpkins

Cat in the Pumpkins

I realized I haven’t done any Halloween doodles at all this season. It’s rather unusual for me, since last year I made bat origamis, and the costumes for the days of the week for the days of the week guys. You know Monday the Brain, Tuesday the cat, Wednesday the dog, Thursday and Friday I don’t even remember who they were because I kept changing it. Friday was Frankenstein for a while …but even if you’re unfamiliar with these doodles, have no fear, I start something and I get sidetracked and think it’s dumb and stop drawing them. But if you’ve come here for coffee cups, we’ll you’ve come to the right place.

I still have time to make some Halloweenie thingies.

But for now it’s just a cat in the pumpkins. He’s waiting for the Great Pumpkin!