Well, I guess my yearly tradition to go over the top on Valentine’s Day must commence as usual. Otherwise what else would I do?
Okay, I’ll post another mushy song in my playlist of delicious love songs. This being my all time favorite song just in general.
Stevie Wonder I Believe (When I Fall in Love with you it will be forever)
This is all I could muster right now. I know it’s close to Valentine’s and that’s the mushiest time of the year but I’ve just been hiding mostly. Nothing new! But my kids have been sick for the past couple of weeks and just much is going on, it’s hard to be creative and think and take some time to make hearts and farts and blobs and blurbs…birds and words… Ugh..
But I’ll leave you with a Peter Gabriel’s remake of the Magnetic Fields the Book of Love. That’s all I may have time to do for Valentine’s. Maybe get the origami paper out and fold some hearts! I don’t know maybe! It’s still early in the week!
I’m looking at them, I will eventually read them! What a good find of books though. I always go blindly or stick to an author I’ve found really interesting (Bowen books, so far have read about 4, my favorite being the Venice Sketchbook). Well, these books aren’t going to read themselves!
An appreciation doodle for spaghetti and meatballs!
When the spicy meatball flies on a noodle!
Flying meatballs!
Just some recent photos I’ve taken at the end of December. I didn’t have a whole lot of time, and I usually end up with loads of redundancy!
Here’s to 2026, please let this be a better year for everyone.
Please dance, dance to the new mush year!
Nothing like the phrase Hug in a mug, it’s hug a mug, a mush mug that is..hug something warm and delightful.
Because it wouldn’t be jolly without a mush mug!
Here is the final end of year December playlist.
Now, what will I do all next year? Listen to my playlists that I’ve made? Or make new ones? I’ve enjoyed them, but I think I’m going to move on and not try and restraint myself with certain songs all month on repeat. I’ll make something else. Maybe save up and get a little stereo setup for my vinyl. Cancel Spotify, cancel all social media and these billionaire ass bags and go old school! And support musicians by going to concerts which is more memorable anyway.
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…
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