Designs I Like

My Mental Health Designs

August 6, 2026

I’ve been pretty open about my current (and long-term) mental health challenges. Also quite vocal about the struggle of being an independent creative surviving late-stage consumption capitalism with some level of personal integrity. Those are combined with the ‘dark humour’ I learned early on and [read more]

Brushing Fame

Bucket List, The Squeakquel

July 30, 2026

A few years back I posted my newly-created bucket list, after talking about why I had refused to do one before. Now that I’ve celebrated yet another orbit around Sol (which is tied to the ability to work the list in question) a quick review. [read more]

Family, Identity

My Dream Home

July 15, 2026

New for 2026: A Dream As part of my social media efforts to find a sympathetic landlord in S/W Ontario (moving: no Canadian credit history) and perhaps raise funds for the trip I’ve shared pictures of some cozy houses in our target area. Not that [read more]

Family, Identity

An Update

March 18, 2026

The latest information on our efforts to move (back) to Canada. We’ve received an update from the Canadian government indicating (although not promising) my husband’s application to become a legal Permanent Resident of Canada (with my sponsorship) is moving faster than expected. As in, 5 [read more]

Family, Identity

An Update On My Memoir

February 15, 2026

Are you thinking “I didn’t know he’s writing his memoir!“? That’s OK, so was I when a friend asked me for ‘the latest update’. My reply was that there are no immediate plans for one; which is true enough. But the question rattled through my [read more]

Family, Identity

The Price of Freedom

November 27, 2025

Regular readers and visitors to my various social media accounts (these days I’m primarily on Insta) know that my husband and I are working to move to Canada. As I’m a Canadian (actually, dual) citizen I can sponsor his application for Permanent Resident status up [read more]