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Tiny Tuesday!

When Tom and I first married and moved to Houston, not making much money and buried in student loan debt, I was walking through the/a mall one day and spied this brass necklace–a different kind of charm necklace, I guess–and I wanted it. I was deeply into writing a novel about a musician and constantly surrounded myself with totems to create a writing mood.

The necklace didn’t even cost very much–maybe forty dollars?–but I put it on layaway to be able to buy it. That’s how little disposable income we had. I threw a few dollars at it when I could until it was mine.

Later, different times and places, I found the grand piano brass pin that was a good match for the necklace. And on a different occasion, a pair of grand piano earrings.

We met Tom’s family in Destin, I think, for vacation sometime during that era, and my friend Riley happened to be living in Florida then, so I got to spend some time with him. He loved this whole little jewelry ensemble–of course! he was a musician and songwriter who payed piano, guitar, drums–and when we said goodbye, he asked if he could have one of the earrings. I gave it to him immediately, maybe our own version of the best friend charm, split into two, which each friend wears on a bracelet until they are reunited.

Who knows whatever happened to his earring. I’d give damn near everything I own to bring him back.

I believe that one day, I’ll be able to write the novel in my head that’s meant to honor the profound friendship we had. Last month marked eleven years since he slipped from my life and out of this world, and I miss him every single day.

Tiny Tuesday!


Last year after my birthday, I posted about this small pencil and pen organizer Lindsey gave me for the adult colorer on the go.

I’ve recently reorganized it, maximizing the options with two-ended colored pencils.

And in the very back, in case there’s ever a time when Tom wants to go hang out somewhere (Starbucks? a park?) with me and sketch, the last section has a few goodies for him, too.

Tiny Tuesday!

I feel like I begin a lot of stories/posts with the phrase “in another lifetime.” But once you’ve logged a few decades on this planet and pursued many of your dreams and interests, you do feel that you’ve lived a lot of lifetimes.

When we flooded, I lost a great little black case I used for transporting items helpful to me when I used to do energy work–whether that was space clearing or using a system I developed called GRACE Balance for helping clients breathe and de-stress.

Some of the contents of the black case survived that bayou water, and I wanted something that looked a little like a doctor’s bag to house them because they are medicine for the spirit.

I didn’t find black, but I think this one will do just fine.


The little things that express and accompany parts of who we are can come back into our lives when we least expect them. I know these tiny helpers are needed now, and I’m drawn to them again.

Tiny Tuesday!

I found a little bag of stones in my jewelry crafting supplies. Not an expected location. Where did they come from? When did I get them? Who were they for? Me? Someone else?

Clueless.

But I believe they are a smokey clear quartz (grounding, cleansing), a couple of polished garnets (higher thinking, strength, safety), and a pink rhodonite (healing, forgiveness). Sounds like a combination we can all use.

Tiny Tuesday!

I am having an absolute shit storm of a week, and it promises to get worse before it gets better.

So while the clips that hang the new valances in my office are tiny, the effort Tom made–after a day of work and before eating dinner–to search for them in two places so that he could hang these for me was huge. I was exhausted and I could barely focus because my eyes were so tired, but watching him get these on the windows, and seeing them this morning in the sunlight, meant everything.