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- Creativity in the kitchen February 18, 2021My husband calls me fearless when I am in the kitchen. A few days ago we were talking about a recipe I made over the summer. Despite not having a good half the ingredients, I decided to make the recipe anyhow. I swapped out a lot of the ingredients. And it turned out good…whatever it […]
- This week in The Oodlearium February 15, 2021What a week this has been! We are deeply entrenched in the coldest and snowiest winter we have had in quite some time. I won’t lie- it has been hard to stay focussed on the good. That means that The Oodlearium has been even more of a sanctuary than in a normal week. A dear […]
- This week in The Oodlearium February 7, 2021We are smack dab in the middle of winter in the Midwest and I am overwhelmed with gratitude…for our warm house…our food security…and for the job that makes those two things possible. There was a 76 degree difference in temperature between our house and outside this morning and I was shaken to my core thinking […]
- Behind the Scenes with Sampson February 4, 2021There were so many inspirations for this story. It started with the title of one of the Daily Spark journal entries, which was Cop. Dr. Dancer. In addition to being the German teacher at my high school, I am also part of an eclectic group of educators who puts together a yearly event called Career-Con. […]
- Behind the Scenes with Rosie February 1, 2021Many of my Oodle Doodle stories are based on journal prompts from a book I bought for school when I started teaching called The Daily Spark. I loved the idea of turning the stories on their heads and telling them from the characters point of view. I went through the book and jotted down a […]
- This week in the Oodlearium January 31, 202152 Frames 2020 In December I became a 3X Warrior with 52 Frames, which means I had submitted a photo every week for 156 straight weeks. Each year at the end of the year, I print a book with all my images and captions. I have been using Blurb with the In-Design plugin for longer […]
- This week in The Oodlearium January 24, 2021Only a three-day work week…no complaining here! I had lots of time in The Oodlearium this week for sure. I was off on Monday for the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. I spent most of the day working on the Oodle Doodles section of my website. It was quite a feat getting the artwork on […]
- This week in The Oodlearium January 17, 2021Creativity Hour.When I embarked on my creative journey with The Oodlearium, one of the pillars of creativity I wrote about was meeting regularly with other creatives. That was my primary reason for wanting to start a podcast. I have put that idea on the back burner for right now. I have too much going on […]
- 13.1 mile creative challenge January 16, 2021Last summer in a moment of weakness I agreed to sign up for my first-ever half-marathon with my sole sista Jen. At the time I was recovering from vein surgery that had gone much less than well. I wasn’t even able to run and I was sure that I had gone insane. The night before […]
- This week in The Oodlearium January 9, 2021This past Monday I returned to my classroom for the first time since early November. I won’t lie and say that I was filled with anxiety and depression. A friend is doing her PhD research on the effects of COVID19 on teachers and students. I could go on and on about how challenging it has […]
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