The Blend Coffee and Wine, 9510 Buffalo Rd, Palmetto, FL 34221 I’m sitting in one of my favorite chain coffee shops, The Blend. This location is new to me but I’ve visited several in Pinellas County, although always through their drive-through. Today I have time to stop and go inside so I’m enjoying their Coffee Keep Reading
Big Move and Bigger Hurricanes The biggest event of 2024 was my husband and I selling our home on a barrier island on the Gulf of Mexico and moving about an hour to the other side of Tampa Bay. The driver for the move was evacuation fatigue and, wow, was it the right decision. We Keep Reading
I’m Glad I Did It But I’m Glad It’s Over Today I’ve lived half a century on this Earth. After a terrible night’s sleep (thank you, Tropical Storm Nicole) I got up and fixed some coffee and started reflecting on these goals and my life thus far. This challenge of mine has also been a Keep Reading
Whose Story is it Anyway? Of the five goals I created for myself, this one is the complete and total bust. I put it on the list to push me to prioritize working on my scrapbooks. It partially worked but then I hit a brick wall…hard! The History I’ve been a scrapbooker since the early Keep Reading
Obsessions, Knees and Spinning – Why I Probably Won’t Hit 500 Miles Of the 5 goals I truly thought this was the one I would achieve. It’s the only one that kept pace with the time as I tracked my progress. I did make a big alteration how I counted miles. That’s where the obsession Keep Reading
I have just over a month left on my 5 Before 50 Challenge and the most surprising challenge has been the books. I set a goal to read 5 significant books before my birthday. One of those I quickly decided was going to be the Bible. I’ve read many portions of the Old and New Keep Reading
Belleair Coffee Company & Roastery, Belleair Bluffs I had an early appointment for a lab draw this cold Valentine morning. On the way there I was listening to a podcast, Live Free Creative by Miranda Anderson. She just turned 39 and was talking about making a 4 before 40 list. She went over ideas from Keep Reading
The Coffee Mill, Largo, FL This little gem is tucked away off the main roads at the edge of Largo. Looks like they are opening tours of a roasting room fairly soon. That seems like a neat feature to have a coffee house roast their own beans. I’ve spent this past weekend and the early Keep Reading
This was part of my overall goals and priorities for 2018 (read the whole list here). I usually have some business goals and occasionally creative goals. Creating Continue to explore Art Resin Watercolor portraiture I don’t like setting hard numbers on creativity (ie. make 24 paintings this year) because, well, it stifles my creativity! Also Keep Reading
It’s that time of year to look over my business goals and accomplishment for the past year. I started off the year strong but adding a part-time job into my schedule in May slowed me down a bit. By fall I was back into full swing though! 2017 Charlotte B. DeMolay Artist Annual Report Creating Keep Reading
