by Uncustomary | Aug 2, 2014 | Music
The lovely Carly and Silkworm of Zauberbear wrote me the most beautiful song of all time. I honestly can’t handle the love I feel when I listen to it, or the gratitude I have to her for writing it for me. “M is for making, and making a lot, Making batches...
by Uncustomary | Dec 22, 2013 | Celebration
It’s National Haiku Poetry Day! Not to be confused with Haiku Day. But really, there’s no reason we can’t write haikus every day. I hope you’re having a great Sunday. It’s longer days ahead from here on out, my loves. Celebrate by writing...
by Uncustomary | Oct 17, 2013 | How To
I didn’t discover limericks till rather late in life. I imagine that if I had figured out how to write them before I was 22, my childhood journals would be full of more rhymes, but I didn’t. It wasn’t until a work happy hour to celebrate St....
by Uncustomary | Apr 17, 2013 | Celebration
Happy Haiku Day! Bug ate a poptart. And nothing I ever did Stopped him from living. Did you write a haiku today?
by Uncustomary | Sep 24, 2012 | Creativity
A while back I discovered the challenge of writing down your life story in six words. Last month I put up a mailbox in the staff lunch room and asked for my coworkers to tell me what their’s would be. I had a good time reading their submissions, typing them up,...