The Manic Scribe
Philomath and Artist
The act of creation itself is my joy. I’m a lifelong student, endlessly curious about the world around me. I’m also a mother and grandmother, an older woman navigating the delicate balance of feeling unseen and wonderfully bold.
I’m a bit of a mix, really – a blend of old and new. Some months, I’m exploring the world as a digital nomad, and others, I’m happily tucked away at home, a technophile in my own little world. By trade, I’m a web specialist with a degree built from a foundation of art history and computer science.
I’ve come to realize I’ve been everything I ever wanted and never wanted to be. For many years, I journeyed through the complexities of the mental health system, often feeling adrift. It’s been a long and challenging path to find solid ground.
I’m learning to embrace each day as a fresh beginning. Through journaling, I’m gently releasing the things that no longer serve me, the things I cannot change. I’m on a journey of becoming a kinder version of myself. I’m discovering the preciousness of life and trying my best to stay awake, even when it feels difficult.
I am, in short, a crazy cat lady.
Current Foci
- Keeping calm while waiting to live near family
- Conscious finance management
- Baking bread and cooking fundamentals
- Philosophy and Therapy
- Digital drawing and textiles
- Web Accessibility Fixation
- Getting through the shutdown
- Eat Right Now program and PT
- Audiobooks
- Fallout 76
- Husband’s health issues
- Walking and fitness
- Creating AI recipe archive
Odd Facts
- Age: 54
- Pronouns: She/They
- Orientation: Ace
- Job Title: Web Specialist
- Hidden Talents: Can devein shrimp on both sides, good at eyeballing sizes of rectangular objects, ALL my socks are rolled and have mates, can cut a pineapple.
- Unusual Experiences: I have lived homeless and gained skills from it that come up again and again.
- Music and Media: I have over 6000 songs on my personal playlist and read over 120 books a year.
- Weird Achievement: I once won 2nd place in an international Sim City contest. I got their whole game collection. So much Maxis!
Media Consumption
Opinions
How do I feel about cancel culture?
I reserve the right to think for myself and primarily mind my own damn business. Unless it’s something truly horrifying, I’m not going to follow the trend of public shaming. It is very easy to allow the internet to tell us what to think these days. I don’t want that for myself… except for Amazon reviews. People are prone to saying and doing dumb stuff. If people held every dumb and horrible thing I ever said or did against me, I would not have a life, family, or career. Hate is not the way for me.
What about religion and politics?
I have done a lot of philosophical studies and thought work. Social constructs like religion, politics, and humanity are things I am trying to leave behind. We as a species are really weird. We tell ourselves stories upon stories and layer ourselves in all kinds of brainwashing. We are animals. We tell ourselves that we are more than animals and that our life has meaning, but I don’t think that is true. I also feel that there is only one consciousness that permeates everything. The same set of eyes looks out of so many windows. Be kind.
Why don’t I sell my art?
I do sell my art. I make a living designing, building, creating content for and maintaining modern, responsive and reasonably accessible websites. I make a lot of things and not all of them are commercially viable nor do they need to be.