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Category: Sketchbook

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Giveaway! Because FREE stickers are objectively better than non-free stickers

August 4, 2020August 4, 2020 emvaro

Everyone knows free stickers are the best. So here’s how you can enter to win some yourself! But first: A quote — Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are. — Mason Cooley Doesn’t … Continue reading Giveaway! Because FREE stickers are objectively better than non-free stickers

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RE-emerge: Summer art shows (yes, for real)

July 27, 2020July 26, 2020 emvaro

Think back to the beginning of this year. … No, I don’t mean March 13. I mean, actually the beginning of January (even though it feels like three lifetimes ago). Did you have a “word of the year”? I did. … Continue reading RE-emerge: Summer art shows (yes, for real)

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Post-layoff: Week 1

May 11, 2020May 25, 2020 emvaro

How’d your first post-layoff week go, you ask? Aw, how kind of you to check in! In long: I remembered on Monday that Mother’s Day was in ONE WEEK 😬(use. a. freaking. calendar.) promptly made/posted a small handful of Mother’s … Continue reading Post-layoff: Week 1

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So, I got laid off

April 27, 2020April 27, 2020 emvaro

I found out on Friday. The newspaper job I’ve had for ten years (first job out of college) has come to an end. I’m not entirely sure how to write this, because I don’t know how to present it properly. … Continue reading So, I got laid off

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Random thoughts: When you’re too many things at once

April 24, 2020April 23, 2020 emvaro

If you’re juggling multiple hats (who ISN’T?), how do you focus on it all? Continue reading Random thoughts: When you’re too many things at once

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In uncertain times — write?

April 13, 2020 emvaro

What do you turn to when the world turns upside down? For me, weirdly enough, it isn’t art. Don’t get me wrong, art is the air I breathe — But when life feels out of control (lately more than usual), … Continue reading In uncertain times — write?

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What’s your glass-half-full look like?

March 30, 2020March 30, 2020 emvaro

LOTS of changes (that happened reeeeeally quickly) have plunged literally ALL of us into a weird new Unknown, and some of us are finding fresh and exciting things to complain about. But (most of the time) everything doesn’t actually suck. … Continue reading What’s your glass-half-full look like?

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How to Introvert: 9 tips for social-distancing (Part II)

March 18, 2020March 18, 2020 emvaro

How are you holding up? This is all changing. So. Fast.  A week ago, most of us were living our lives.  Now … well, everything looks really different. A lot of us are stuck at home, for one. (Those who … Continue reading How to Introvert: 9 tips for social-distancing (Part II)

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How to Introvert: 9 tips for social-distancing (Part I)

March 16, 2020March 18, 2020 emvaro

Everyone’s kinda freaking out. Panic in the streets — (er, panic keeping everybody OFF the streets?) Yes, everyone’s an introvert now. For those of us who’ve had lots of practice introverting, we actually welcome the sudden cultural approval of staying … Continue reading How to Introvert: 9 tips for social-distancing (Part I)

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Don’t quit. Stick(er) with it.

March 2, 2020March 20, 2020 emvaro

Things don’t always work out right the first time (or two). Like the first batches of stickers I made. They were kind of experimental since I’d never done them before, and I used super cheap paper. But you learn (quickly) … Continue reading Don’t quit. Stick(er) with it.

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