Doctor’s Visits for the Overachiever
Image source: Photo by RDNE Stock project on Pexels I admit it. I’m an overachiever. A perfectionist. A goody two-shoes. I’m terrified of...
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LaCalaveraCat
Oct 31, 20232 min read
Crossing the Inktober Finish Line
Image source: Merlina McGovern Yes! I did it! I made it across the final Inktober finish line. I may not be out of breath, and my legs...
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LaCalaveraCat
Oct 30, 20233 min read
Rushing Through Inktober
Image source: Merlina McGovern The end of October is in my sights. I committed to completing an ink sketch every day for 31 days to...
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LaCalaveraCat
Oct 25, 20232 min read
The (Dangerous) Pleasures of Night Swimming
Image source: Merlina McGovern For the first decades of my life, I have always lived by the ocean. Whether it was the beaches along the...
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LaCalaveraCat
Oct 24, 20233 min read
Shallow Thoughts
Image source: Merlina McGovern I’m not going to lie. This post is going to be shallow. I’ve had a long day of editing baggy manuscripts,...
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LaCalaveraCat
Oct 23, 20233 min read
The Power of the Sun; the Power of the Moon
Image source: Merlina McGovern Today’s Inktober prompt was Celestial. And for me, there are no better concepts to illustrate this term...
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LaCalaveraCat
Oct 18, 20233 min read
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Image source: Merlina McGovern A lanky interloper swirls into a sleepy rural Tarry Town. Ichabod Crane becomes the town’s schoolmaster...
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LaCalaveraCat
Oct 17, 20233 min read
Are You Haunted by Demons?
Image source: Merlina McGovern Wow, this recent series of Inktober prompts has me really thinking about ghosts and goblins and all manner...
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LaCalaveraCat
Oct 16, 20233 min read
The Salem Witch House and Halloween Ghosts
Image source: Merlina McGovern I have always loved drawing this dark and foreboding house in Salem. The “Salem Witch House,” was the New...
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LaCalaveraCat
Oct 11, 20234 min read
Wandering Ghosts
Image source: Merlina McGovern Do you believe in ghosts? Do I? I’m sitting here staring at that question. I want to believe in ghosts,...
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LaCalaveraCat
Oct 10, 20233 min read
Do You Want Your Fortune Told?
Image source: Merlina McGovern As I was working today, I had my office window open. Outside, I could hear winds scattering fallen leaves...
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LaCalaveraCat
Oct 9, 20233 min read
Bouncing through Inktober
Image source: Merlina McGovern I didn’t really have a long weekend to speak of. And, of course, this particular long weekend is filled...
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LaCalaveraCat
Oct 4, 20233 min read
The Worst School Sport
Image source: Merlina McGovern What is the worst school sport, and why is it dodgeball? Today’s Inktober prompt is, dodge. Not a very...
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LaCalaveraCat
Oct 3, 20233 min read
Following Your Path
Image source: Merlina McGovern I suppose to make this daily double creative responsibility a little bit easier, I’ll try to combine my...
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LaCalaveraCat
Oct 2, 20233 min read
My Love-Hate Relationship with Inktober
Image source: Merlina McGovern Without fail, every year around this time, leaves start to turn and the smell of pumpkin spice perfumes...
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LaCalaveraCat
Sep 27, 20234 min read
Learning to Love Seafood
Photo by Dana Tentis on Pexels Today, I had a lovely lunch with a former colleague at the Summer Shack in Cambridge, Massachusetts. I...
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LaCalaveraCat
Sep 26, 20234 min read
Reading to Learn How to Live My Life
Image source: Photo by Vlada Karpovich on Pexels If someone were to ask me to describe myself, I would probably say that I am a lifelong...
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LaCalaveraCat
Sep 25, 20234 min read
A Still Life Study in Different Mediums: Colored Pencils
Image source: Merlina McGovern And now I have arrived at the final medium for my lemon and lime study, colored pencils. I used to think...
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LaCalaveraCat
Sep 20, 20233 min read
Podcast Spotlight: Hidden Brain
Image source: Photo by Anna Tarazevich on Pexels When I was growing up, the background noise to my life was always TV. Whether that was...
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LaCalaveraCat
Sep 19, 20233 min read
What Does “Cozy” Mean to You?
Image source: Photo by Taryn Elliott on Pexels Given that I’ve been writing a lot about anxiety and stress lately, I’ve given a lot of...
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