"and the universe said i love you because you are love"\ ~ Julian Gough, End Poem hello and welcome ⊹˚₊‧ ˖ ܁ bear Consider the existence of this page a ne...
Do you ever sit and think about your ancestors and who they might have been as people? Lately I've been pondering on the meaning of life or, more specifically, my life. That's lead me to think about the people who came before me who I know next to nothing about save their names. I've participated in one of those DNA kits that rattle off a bunch of traits and hunt down long forgotten family, which…
Update: 30 Jul, 2026 Scholarch has since uploaded a follow-up post in relation to this situation, referencing my post and that they had been directly contacted by Herman himself. Herman also reached out to me, which I greatly appreciated. It cleared up a lot of my hypotheticals. Again, at time of writing this post it was purely conjecture and my personal feelings. I hope that is obvious while…
For millennia we have pondered on the deceptively simple question of "What is it all for?" . Some have claimed to find the answer, while others say there isn't one at all. We are here because of complete happenstance with no purpose to anything, or we are here as an act of divine intervention with a pre-determined path to follow in accordance with an unknown plan. I find people sit with the one…
There is something to be said about adulthood and feeling the age that you actually are. It was my 30th birthday last week. It’s something I have been keeping an eye on for a while, watching it slowly creep up on me like some sort of jungle cat. Turns out when it finally pounced, it was more of an easily distracted house cat. For something that has been hyped up to be this huge milestone, it…
A while ago I bought myself 3 tiny notebooks. They're just big enough to sit in the middle of my palm without reaching the edges and are square in shape when closed. I bought them to sit at my work desk to give me some sort of space to draw without being too obvious, and also for them to be a size that isn't as intimidating as a standard size sketchbook. I don't get to draw in it every day, but…
I can’t stand having my documents set to anything other than ‘justify’ when it comes to alignment. Something about the page not being as even as possible sets me off. My blog is the same. I’ve looked at other blogs and pretty much every single one is just standard left-hand alignment. That’s fine; for some reason it doesn’t bother me when its not my page. It’s a very strange phenomenon, I suppose.…
I’ve always been a relatively creative person. In a little box of keepsakes that almost every mother has for her children, mine has filled hers with countless pieces of art that I have made throughout the years. I believe the oldest is something I ‘drew’ before even being a year old, which I think – in technical terms, at least – classifies that as being vintage. How horrific for me. Creativity…
After the triumphant launch of Artemis II just over 8 days ago, the Orion Integrity is finally on its homeward trajectory, propelled by our Moon’s gravity. I've had a lot of feelings about this journey that I've been struggling to put into words and have wanted to write about them since the launch, but those words have evaded me. I’ve finally decided to just start writing and let it all come to me…
For the Grizzly Gazette Bearblog Carnival – April 2026 “Your Favourite Unconventional Animal” hosted by me! :O Imagine, if you will, a bear-like feline looking creature the size of the average dog. Now imagine that creature smelling like popcorn. That, my friend, is the Binturong. Source: longleat.co.uk I first discovered the Binturong during an episode of the Ten Minute Power Hour . Arin and Dan…
I am hosting the Grizzly Gazette Carnival for April 2026, and I am asking you to share your favourite ‘unconventional’ animal! (No idea what the Grizzly Gazette or its Carnival is? That's okay! You can find out all about it here !) ‘What the hell is an ‘unconventional’ animal’, you ask? Think of it this way; when people are asked what their favourite animal is, the response is usually something…