HeyJaredScrappy Elephant
Random musings about creativity, the climate crisis, and how art can save the world from a creative reuse owner, artist, and mother
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A reminder from a silly tshirt (opens the original)
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As a farmer, my husband goes through a lot of clothes. Every year for his birthday, Little Scrappy and I buy him a big batch of funny t-shirts from this US company I found called Six Dollar Shirts. According to the website, they print all sorts of great tees right down in FL. He was wearing this one the other day:<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!fdXR!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.c
The struggle is real sometimes (opens the original)
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I’ve been struggling to write this month’s newsletter for several reasons. The recent deadly floods in Nepal* and the Grand Canyon, the feels-like temps being near 100 in September in Virginia, the nightly conversations about what the world will look like when Little Scrappy is an adult, losing Dolly and Gloria within a matter of days… it’s been a lot. I want to come bearing only the good news, but sometimes it is hard for me to see the light through the darkness. Another reason I’ve been strugg
What was that?! (opens the original)
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Yesterday, a hummingbird appeared at the hummingbird feeder. For those of you who have been reading this for a bit, you know that I am slightly obsessed with hummingbirds. Since moving to town, the thing I miss most about the country is the hummingbirds. In our old home, I filled my hummingbird feeders at least once a day and would spend quite a bit o… Read more
No Donations but GREAT DEALS in CVILLE! (opens the original)
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No RSVP needed! (opens the original)
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The other day I was out on the trail with Pearl and Mabel and the song “Oh Happy Day” popped into my head. It tends to pop into my head when I am feeling rather grateful, and gratitude often happens once I am in the woods. On this particular day I was immediately transported back in time to a moment when I was lucky enough to sing this song with a big choir. Nearly thirty years ago (I just did the math and realized how old I am, yikes!) I found myself in quite a grief stricken hole. My high scho
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