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In true geek fashion, I am a bit of a dragon. I love shiny things and I like collecting and hoarding shiny things. Fabric, dice, tea mugs, books, etc. It’s in my hoard. But, especially this time of year I like to take a moment to really hone in on some great items that are […]

Well, it has been a minute and a half since I last did a blog post. As is said, “Life is just one damn thing after another.” We adopted a new dog, there was a family health crisis, followed by another possible crisis which turned out to not be a crisis, but suffice to say

When I started out on this venture it was with the idea for four teas and when I started my web store I opened with five teas. In just over a year I have grown to be able to offer 24 teas. And, just this past month I released by first seasonal tea. I cannot

Honestly, the answer could be so many things, but in particular it is a book series called Spells, Swords, & Stealth, by Drew Hayes. The first book, NPC’s, was published in 2014, but I just stumbled on it a couple months ago. See, for the last few years I have tried to read more books

I have been feeling a bit cranky recently, so bear with me because that is likely to seep in a bit here. Also, today is likely to be very rambly. There are some really great things being created right now! For a lot of people their daily lives are looking very different from when lived

Yes, this is the title of a book, but this is not about the book. I found the book after this phrase came to me one day while soul searching about my business and I Googled it to see if any others had had the same thought and were further along in exploring the concept.

Early in lockdown it was all about baking. Beer bread. Banana nut bread. Brownies. Eight pounds later and it seemed like maybe it was time for a new hobby to distract us. As much as quarantine has been an adventure in finding creative ways to virtually spend time with friends doing things you love or

Every day is starting to feel like Monday…or Friday…it is really hard to tell, honestly. Despite having a semblance of a schedule, days blur together and time is seemingly more and more absurd. Which means my motivation got put on a shelf somewhere in the garage and it’s behind a bunch of things now, so

I started going to conventions when I was in middle school. They were a handful of Star Trek conventions over the years. But, I didn’t do any other the big cons (mostly because at the time they were far away from me). Then I was doing other things when the con scene really started taking

Part of it is that I love D&D podcasts. Part of it is that I love RPGs. Part of it is that I love supporting friends’ dreams. Part of it is looking for new things to do while social distancing. But, when one of my dear friends asked if anyone was interested in being a