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May 2, 2022
Kickass Women Inspiration Board
This is sent with love to all my fellow women and mothers out there. In my previous ‘Inspiration Board’ post I received some comments...
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Dec 31, 2021
Happy New Year
With a mild TP PTSD and a severe DL anxiety (that would be toilet paper and distance learning), wishing us all that 2022 will NOT be 2020...
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Nov 12, 2021
Happy Birthday Mel!
Born November 12, 2018, Mel is three years old today! I first created Mel as an outlet for my frustrations and sarcasm, as neither had...
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May 17, 2021
The Hakama…
Full disclosure, I’m in Aikido for the Hakama! Just got my 2nd COVID vaccine shot and I’m starting to think about going back on the mat....
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Apr 19, 2021
How to tie your belt
It seems like soon I’ll be able to go back on the mat. Lately I’ve been thinking about all sorts of things I’ve managed to forget in the...
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Dec 31, 2020
Happy New Year (I Hope)
Yet another toilet paper shortage around here… While items like flour, rice, pasta, masks, alcohol wipes, hand sanitizers and a few more...
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Dec 14, 2020
The good, the bad and the stinky… Dojo types
We know them… we are them… I’m mainly fragile, with a bit of comedian, and way too much of oblivious. A note to my dojo - no, I didn’t...
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Nov 12, 2020
Aikido By the Bay…
7 months off the mat… I miss my dear Sensei and everyone in the dojo. It’s so hard coming up with new material without them kicking my...
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Nov 12, 2020
Happy Birthday Mel!
Born November 12, 2018, Mel is two years old today! I first created Mel as an outlet for my frustrations and sarcasm, as neither had any...
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Aug 17, 2020
Virtual Hug
My sensei asked me to make a hugging Mel. We all struggle with this aspect of social distancing, the lack of physical contact. It’s also...
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Mar 9, 2020
It’s a Process… Forever Unfinished...
The Italian Renaissance artist Michelangelo created slave statues in various stages of completion, and it is claimed that he deliberately...
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Nov 12, 2019
Happy Birthday Mel!
Born November 12, 2018, Mel is one year old today! I first created Mel as an outlet for my frustrations and sarcasm, as neither had any...
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Oct 31, 2019
Happy Halloween
“I think Aikido is the most difficult of all martial arts to learn. Its demands for skill, grace and timing rival those of classical...
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