Saturday, December 13, 2025

Oct from Nicky - Hit a goal/eat/set a new goal (Messy desk/studio links)


 Here's an Oct exchange envelope that arrived in early Nov. I no longer try to keep the months together. I just bundle them once I have a bundle - usually 12-15. Then I photograph them. Then I sit down and try to post all of them in one sitting so that I don't lose track of what's posted.

Of course, today is a little different because we are in a series where I am trying to fill December during a snow storm and I am hungry. I set the incremental goal of filling up this week. Ta-da!!! I made it. I can now reward myself with some food.

However, alert readers will note that I have not said who this is from. It's from St. Louis so that narrows it down. After I eat I will find the bundle and insert a name here when I come back for the next increment. I think it works best to go with a week at a time. It's 9:03 am. How many side trips will there be before I get back to the computer. I know there is a load of laundry to fold.

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9:33 ate fast, folded fast, panicked when I couldn't find the envelope. 

Found it. It's from Nicky. And there are goodies inside. I had questions for Nicky on the blog and she responded by telling me she is a printmaker. That's the kind of info I love to find out about exchangers. Little things that we share that will enhance our exchanges.

Once I found the envelope, I had to decide - do I (A) Write another weeks worth of blog posts or (B) go work on that huge hoard reduction project. It's the one that has had hundreds of starts - but this time we've got a whole new level of perseverance and persistence because we have the *Accountability Posse.* 

Inspiration photo:


That's Alexander Caulder's desk above. 
Below is Frances Bacon's studio and a nice article about it.


If you need further places to wander to avoid chores - here is the article where I found the photo of Caulder's desk. I have not read the article - but noted this intro:

There’s an actual book about procrastination entitled: A Perfect Mess: The Hidden Benefits Of Disorder http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=A+perfect+Mess a perfect title both for this blog post and my office desk I avoid working from on most days.

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