• Art - Painting

    Eagle Painting Tutorial with Sneetches on Beaches!

    All too often I have seen artists that take themselves far too seriously. I imagine these people as Star-Bellied-Sneetches (by Dr. Seuss) with their Sneetch snoots pointed up in the air as they snort and guffaw at art or artists that they don’t think are artsy fartsy enough, or whatever it is that snooty-snoots look down upon.I’m not going to put either of us through any of that in this article. Sit back and relax — let your guard down — this is a pretension free zone where I am going share my mysterious, highly classified art secrets how I made some art stuff.  This is…

  • Food

    Spinach

    Fun Fact: If you saute’ spinach with Olive Oil, Popeye will show up at your front door! It’s a Fact! (just cooking spinach alone won’t do it – it’s Olive Oil that brings his two great loves together) So, let’s saute’ some spinach! Why? Because it is yummy and healthy and easy to make! Step by step guide below. Plus, even if you eat the entire bag of spinach yourself, it’s only 50 calories! – for the WHOLE bag!Personally I prefer steamed Kale, and actually love it so much I feel the guilt of having binged on something sinful when I eat…

  • DIY

    How to Remove Staples from Hardwood Floors

    How to remove staples from Hardwood Floors!   I’ve done lots of home improvement projects, but only on a beginner level, so I still have a TON of things to learn and re-learn with each new project.   With this flooring project I knew how to remove the plywood sub-floor and linoleum, but I did not consciously anticipate the sub-floor leaving behind what felt like billions of staples that did not come up with the plywood.   My first instinct was to pull the staples with the tools I had with me, which were just screwdrivers and a pair of…