About Andrea R Huelsenbeck

Ode to an Eraser by ARHuelsenbeck Oh, thou rectangular prism of rubber Obliterator of mistakes Bestower of second chances Receive now my gratitude and praise When my feeble words fail to convey my thoughts, Thou makest them disappear Before they shame me When my scribbled marks lack the skill to convey my vision Thou allowest me to try…

About Andrea R Huelsenbeck

I swam in our pool yesterday. Every time I do, I ask myself, why don’t I do this every day? I love to swim. I love the sensation of buoyancy, of weightlessness. Using all my muscles releases endorphins. The glow of well-being infiltrates all my cells. …

I dread making phone calls. I don’t know why. But of all the tasks I put off, making phone calls is definitely the most common one. I used to enjoy talking on the phone. For example, I gabbed to Greg for hours on the phone when we were dating. When…

$3.99 at Safeway. And these were the only ones of this variety. The others were the smaller kind with the brown centers. These remind me of this van Gogh painting:

Quilters, are those rotary cutter blade sharpeners any good? Have you ever used one? Rotary cutter blades are pricey, and I tend to use them too long and only change them when they are shredding up my fabric. But the sharpeners are expensive, too. Are they worth it? Please share your experiences and opinions in the comments below. I look forward to your input.

Two books I read recently that I enjoyed a lot. Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover I recently found out that Colleen Hoover is a prolific writer of New York Times bestsellers. I’d never read anything by her, so I bought one book, not realizing that she writes romance. (The title…

When I first started blogging, there were a lot more blogs about blogging. Now it seems like most blogging blogs are about corporate blogging or about selling products through your blog. There are a couple of blogs about starting blogs. But I’d like to read about pure blogging, the kind…