the idea: title an article about me and my book “Miranda Writes” the ideator: Nick Cox My name is one of those names that came about through a long story, not all of which I’ll type up here. But the kist of it is that my dad loved the name Miranda and my mom was …
the idea: if after 10 hours in the car, with 2 hours to go, you happen to see fireworks, stop to watch them For the past two years I’ve gone to the Boston Pops Fireworks in the fourth of July. It was an adventure each time, in 2011 I went with my first ever boyfriend who …
the idea: put artist themed word magnets on the fridge under my Monet puppet The first time I saw a box of art-themed magnetic word poetry, I was being frugal and didn’t buy them. Once I was feeling less frugal I went back to the store to get them but they weren’t there! That was over …
the idea: relive family memories by driving from CT to MI instead spending more money to fly All in all, this was actually a great idea. Having only just gotten home after twelve and a half hours in the car at one in the morning, I am slightly less enthusiastic than I might be, say, in …
the idea: ask other people to knit canvasses which I can then paint on collaborator: Susan Frank My knitted canvasses, and my visual art in general, have taken a back seat during the first part of this year. Don’t Make Art, Just Make Something saw to that, rather appropriately now that I think about it. But at …
the idea: paint the nails of every young family member once she’s around four the ideator: Aunt Gayle My mother’s oldest sister is self-described as “Crazy Aunt Gayle.” She lives out in Arizona with her fourth husband and her two dogs, that is when she’s not going on a motorcycle trip to Vegas. She has red …
the idea: make an elephant out of pink felt, balancing on a ball, hula-hooping This is one of those ideas that doesn’t actually need any explanation.
the idea: celebrate everyone’s birthday within a season of the family visit My family is from Michigan. They are loud, kind, and apart from a main few they are spread out all over the country. About once a year we get together and when we do there always seems to be a birthday nearby. Today it …
the idea: turn an old badge into guitar picks The time has come for new badges at work, this is what happens when you’re part-time: your badge expires once a year and you have to go get a new one. But this year there was something fun along with an expiring badge which is nothing more …
the idea: when packing three people’s stuff for a week into a car, make it into a game of tetris Throughout my life I have spent a lot of time packing, having divorced parents with split custody does that. After a while, I got pretty good at it. I can pack quickly and tightly, showing up …