Earnest Painter

Earnest Painter

@ratherearnest.com

Artist, cat lover, writer, reader, mysteries. If it weren't for the Pirin tablets I don't think I could go on. etsy.com/shop/RatherEarnest

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I miss my baby, Carmela. She was the first cat I adopted. She was a curmudgeon and pretty much only liked me. But she was a sweet girl, even if she didn't like to be touched. #cats

This is a kiln used for the raku technique, but I didn't get to see the demonstration. Just know that it involves fire and a reduction chamber.

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So. Crêpes were so-so, but the trailer was run by two kids in their teens so I didn't have my expectations high. Rene didn't get food, didn't get coffee and drove me back to my car talking cheerfully the whole time. I think my friend was distracted tonight. I'll check on him tomorrow.

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So now we're outside a pink trailer with pink children's picnic tables waiting for our crêpes. Nobody here is older than high school age, except me and Rene in our fifties. But I'm sure it's fine.

I asked him where his apartment is and he looks at me and says, "The Schedule!" Strange make for an apartment complex, but okay. What he meant was that he forgot to send the schedule for work. So now we're sitting at a pink children's picnic table and he's on his laptop.

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Now he's decided he's hungry. I'm parking and he'll drive up to a place across town. He drove across town to pick me up to drive me back across town. I don't ask questions.

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An elderly lady went to the shelter to adopt a dog. As she was looking into the kennels, a dog sleeping in the corner stood up and looked up to her. Their gaze meet, and at that moment, they knew they both found a friend, a companion and someone to love . They were both rescued and found happiness.

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It’s October! So I’m legally required to remind you that my spooky book is out there, waiting to be read, wherever books are sold.

There's something about Bob Mackie, a legend and somebody completely behind the scenes at the same time. I knew him because Carol Burnett talked about him. But if you look beyond that there's a brilliant career that I had no idea existed. I love having a new obsession.

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Good morning friends. What are we planning today? I have ten days at my current job until my next position. Out of the phone center. Two years was long enough. Too long, even.

I read true crime. I listen to true crime podcasts. I like to watch true crime shows. But I can't stand police shows that have intense crime scenes.