by Vic | Oct 30, 2020 | Gift Guide
Are you a ferocious Holiday shopper, or a last minute kind of person? Do you have loads of gift ideas or are you completely stumped? However you shop for the Holidays, this Holiday Gift Guide can be of help when it comes to those difficult decisions! Destai offers... by Vic | Nov 27, 2019 | Gift Guide, Round Up
Have you figured out your holiday presents yet? Time is running out, and last posting dates are coming up. In order to be helpful and a bit alternative perhaps, I wanted to show you some suggestions I have for your family and friends. 🙂 – MUM Mum would... by Vic | Nov 6, 2019 | Metal Features
I really want to rave about titanium for a bit. You know me, I love my metals. And titanium holds a special place in my heart. Titanium is one of the elements, known as Ti, and it has some wonderful properties. It’s as strong as stainless steel but much, much... by Vic | Sep 17, 2019 | Mental Health, Round Up
Ever since I was told “it’s probably fibromyalgia” I have noticed certain patterns in flare-ups and when I’m capable of doing things vs when I’m not. And while it’s only been about 2 years, I notice that around September-October... by Vic | Jul 25, 2019 | Family and Friends, Pride in Yourself, Round Up
I had an interesting Pride Month (June), I have to admit. There were no Pride arrangements in my local vicinity during that month, but I did meander up to Norway, where the county I was born in had its first ever Pride celebration! I love that it’s come so far,... by Vic | May 19, 2019 | Family and Friends
It’s just been Mother’s Day in America and it’s been all over my Facebook. It stings a bit to see all of it, but I’m happy for everyone who is a proud mum or who has a wonderful one. My mum was a wonderful person. She was kind, smart, well read and she cared a lot... by Vic | May 14, 2019 | Mental Health, Pride in Yourself
The importance of being Proud, as an outsider, as an oddball, and especially as part of an oppressed group like LGBTQ+ people, people of colour, and disabled people, is a topic that I’m sure many a thesis has been written about. As I’m doing this in one blog post, for... by Vic | May 5, 2019 | Pride in Yourself
(Am I from outer space? We’re all made of stardust after all…) One of the things I want to do with my voice, as small as it may be or as big as it may grow, is to champion for the weirdos. The kind hearted oddballs, the outsiders of the “norms” of society.... by Vic | May 1, 2019 | Mental Health, Uncategorized
I have run into a ton of little issues lately, everything from some services being registered under the wrong name, to wanting to connect that service to a different one and not being able because of the first issue, to completely unrelated stuff like things going... by Vic | Mar 12, 2019 | Mental Health
Have you ever met a crafter, artisan or artist who’s perfectly sane? I mean, sure, on the crafting side of the spectrum there might be a nice, well crafted(!) veneer of normal-ness, which slips the further into creativity you go. But I think there’s a...
