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Posted on October 30, 2024May 25, 2025 by Lisa Clarke — Leave a comment

Election anxiety and feeling helpless

I have thoughts about the upcoming election. And I don’t love writing about it, but I feel like I need to anyway. Is this a bad idea? Bringing politics into a blog that’s mostly about puttering and snapping pictures? I hope not. I’m not trying to change anyone’s mind, that is already made up. But I wouldn’t mind reaching a few undecided minds right now. Or commiserating with any of you who might be as anxious as I am.

Read on, if you’re curious, or if you still don’t know who to vote for.

Or just come back another day, if you’re DONE with this election right now. Believe me, I get it 🩵

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Posted on April 7, 2023 by Lisa Clarke — Leave a comment

Friday Night Blogging

My squirrel friend tapping on the front door

In this post, I start off talking about how I like to spend my Friday nights, but by the end, I’m showing you trail camera footage of the creatures I share my yard with, some of which I would be happy never to actually see with my own eyes.

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Posted on December 10, 2022 by Lisa Clarke — 2 Comments

Hello there 👋🏻

I could call this post “How I Spent the First Half of December.” I fed a fat squirrel, vended at a craft show, played with my new phone’s camera, and met a few artsy celebrities, among other things.

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Posted on September 21, 2022 by Lisa Clarke — 11 Comments

I’m not going to write TWiP posts anymore

TWiP is going away. But I plan to share more short blog posts here. And there will be more tutorials. And more shows-and-tells. You may not hear from me every week, but then again, you may hear from me twice some weeks. Three times, if I’m feeling prolific. I’m committed to keeping this blog active. I’m just finally accepting that a weekly TWiP post is no longer the best way for me to do that.

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Posted on June 4, 2018June 4, 2018 by Lisa Clarke — 1 Comment

I’ve Been Working on the Website

I’ve been making some behind-the-scenes changes lately that will improve your Polka Dot Cottage experience. Most of these changes will be invisible to you, but they should make the site faster and more secure. Additionally, I have a new Privacy Policy in place that you might want to check out.

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Posted on August 24, 2017August 24, 2017 by Lisa Clarke — Leave a comment

Polka Dot Cottage Slack Chat

I’ve changed up the way I do customer support here at Polka Dot Cottage, and in the process have created a new way for PDC followers to get together (virtually) for a chat if they want to!

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Posted on April 17, 2017 by Lisa Clarke — Leave a comment

Pink (and white and purple) trees!

The building where I work is surrounded by flowering trees.

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Posted on May 9, 2016 by Lisa Clarke — 10 Comments

Beach Reading

I need book recommendations, STAT! Please come tell me what you think I should bring with me on a weekend getaway.

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Posted on August 4, 2015 by Lisa Clarke — 4 Comments

Carless Iced Coffee

carless, as in without-a-car.

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Posted on February 5, 2015 by Lisa Clarke — 4 Comments

Nineties lips

The top drawer in our bathroom cabinet was stuffed to the gills with make-up, perfumes, lotions, and jewelry, about 90% of which I haven’t used since 1999.

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