Monthly Updates Archive
2026
MARCH DIGEST
Creative practice: Doodling, drawing, journaling in my notebook every day for fun and exploration.
Key theme: Don't do anything rash the week before my period.
Sketchbook: I'm writing and drawing in a Field Notes
pocket notebook Life Kleid Noble Notebook.
Inspiration Drawer:
- Mixed media film about my cat The Real You by Ameya
- I Built a Goodreads Killer
In pain: Constant back pain since last week. Moving around is hard, there's no comfortable position. This pain feels worse than when I broke my leg, because at least then I could sit up in bed and do a few things.
Feeling: Overwhelmed, sad, stressed with personal life things. It's been a real shit last two weeks.
Prioritizing: Art making, sending snail mail, trading zines, getting lots of sleep, drinking more water, and giving my brain lots of breaks by immersing myself in creative hobbies. Also, having a glass of wine with dinner on the weekend is marvelous.
Watching: Fargo S3. This show is so fun. The first season is my fav so far.
Blogs I'm loving this month:
FEBRUARY DIGEST
Creative practice: Doodling, drawing, journaling in my notebook every day for fun and exploration.
Key theme rn: Letting go letting go letting go. Of perfectionism. Of trying to force things.
Sketchbook: Right now I'm spending time in my Stalogy B6. I love the thin crinkly, see-through pages. A tactile dream.
Cuuuuuute: 
Sylvia made an adorable little pixel bear of me! This is so precious I love it <3 Thank you Sylvia!
Made a list: Beloved/Belothed
Updated: My blogroll page!. Now includes a section just for bearblogs 🐻
Art Markers: Tombow dual brush pen, and Stabilo .88 markers.
Bluesky: I’m back on Bluesky. I know, I’m a tornado person. I’m there for the zines. I find it extremely difficult trying to connect with other zine makers without some sort of socials. I wish more zinesters had their own websites!
Listening: Winter Playlist
Writing pens: Vintage Sarasa Clip pens.
Heart eyes: Reading blogs, journaling.
Falling asleep to: Brönte Swannick journaling vids.
Watching: Fallout S2
NEW ZINE!
A double-sided one-page quarter zine with diary-like entries, a tiny music list, ❄️ winter reflections, + other tiny musings.
PHOTO ALBUM
JANUARY DIGEST
Creative practice: Doodling in my notebook every day.
Commonplace Notebook: Traveller's passport notebook.
Sketchbook: Right now I'm journaling, writing, and drawing in my Stalogy B6. I love the thin crinkly see-through pages. A tactile dream.
Art Markers: Tombow dual brush pen, and Stabilo .88 markers.
Listening: Fall Playlist
Writing pens: Vintage Sarasa Clip pens.
Heart eyes: Reading blogs, journaling.
Falling asleep to: Brönte Swannick journaling vids.
Watching: Fallout S2
Struggling: Major insomnia lately.
2025
DECEMBER THINGS
Working on: Moonbow 5 zine.
Thinking: Figuring out and organizing my offerings page.
Feeling: A tiny bit nostalgic/melancholy, but tis the season I suppose.
Watching:
- Stranger Things S5. That last episode!! So good. Whyyyy are u making us wait so long for the last two? Sigh.
Commonplace Notebook: Field Notes memo book.
Sketchbook: Crok'Book (dark green cover).
Art Markers: Tombow dual brush pens.
Journaling: Using the Journal app from Apple for diary-like things.
Writing pens: Kaweco Sport fountain pen, forest green, fine tip with Royal Blue ink
Heart eyes: Stepping away from socials, emailing pals, making ziiiiines again.
NEW POSTCARD IN THE SHOP!
This postcard is a print of my original mixed media drawing. Postcards are blank on the back, with my website info and a few guiding lines for your address. Write to friends, family, chosen family, your secret crush, or to keep as a tiny art print for your wall!
LATEST ZINE Moonbow 4
NOVEMBER THINGS
Priorities: Looking for a job and/or deciding whether to fully commit to self-employment.
Zines I'm reading and loving and being inspired by:
- Con Moto zine by Zoe Loukia.
- 27 Count Down Daily Diary by Twenty Two Zines.
- Max in Winter & Hot Months zines by Max Crunch.
- Burning Station music zine by @werelostinthecosmos
Working on: Moonbow 4 zine <3
Neighborhood things: Enjoying crunchy-leaves-walks with my baby dog.
Feeling: Creatively inpired.
Reading:
- Quicksilver by Callie Hart
Watching:
- Monster: The Ed Gein Story. Fuck this is gross. How am I even watching this? I blame K.
- Witcher S4. Cavill is gone? sigh.
Commonplace Notebook: Field Notes memo book.
Journaling: Using the Journal app from Apple for diary-like things.
Pens: Kaweco Sport fountain pen, forest green, fine tip with Royal Blue ink
Heart eyes: Stepping away from socials, emailing pals, making ziiiiines again.
On the menu: Boiled eggs with sourdough toast in the morning, with a dollop of yogurt, and some blackberries.
OCTOBER
Priorities: Looking for a job and/or trying to decide whether to fully commit to self-employment.
Practicing:
- Self-trust.
Neighborhood things: Enjoying crunchy-leaves-walks with my baby dog.
Feeling: Emotionally spent, after an almost-breakup, losing my grandmother, and generally grappling with what to do next.
Reading:
- If Women Rose Rooted by Sharon Blackie.
TBR:
- Stolen Focus, Johann Hari
- Circe by Madeline Miller
- Filterworld: how algorithms flattened culture by Kyle Chayka
Watching:
- Monster: The Ed Gein Story. Fuck this is gross. How am I even watching this? I blame K.
- Wednesday S2. I didn't know Burton directed a few episodes.
New hobby: Crochet! Inspired by K's mom :)
New vinyl records: Singles soundtrack, The Beaches No Hard Feelings, Air Moon Safari. Big Thief Double Infinity, Lana Del Ray Born To Die.
Quotes:
a good fuck, and a good sleep.
-r.h.sin
Commonplace Notebook: Field Notes memo book.
Journaling: Using the Journal app from Apple for diary-like things.
Pens: Kaweco Sport fountain pen, forest green, fine tip with Royal Blue ink
Pencil: Penco's Passer's Mate 0.5mm mechanical pencil
Heart eyes: Stepping away from socials, emailing pals.
On the menu: Pour-over coffee, yogurt with walnuts, and berries. I've been adding a lot of kimchi and mushrooms to my hodgepodge dinners.
SEPTEMBER
📸 pink fluffy cotton candy clouds out the car window
Interests:
- Capturing life in my private journal.
- Building LEGO models. Right now, I'm making a Polaroid camera, and it's a lot of fun.
Neighborhood things: Saving cicadas on the sidewalk by flipping them back right side up.
Feeling: Burnt out with trying to share/sell my zines and art. I need something new to focus on in life. Putting my Kofi store on a quiet hiatus, meaning I'm only offering digital zines atm. I'll be taking a break from making any new zines for a bit.
Cancelled: All my subscriptions on Patreon, Netflix, + apps that I don't need.
Reading:
- Intermezzo, Sally Rooney
- The Houseguest, Amparo Dávila
TBR:
- Stolen Focus, Johann Hari
Watching:
- Ginny & Georgia S3
- Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989).
- Only Murders In The Building S4. I love the building they live in, so posh.
- Upload S4 Whyyyy did they end it on such a sad note?
- On season 7 of rewatching The Golden Girls i cried on the last episode!
- Ainsley Durose makes me want to live in France
New vinyl records: Singles soundtrack, The Beaches No Hard Feelings, Air Moon Safari. Big Thief Double Infinity, Lana Del Ray Born To Die.
On the record player this morning: Herb Ellis, Joe Pass, Seven Come Eleven
September fav blogs:
Falling asleep to:
Self-Studying: Tarot, herbalism
Sketchbook: Crok'Book softcover sketchbook, dark forest green cover.
Dayplanner: Leuchtturm 1917 A5, Spring Leaf soft cover. Using iCal now.
Commonplace Notebook: Field Notes memo book.
Journaling: Using the Journal app from Apple for diary-like things.
Pens: Kaweco Sport fountain pen, forest green, fine tip with Royal Blue ink
Pencil: Penco's Passer's Mate 0.5mm mechanical pencil
Heart eyes: Stepping away from socials, emailing pals.
On the menu: K's mom's pickled beets.