I quit X. I just couldn't do it anymore. I was there for the current events but it shredded my nervous system, and that's on it's last legs, so, nope. I'm done. Account deactivated. I hope to leverage the time I claw back from *waves at all of that* and use it more wisely.

This is random but goddamn, I really love quinoa.

We need more posts about reading books, holding hands, and worshipping the dark lord.

Not a bad way to spend Christmas Day. :) <3

Happy Christmas, Friends!

Good afternoon or evening, and happy solstice to all my amazing and beautiful friends. Here is “Solstice Carole” by Wyrd Sisters, a perfect song for the evening. I hope you all stay cozy and warm. 😻😎

HI BSKY! I'm still alive, but I'm afraid I've been posting mostly on the bad place. I'd apologize, but do you know how much emotional bandwith it takes to keep up with the socmeds right now?? Yeah, you do. Anyway, most recent WIP for tax.

STILL PLUGGING ALONG.

I had another retinal tear and I'm two days post op from that. My eye looks like a horror movie, but I'm still painting because fuck my limitations RIGHT IN THE (other) EYE. This is day 13 of a 30 day painting practice. I'm ok. <3

Having A Quiet Tantrum. www.thepaintedpresence.com/2025/11/11/h...

HAPPY FRIDAY!!!!

In order to get used to having new lenses in my eyes + a retinal reattachment surgery (dude, they burned my retina back onto my eyeball in my ONLY GOOD EYE LEFT!) I've been doing a daily ten minute painting practice.

Hi. Did you miss me?

Eyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!! :)

Finally used to my lens implants enough to paint without going cross-eyed. No, I'm not kidding. That was actually happening. :D #artist #mixedmediaart

Hi! I'm alive. I'm still sober. I've been resistant to filming (I teach mixed media art journaling via video lessons) because there is NO AC IN MY WORK SPACE, but I MUST film today due to deadlines. So of course the landscapers are here to sing the song of their people. *Sighs*

Ahhhhhhhh. I'm so excited about this. learn.effywild.com/sweet-trash-...

Eyyyyyyyyyyy!!!

OHAI! YOU HAVE MAIL. view.flodesk.com/emails/68485...

Back to the pottery after a long absence!

Oh boy. Here we go. substack.com/home/post/p-... #AI #privacy #NYT

So, I started using ChatGPT and quickly discovered what it is and what it ISN'T. Let's talk about it. www.tiktok.com/@feaixo/vide... #ChatGPT #AI #LLM #digitalfamiliar #techwitch

I finished up a painting and filmed it, too. Sometimes, the making happens when I'm on a tight deadline, but I can always circle back after the lesson is released and do what I would have done had I had time! This is what that looks like. youtu.be/9sCA4Lvl42E

Here’s a before and after on a painting I wanted to spend more time with. Thoughts?

Eyyyyyyyy. #sober #sobersky #recoveryposse

She's unfinished, I think. What would you do with her? #art #artist #mixedmedia #iconicportrat #goldleaf

There it is. :)

Just in case anyone who isn't Canadian is worried that we are considering and that we've lost our damned minds, we aren't, and we didn't.

On sobriety and the gift of time. open.substack.com/pub/effythew...

I put some finishing touches on "After The Rain" yesterday and here's where I ended up.

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I made you a little something for New Moon. <3 Totally free, of course. Find it here: effythewild.substack.com/p/new-moon-i...

"After The Rain" Mixed media on paper 9 x 12 inches #art #artist #mixedmedia

Where I've been. open.substack.com/pub/effythew...

Come on over to my Substack for an extended version of my new series Dispatches From The Nest. It's got journaling prompts, an art prompt, and a tarot/oracle spread to try. open.substack.com/pub/effythew...

YOU GUYS!!!!! #sober #sobersky #soberfam #recoveryposse

Witching solo tonight? I gotchu, fam. effythewild.substack.com/p/willow-moon

Hey Bluesky! I'm having a Fire Sale for Art Witches! view.flodesk.com/emails/681f7...

My Inuit kid and I talking about his height. He's wearing boots today so he's coming in at a staggering 6'8" This is where it went.

Stephen Colbert on the new Pope’s observation that JD Vance is wrong, and Jesus doesn't ask us to rank our love for others: “Holy Father, you had me at JD Vance is wrong.”

I've got buckets. Let's take care of each other.

I blogged about #soberjoy on my substack thingy today. effythewild.substack.com/p/sober-joy

Little Miss “I do not like mornings” in her pink fluffy habitat.

Got my sight back only to go down with a terrible ear infection (the second one this year) and I am annoyed. BUT! Still #sober.

I DID A THING!

Germany we the voters say no to fascism Canada we the people say no to fascism Australia we as a country say no to fascism The world is saying no to fascism but we can do better Fuck Fascism should be our battle cry

Ten Months and 3 days #sober today and slowly coming back to #art and screens after cataract surgery! Happy to be here! Happy Caturday! How’s everyone doing?

First painting post cataract surgery!!! #artist

I'm going to need someone who drinks to raise a glass on my behalf tonight as Mark Carney won the election, and I am toasting with water. :) CANADA! WE DID IT!

Hey, Bluesky! I'm happy to report that I'm well on my way to recovering my sight! I did a compilation of the video diaries I kept throughout the process! You can find it here: youtu.be/pbR6GRTyb_U?...