<p>So it&#8217;s definitely time I got back to this project. It seems like a good time to put some good energy out, and maybe offer a little distraction from all the stress of the day-to-day. 🙂 My OBT posts will most likely focus on music for a while. While pretty much quarantined, one of my &hellip; </p> <p><a href="https://krisfaatz.com/2020/03/14/one-bright-thing-revisited/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">One Bright Thing,&nbsp;revisit

<p>Yesterday was &#8220;one of those days.&#8221; If you&#8217;re an artist of any stripe, you probably know what it&#8217;s like to wonder why you&#8217;re still trying to do this work, and whether or not you should be. Even if you&#8217;re not an artist, you&#8217;ve probably been there at some point. That&#8217;s where I was yesterday, and &hellip; </p> <p><a href="https://krisfaatz.com/2020/02/05/obt-day-14/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-t

<p>#OBTChallenge Day 13 My new goal on the blog for a while is to post one “bright thing” most days. (The original goal was every day, but it now seems like several times a week is more reasonable.) This can be a tough time of year for those of us, like me, who struggle with anxiety &hellip; </p> <p><a href="https://krisfaatz.com/2020/01/31/obt-day-13/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">OBT day 13</span></a></p>

<p>#OBTChallenge Day 12 My new goal on the blog for a while is to post one “bright thing” most days. (The original goal was every day, but it now seems like several times a week is more reasonable. 😉 ) This can be a tough time of year for those of us, like me, who &hellip; </p> <p><a href="https://krisfaatz.com/2020/01/27/obt-day-12/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">OBT day 12</span></a></p>

<p>#OBTChallenge Day 11 My new goal on the blog for a while is to post one “bright thing” every day…or at least most days. This can be a tough time of year for those of us, like me, who struggle with anxiety and depression. Tonight I&#8217;m giving a piano performance. That&#8217;s something I haven&#8217;t been &hellip; </p> <p><a href="https://krisfaatz.com/2020/01/23/obt-day-11/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">OBT day 11</span></a></p>

<p>#OBTChallenge Day 10 My new goal on the blog for a while is to post one “bright thing” every day…or at least most days. This can be a tough time of year for those of us, like me, who struggle with anxiety and depression. Speaking of anxiety, yesterday I had to have my car worked &hellip; </p> <p><a href="https://krisfaatz.com/2020/01/21/obt-day-10/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">OBT day 10</span></a></p>

<p>#OBTChallenge Day 9 My new goal on the blog for a while is to post one “bright thing” every day…or at least most days. This can be a tough time of year for those of us, like me, who struggle with anxiety and depression. Last week, I was feeling especially down, so I asked myself how &hellip; </p> <p><a href="https://krisfaatz.com/2020/01/19/obt-day-9/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">OBT day 9</span></a></p>

<p>#OBTChallenge Day 8 My new goal on the blog for a while is to post one “bright thing” every day…or at least most days. This can be a tough time of year for those of us, like me, who struggle with anxiety and depression. Last week, I was feeling especially down, so I asked myself how &hellip; </p> <p><a href="https://krisfaatz.com/2020/01/17/obt-day-8/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">OBT Day 8</span></a></p>

<p>#OBTChallenge Day 7 My new goal on the blog for a while is to post one “bright thing” every day…or at least most days. This can be a tough time of year for those of us, like me, who struggle with anxiety and depression. Last week, I was feeling especially down, so I asked myself how &hellip; </p> <p><a href="https://krisfaatz.com/2020/01/16/one-bright-thing-day-7/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">One Bright Thing, day&nbsp;7</span></a></

<p>#OBTChallenge Day 6 My new goal on the blog for a while is to post one “bright thing” every day…or at least most days. This can be a tough time of year for those of us, like me, who struggle with anxiety and depression. The ordinary day-to-day gets complicated by the weather, the increased hours &hellip; </p> <p><a href="https://krisfaatz.com/2020/01/14/one-bright-thing-day-6/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">One Bright Thing, day&nbsp;6

<p>#OBTChallenge Day 5 My new goal on the blog for a while is to post one “bright thing” every day&#8230;or at least most days. This can be a tough time of year for those of us, like me, who struggle with anxiety and depression. The ordinary day-to-day gets complicated by the weather, the increased hours &hellip; </p> <p><a href="https://krisfaatz.com/2020/01/13/one-bright-thing-day-5/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">One Bright Thing, day&

<p>#OBTChallenge Day 4 My new goal on the blog for a while is to post one “bright thing” every day. This can be a tough time of year for those of us, like me, who struggle with anxiety and depression. A few days ago, I was feeling especially down, so I asked myself how I &hellip; </p> <p><a href="https://krisfaatz.com/2020/01/11/one-bright-thing-day-4/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">One Bright Thing, day&nbsp;4</span></a></p>

<p>#OBTChallenge Day 3 My new goal on the blog for a while is to post one “bright thing” every day. This can be a tough time of year for those of us, like me, who struggle with anxiety and depression. A few days ago, I was feeling especially down, so I asked myself how I &hellip; </p> <p><a href="https://krisfaatz.com/2020/01/10/one-bright-thing-day-3/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">One Bright Thing, day&nbsp;3</span></a></p>

<p>#OBTChallenge Day 2 In case you didn&#8217;t see yesterday&#8217;s post, my new goal on the blog for a while is to post one &#8220;bright thing&#8221; every day, in the spirit of lighting a candle when things seem dark. Today&#8217;s post features the music of Impressionist composer Claude Debussy. This is my recording of the first &hellip; </p> <p><a href="https://krisfaatz.com/2020/01/09/one-bright-thing-day-2/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-read

<p>#OBTChallenge Day 1 To bring in 2020, I&#8217;m repurposing the blog for a while. Let&#8217;s see how long I keep it going&#8230; It&#8217;s already a tough year. A lot of us are probably struggling with more anxiety than usual because of the headlines, especially the news out of Australia and Iran. January is often a &hellip; </p> <p><a href="https://krisfaatz.com/2020/01/08/a-new-daily-challenge-one-bright-thing/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-re

<p>Merry Christmas! I sure didn’t think I was going to write a blogpost today, but the brain came alive this morning with some percolating ideas… Christmas can be a strange day. We know about the amazing pressure and busyness leading up to it: only X more shopping days! What’s on your dinner menu? Did you &hellip; </p> <p><a href="https://krisfaatz.com/2019/12/25/seasons-greetings-and-thoughts/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Season&#8217;

<p>Thanks for visiting again! Today&#8217;s post (I think) will be short: an apology for the unintended hiatus over the past couple of weeks, and a note about the upcoming (probable) hiatus until the New Year. I didn&#8217;t plan to miss last week&#8217;s post, but a pre-Thanksgiving cold has been hanging around, making any extra work &hellip; </p> <p><a href="https://krisfaatz.com/2019/12/10/3284/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Old into

<p>Yesterday I wrote a little over eight hundred words on what I think will be my next book (Number Three 😊). This feels like a big step in the right direction, because part of me has been avoiding writing, and/or struggling with it big time, for a while. If you’ve been following the blog, you &hellip; </p> <p><a href="https://krisfaatz.com/2019/11/19/back-to-work/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Back to Work</span></a></p>

<p>Thanks for visiting, as always! Today I&#8217;m sharing another teaser from a new project I&#8217;m working on: a collection of very short, fable-like stories about the experiences artists face. As a short intro, Vera is an artist, in any discipline you&#8217;d like to imagine &#8211; whatever resonates most with you. Lia is one of her &hellip; </p> <p><a href="https://krisfaatz.com/2019/11/12/teaser-2/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">T

<p>Apologies for the lack of post last week. After Tuesday went by, I thought maybe Wednesday or Thursday I would put up a late one, but then it was the end of the week and I still hadn&#8217;t gotten my act together. 😉 But I&#8217;m glad I waited, because this week&#8217;s post probably needed the &hellip; </p> <p><a href="https://krisfaatz.com/2019/11/05/buried-meteor/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Buried Meteor</span></a></p>