And, the current playlist. Love this gal.
"Here Comes the Sun"… There's a little piano solo in the middle that was literally my ringtone for 2 years. Fucking love that song.
2019-11-04 16:16:27 +0000 UTC View Post
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Potage Parmentier!
It's literally just potato-leek soup. But it's just so much fun to say, "Potaaaagge par-meeennn-teee-errrrhhh!!! Just one of those chilly days where a bisque sounds 👍🏻. Hit me up if you want ...
2019-11-04 15:46:02 +0000 UTC View PostJump!
Oddly enough? I didn't even realize it was a haiku until I already wrote it. But just a snippet of Weekend Silliness, devoid of context. Hope you like it — needless to say, floppy leaps are thing...
2019-11-03 00:30:31 +0000 UTC View PostFive Year Anniversary
In the last couple of days, it slammed into me like a sack of bricks. I just lost track of time, and forgot the context.
Those of you who have been kind enough to read through all my of drive...
2019-10-31 18:03:16 +0000 UTC View PostStreet Addresses and Shoeboxes
As I said only recently on quite a couple of occasions, my Spanish is getting better. Poco, a poco, a poco. Still, there are some phrases that are outside of my purview. Those idioms and pieces of ...
2019-10-31 17:31:32 +0000 UTC View PostThe Girl in the High Tower - Chapter 4
(Author's note: For those of you who are enjoying this story, thanks a million! One note, amended for canon in Chapter 3: previously, Nadya's age was 19. But the more I began outlining this sto...
2019-10-13 14:36:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe Girl in the High Tower - Chapter 3
Roger winced when the drone made touchdown — not the most graceful of landings, and for a moment, he was concerned that the small craft had come in too hot and that he might have broken the thing...
2019-09-30 04:32:58 +0000 UTC View PostAnd then there were 8.
If you haven't heard of him, Google Ralph Steadman. He's an 80-something Britiah dude who worked a lot with Hunter S. Thompson back in the day, but was a pretty talented political cartoonist in his...
2019-09-28 17:08:57 +0000 UTC View PostFreak Hair
No picture with this one, because it wouldn't be appropriate. 🤢
But, have any of you ever heard of a "freak hair?"
It's that one errant follicle on your body that lies dormant for a...
2019-09-27 02:36:36 +0000 UTC View PostCelebration
...of the lifting of my Instagram "shadowban" wherein this picture was removed for violating terms of service. Yes, nipples are baaaad, m'kay?
2019-09-25 04:42:59 +0000 UTC View PostAaaanddd...
Speaking of which, since a lot of you recently expressed a want to see more day-to-day randomness... the I-don't-care-if-it-gets-ruined Official Painting Shirt of Heather Beck.
With any luck...
2019-09-22 23:04:27 +0000 UTC View PostGettin' Ready to Paint.
I need a visual outlet. So, I finally procured a set of inks and some super-basic supplies to putt out my inner Ralph Steadman.
Landscapes? Bowls of fruit? Nah. I'm thinking of something a l...
2019-09-22 22:07:27 +0000 UTC View PostShould I Just...
I feel like I need to make a statement every time I post something here, sometimes. But if I don't, and I just want to say hello, is that okay, too? Random thoughts, stupid missives, things that ju...
2019-09-21 03:41:27 +0000 UTC View PostRe-Inventing the Bra
So, one of my faithful patrons (you know who you are) got in touch a little while back with an idea. He's got some serious engineering skills, and after one of my recent bra-related kvech-fests, he...
2019-09-14 14:57:52 +0000 UTC View PostThis isn't a fun post. But, hey. Me.
Some of you I know. Some of you, I am meeting for the first time.
My name is Heather. I drink. A lot.
My admitting this isn't the result of something happening to me. I didn't get into ...
2019-09-01 05:00:31 +0000 UTC View PostGirl in the High Tower - Chapter 2
(Edit... Now includes a illustrations by the great @hefty_cuties . In a way, I would like to say that the story inspired his incredible sketches, but also, this sketch inspired the story. Isn't...
2019-08-18 17:28:26 +0000 UTC View PostASMR (Headphones Recommended)
A little while back, I was mindlessly wandering around YouTube, and at some point, I stumbled across this thing called ASMR. At first, I disregarded it pretty quickly, because it seemed like the ki...
2019-08-18 16:55:51 +0000 UTC View PostFuck Symmetry.
In my long and illustrious history of being self-conscious about any number of things, there's one that's been creeping up on me the more time goes by.
Don't get me wrong. I know there ...
2019-07-29 15:12:31 +0000 UTC View PostNASA (Again)
A lot of you folks will recognize this video, which oddly enough, was (I think) my "greatest hit" on Instagram (last time I checked, I think it had like, 150,000 views or something, which is a litt...
2019-07-24 15:02:02 +0000 UTC View PostPetrichor
Back in the 1960s, a couple of hippies were stumbling around the Mojave Desert (Technically, they were grad students, but they were grad students in the ‘60s, so I guess they technically had to b...
2019-07-22 19:30:54 +0000 UTC View PostAABBA
When I was in college, there was this Irish pub. The owner was just a cool dude. And sometimes, he would get up on stage with his guitar and sing a bunch of dirty limericks, Irish folk tunes, good ...
2019-06-23 02:27:37 +0000 UTC View PostHaters Gonna Hate (a.k.a. An Unsolicited Music Review That 'Rolling Stone' Didn't Wanna Pick Up?) or, My Favorite Album.
I realized something somewhat recently.
Something that interfered... at the crux of my lust for individuality, and at my want to find something greater than what I could contribute (at this ...
2019-06-20 02:11:17 +0000 UTC View PostYellow (Well, White) Submarine
I adore working with artists. I always have (even back in the days before I was a boob-ed glam-ish model-esque type of person on Internets. (Got to work with photographers, designers, illustrators,...
2019-06-18 16:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostMaybe for Brunch?
Have been going on a clothing purge. Finding the pieces that are, at this point, too worn out to be acceptable.
It's a shame that I have to part with this top. It was a reliable old thi...
2019-06-17 19:14:19 +0000 UTC View PostEine Kleine Housework
I've gotten to the point where I'm a dynamo with dishes. But every now and then, an accident happens and some... flooding occurs. Nobody's perfect.
Still, the drudgery is alleviated som...
2019-06-04 14:25:33 +0000 UTC View PostA Cup by Any Other Name
There’s been some confusion, I’ve found (at least in the countless inbox messages on IG, asking “so, what bra size are you?”). So, it’s time for a little public service announcement. Gent...
2019-05-24 00:17:15 +0000 UTC View PostIt's a thing I'm doing now.
Bonus points to the first person who can tell me which book this pic is the plot to.
Don't worry. More "fun" stuff is comin'. Tgis is a fun little teaser in the mean-whilst.
2019-05-15 19:55:54 +0000 UTC View Post4 Delicious Flavors
I was, until recently, one of the insufferable anachronistics with a flip phone. It took me a while to finally give in and embrace the whole smartphone thing, so I'll hope you'll forgive me for hav...
2019-04-30 21:57:37 +0000 UTC View Post"Heather and the Farm" - Chapter 3
This chapter was so much fun to write — apparently, Paploman (@paplomancomics , patreon.com/paploman) thought so too, and decided to do three images to go along with it!
I hope you enjoy wh...
2019-04-29 01:08:11 +0000 UTC View PostTina and Me
Some of you might recall that a little while back, I said I had been passed along a bootleg PDF of a book. It was written in the 1980s, and is attributed to a woman named Tina Small; an obscure blo...
2019-04-28 23:31:09 +0000 UTC View Post