My 'perfect' pen collection cost me $200 and I still just use the free one from the bank

I got obsessed with finding the ideal archival ink and bought a dozen different ones, but my go-to is still that basic blue ballpoint. Anyone else have a drawer full of fancy pens they never touch?

Had a guy come into the shop in Cincinnati last week asking for a 'vegan-friendly' bone-in ribeye. He was dead serious.

My old art from 2018 looks so flat compared to my new stuff.

I was cleaning out my hard drive and found a folder of my first digital paintings. They were all from 2018 and looked super flat, no real light or depth. I started focusing on value studies about a year ago, and the difference in my work now is crazy. How long did it take you guys to really see a big jump in your own art quality?

Granny's corsage hug totally made my week

I made a corsage for an older lady's church event. She was so thrilled she hugged me and brought her friends by later. What kind of customer reactions give you that warm fuzzy feeling?

My initial resistance to night work vanished after a week of perfect mortar beds.

The morning check showed a perfect wall, all because we worked at night.

Seeing real results from our meat scrap composting

I've been working on making my butcher shop more green for a while now. Last month, we started collecting all bone and fat trimmings for composting. It was a bit hard at first, finding a place nearby to take them. But now, we're sending several bins a week instead of to the dump. Customers have seen this and some even ask about it. It feels great to know we're cutting down on waste in a good way. This small step has made me proud of our shop's work.