As you are well aware, Halloween is coming. I think I made that point perfectly clear with the 2015 Bee Dance. But there’s one problem I have with Halloween—the only problem I have, in fact—and that is this: the candy. What I have done every year on Halloween, regardless of whether I’m taking good care […]
Bee Dance 2015
They said I couldn’t top last year. Or the year before. Or the year before that. They said you can’t catch lightning in a bottle four times. They also said Silence of the Lambs was too dark to ever win an academy award. What do they know anyway? Happy Halloween a few days early. Consider it my […]
Without further ado, I present the 2014 Bee Dance
First things first, I’m the realest. Thank you. Do you know the story behind the bee dance? Would you like to? It all started back when I was about 14 and my mother made me a bee costume for my job at the RollerFair Skate Deck in Everett, Washington. She filled the suit with balloons, dropped me off at the […]
Hello Favorite Month of the Year
Oh, October! How I adore you. Your beautiful Fall color. Your crisper, cooler temps. Your 31 glorious days, which include both Halloween and the 23-year anniversary of my marital union. But the thing I think I love most about you? You are, hands down, the most Instagram-worthy month of the year. Yep. I said it. You might be even better on Instagram […]
Boo! + a free cut file for you
October is in full swing at Chez Zielske, and you know what that means: the bee costume has come down from the attic. My daughter asked me the other day, “So when are you going to start wearing it?” I should state for the record, I only wear it on Halloween. I wake up. I […]