Writer, Artist, and Poker Player
Note: This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases made through these links. Shortly after my IndieGoGo campaign failed miserably, people began asking me how I was doing at poker. Trying with all my might not to show my sorrow over the missed opportunity, I explained that I couldn’tContinue reading “Call Me The Gold Digging Grinder”
We normally play poker for pennies, but today we cemented a priceless bond. I missed his birthday party yesterday because I was working (10:45 AM to 10:40 PM with an hour break to commute and change clothes in between jobs) and had come to celebrate with him for a little bit… and ask a bigContinue reading “The Night I Got My Bankroll”
Anne Lamott doesn’t specifically say it, but the advice I heard while reading her chapter on set design in Bird by Bird was, “People want to tell you their story. They want to help you. All you have to do is ask.”
One sad and desperately lonely summer night, I stumbled onto a new way to subdue my poker addiction – searching news archives for buried poker treasure. It began as an attempt to uncover information on Vera Richmond – the elusive heiress known as one of the first women to match bankrolls with the founders ofContinue reading “Searching For Buried Treasure”
Rachel Hoyt 