Archive - The Scrap Heap

This Week in Joyful Practice: Summer is for Spacing Out

(and returning to the earth)

Aug 29 •

Learning to draw better, learning to draw worse

I drew this photo a hundred times, and still I didn't nail it

Aug 25 •

Jennifer Berney

This Week in Joyful Practice: Attunement, Vulnerability, & Everything is a Potential Drawing

Aug 24 •

Resistance is…

(and prompts for listening to the wisdom of I don’t wanna.)

Aug 17 •

This Week: The Chronological Refraction of Weird Al Yankovic

let's pretend I know what I mean by that

Aug 15 •

Jennifer Berney

Harbors & Wings: Resiliency is Interdependence

another sunflower revelation

Aug 10 •

this week: a sunflower grows from a sh*tpile

For months, I watched as what appeared to be a volunteer sunflower grew from a giant pile of manure in our pasture.

Aug 8 •

Jennifer Berney

Gentle Masculine Energy

an essay, a playlist, a prompt

Aug 3 •

Jennifer Berney

This Week in Joyful Practice: Can We Play?

Aug 1 •

July 2025

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