Baldylocks posted an article on The Adventures of BaldyLocks - Dec 14, 2011, 12:30 pm
The mountain and I had a date a few days ago. We haven't seen each other much since I started working again but I plan on making it more. There's nothing like the view after my own two feet have taken me to the top.
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Baldylocks posted an article on The Adventures of BaldyLocks - Nov 10, 2011, 4:12 pm
I can't believe I'm still struggling. Things are going so well, yet it doesn't take much for a complete setback. I guess it's not a complete setback but it sure feels like it. I had my flu shot a couple of weeks ago but before it could kick in my son had bronchitis and gave it to me. I'm pretty ...
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Baldylocks posted an article on The Adventures of BaldyLocks - Nov 7, 2011, 4:48 pm

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Baldylocks posted an article on The Adventures of BaldyLocks - Nov 3, 2011, 1:09 am

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Baldylocks posted an article on The Adventures of BaldyLocks - Oct 4, 2011, 11:06 pm
I've been working a lot lot, even when I probably shouldn't be. I say yes a lot even when I know it might knock me flat. I like to at least try. The last few weeks at work (job #1) I've been covering for someone that has left even though I know I can't keep doing it, as well as working job #2. I'...
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Baldylocks posted an article on The Adventures of BaldyLocks - Oct 3, 2011, 2:25 pm
Things are moving so quickly. I have been getting habituated at work. It's been hard and hard on my body but I love it. I love being needed again. I love that I fit in. I figured out the source of my extreme anxiety and stress. There had been an accident with a tiny neighbor child weeks ago a...
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Baldylocks posted an article on The Adventures of BaldyLocks - Sep 6, 2011, 2:19 pm
Thank you to everyone who has been giving me tips on where to find info and support on working again. I've been having a lot of anxiety lately. I'm hoping it's just a phase that I will work through. I have had a good talk with a friend of mine and just being able to talk about it has improved thin...
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Baldylocks posted an article on The Adventures of BaldyLocks - Sep 2, 2011, 9:21 pm
I'm sitting here wondering who to call. I want to tell someone what a hard time I'm having adjusting to work. There's no one to tell, I guess. At times like this I feel like I'm the one in slow motion in a scene where people in the background speed by. People have lives, they do things when they...
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Baldylocks posted an article on The Adventures of BaldyLocks - Aug 23, 2011, 11:32 pm
I know I've disappeared from the blog front. I wish I could say I was out having great summer adventures and I am in a way. It's been taking everything I have to work at my new jobs. Jobs plural. I never ever do things halfway, I'm in a %125 or I'm out. I'm so ecstatically, over the top hap...
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Baldylocks posted an article on The Adventures of BaldyLocks - Jul 31, 2011, 5:46 pm
Love has begun to be a thing that's simply a curiosity to me. Something that seems such a stranger that it's like an object I'd like to poke with a stick. I don't know if I'd even know how to do it anymore. I see others in their relationships and it seems artificial to me. I see very authentic lo...
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Baldylocks posted an article on The Adventures of BaldyLocks - Jul 17, 2011, 1:32 pm
As Canadians we love to celebrate our friends and family who identify as gay, bisexual, transgendered or anything else. A few years ago when I moved into the city I realized I was only a few blocks from the Pride Parade. I'm not a fan of parades and avoid them whenever possible but when I walked u...
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Baldylocks posted an article on The Adventures of BaldyLocks - Jul 16, 2011, 12:44 am
I'd say by now I'm semi-completely, officially one of the working. It's so real and happening that I feel like I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop. I'm really happy about working, more happy than I can even type out here. I had started to feel like moving on was a dream slipping away from me, ...
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Baldylocks posted an article on The Adventures of BaldyLocks - Jul 14, 2011, 10:37 pm
Usually I feel like my bed is my little safe space where I can curl up and rest but sometimes it feels like an island I can't escape from. I can get so exhausted that there's nowhere else for me to go. I have a collage on the wall that a friend of mine made with, "DREAM", written on it in silver gl...
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Baldylocks posted an article on The Adventures of BaldyLocks - Jul 3, 2011, 2:15 pm
I applied for a new job and got it! It feels like everything has changed on a dime but for the better for once. I felt like my soul was rotting away here in my home. I wanted to be out doing things but I had nowhere to go. The first job that I went back to (after 5 years) has been really slow be...
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Baldylocks posted an article on The Adventures of BaldyLocks - Jul 2, 2011, 12:00 am
Nobody loves like a Canadian. Last year I posted about waking up to find my sons silk-screening T-shirts and dressing in full Canadiana to spend the day frolicking at the festivities. Click here to see last year's post. This year my youngest son wanted to make a shirt for his love and he did a grea...
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Baldylocks posted an article on The Adventures of BaldyLocks - Jun 29, 2011, 6:37 pm
The last 2 months I've been exercising again. Every time I've been able to get a bit stronger since my transplant, I have a huge setback by getting sick. It got to the point that I was afraid to try. I actually have an instinct to stop whatever I'm doing to keep my heart rate down. That's becaus...
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Baldylocks posted an article on The Adventures of BaldyLocks - Jun 27, 2011, 3:12 pm
My 5 year bone marrow transplant cancerversary is coming up quickly. I've been scarcely able to believe my life has changed so much in 5 years. Five years ago I had three young sons at home, I would get carded for liquor and I felt I had everything under control. I had a future, I had goals and a...
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Baldylocks posted an article on The Adventures of BaldyLocks - Jun 18, 2011, 11:23 pm
I was really sad today to hear about the passing of Betty Fox. She kept her son, Terry Fox's memory and passion alive after his passing 30 years ago. My sons have had the honour of meeting her and her husband when they came to speak at their schools. She never gave up the hope and it felt to me l...
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Baldylocks posted an article on The Adventures of BaldyLocks - Jun 17, 2011, 8:08 pm
I can feel the sweat beading on my forehead. I marched my way into the university career centre today. I'm an almni so I have access to their resources. I hadn't really planned that but next thing you know I am sitting in an office explaining my situation and asking zillions of questions. When m...
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Baldylocks posted an article on The Adventures of BaldyLocks - Jun 16, 2011, 5:27 pm
How do I explain an empty resume? I'm trying to do a new one and although I've done a lot of interesting things, none of them seem to be resume worthy. My main occupation this last 5 years has been to heal. Doing my best to survive day to day also doen't quite seem resume worthy. I have a lot of...
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Baldylocks posted an article on The Adventures of BaldyLocks - Jun 15, 2011, 4:50 pm
I read in the newspaper today an article that says people over 50 who are struck with cancer or another life threatening or chronic illness are susceptible to depression. The article then went on to explain why people over 50 who've had cancer are susceptible. It gave very reasonable sounding gues...
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Baldylocks posted an article on The Adventures of BaldyLocks - Jun 9, 2011, 4:54 pm
My financial armageddon has come. I've been slowly slipping into debt with my medications that are over and above what I bring in in a month along with housing and feeding my sons and I. I've done everything I can to keep us afloat and am happy to say I just managed to get back to work. The back ...
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Baldylocks posted an article on The Adventures of BaldyLocks - Jun 1, 2011, 1:24 am
I picked up a package in my mail today. It's the Cancer Connections book which I was just published in. It's the best present I've ever gotten. I clutched it to my chest like it was a new baby and I walked home grinning the biggest grin. People stared a little but I didn't mind. I swear I was gl...
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Baldylocks posted an article on The Adventures of BaldyLocks - May 28, 2011, 4:03 am
Sounds familiar. And the plot feels completely real to me. I hate mentioning my chances but it's 61% of living a disease free life. Fuck that. But this movies sounds good.
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Baldylocks posted an article on The Adventures of BaldyLocks - May 26, 2011, 7:38 pm
I got the deed done. It didn't feel like it had been six months rather than two weeks since I had my bloodwork done last but I sure caused them some trouble. Apparently I had been 'discharged' from the lab. By whom, I have no idea. I restrained my self from making the same joke I make every time ...
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Baldylocks posted an article on The Adventures of BaldyLocks - May 26, 2011, 6:03 pm
I'm hesitating on going to get my bloodwork done today. It's been 6 months and I'm still so used to seeing the bloodsuckers every other week. I've noticed that I hate walking in the direction of the hospital in general. It's a beautiful walk through the tree lined neighborhoods. I go for walks q...
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Baldylocks posted an article on The Adventures of BaldyLocks - May 18, 2011, 2:09 pm
I'm still working away at my projects for the Dancers 4 Cancer event. This will hopefully be the women's T-Shirt design. I hand drew it and then have struggled to clean it up with my mouse. Blending technology with hand done artwork is such an exciting way to create.
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Baldylocks posted an article on The Adventures of BaldyLocks - May 4, 2011, 2:27 pm
The last couple of years I've been involved in the Dancers4Cancer fundraiser. I love their cause, I love their non discriminatory outlook and it's a hellofalotta fun. This year I've been lucky enough to get their site up and running, design their poster and now I get to design this years T-shirt. ...
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Baldylocks posted an article on The Adventures of BaldyLocks - May 3, 2011, 1:23 pm
I'm fine. I've just been suffering the blahs lately. I've started blog posts here and there yet never hit the post button. Spring is imminent, that should help.
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Baldylocks posted an article on The Adventures of BaldyLocks - Apr 12, 2011, 2:45 pm

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Baldylocks posted an article on The Adventures of BaldyLocks - Mar 30, 2011, 3:38 pm
Five years ago today my life blew apart forever. I seem to be okay with not remembering this particular milestone but some one always reminds me.
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Baldylocks posted an article on The Adventures of BaldyLocks - Mar 26, 2011, 1:08 pm
Save a life. Become a bone marrow donor. OneMatch.ca -Canadian Registry National Marrow Donor Program Bone Marrow Donors Worldwide My life was saved in 2006 by my brother who became my stem cell donor. I had a rare kind of leukemia, AML, which is quick and agressive. I lucked out that my only si...
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Baldylocks posted an article on The Adventures of BaldyLocks - Mar 25, 2011, 11:43 pm
Well the last few days have been crazy. There has been a very heated debate about a username I have been using on Etsy since 2007. I do not want to continue the debate because I believe there's a lot more important things to be heated about than a username. I realize that this is a matter that ha...
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Baldylocks posted an article on The Adventures of BaldyLocks - Mar 23, 2011, 2:07 pm
I got some bad news yesterday. I've received a letter asking to close down my shop that I've had on Etsy since 2007, which in internet years is ancient. The problem is with the username I have. How it started was when I was in hospital. That was the absolutely worst time of my life and I was grasp...
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Baldylocks posted an article on The Adventures of BaldyLocks - Mar 17, 2011, 12:38 am
My body betrayed me. One day I found myself clinging to life in a sterile hospital room on a closed floor in the Vancouver General Hospital. There I silently slipped into a sterile system of tubes, fluids, chemicals, warning labels and the humming of machines. My body was toxic including anything ...
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Baldylocks posted an article on The Adventures of BaldyLocks - Mar 12, 2011, 12:12 am
Living post cancer is such a lonely thing. No one can share your fear with you when it pops up and no one can share your bone crushing exhaustion nor all the weird physical problems that arise. I feel a crossover of having such a successful show that I built from the ground up and the aftermath of...
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Baldylocks posted an article on The Adventures of BaldyLocks - Mar 10, 2011, 11:31 pm
Under eye cover up is my friend right now. I've been meeting some very cool people at the gallery. The first day I gallery sat, there was a movie being filmed all over the block and I walked into the gallery to see EVERYTHING happening out the front window. There was the actress Poppy Montgomery w...
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Baldylocks posted an article on The Adventures of BaldyLocks - Mar 7, 2011, 1:01 pm
A brilliant friend set up his camera and created this time lapse video of the art show. Very cool.
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Baldylocks posted an article on The Adventures of BaldyLocks - Mar 6, 2011, 1:08 pm
Exhibit-V is a site that creates short films of the art show openings around Victoria. Efren came by and created this video of me chatting about the show.
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Baldylocks posted an article on The Adventures of BaldyLocks - Mar 6, 2011, 1:03 am
On the way to the first art show in Chemainus I was driven up by my closest friend. Her 17 year old son was in the back and is a cheeky monkey. He stated loudly that my friend and I (Pinky) come off in public as a lesbian couple. I thought that was pretty funny because we are very close but... yo...
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Baldylocks posted an article on The Adventures of BaldyLocks - Mar 5, 2011, 10:30 pm
This is definitely one of the best days of my life. I don't have pictures because other people were taking photos for me but the gallery was packed. Packed for 4 hours. I am tired and deserve a big rest but I'm not sure I can rest when I can barely contain the satisfaction and joy I feel. A big pa...
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Baldylocks posted an article on The Adventures of BaldyLocks - Mar 5, 2011, 1:21 am
Now one more art show to go to tomorrow.
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Baldylocks posted an article on The Adventures of BaldyLocks - Mar 4, 2011, 1:31 pm
Day 2, first art show up island in Chemainus. The roller coaster continues. I still have a lot to do for the Victoria Show tomorrow and I just don't know if that stuff will get done. It would sure help if I had a printer.
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Baldylocks posted an article on The Adventures of BaldyLocks - Mar 4, 2011, 1:31 am
Day 1 down which consisted of me travelling to Vancouver for several medical appointments. I had 4 men peering into various orifices of my body today, carefully explaining to the medical student at each appointment, what they were looking at. Apparently even throughout the trauma my body has recei...
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Baldylocks posted an article on The Adventures of BaldyLocks - Mar 3, 2011, 12:23 am
I kept postering the city today. I was like a postering machine! What was great was how well the posters have been received. Every coffee shop and business I went to today was really happy to have them. I took this shot at the beginning of my poster journey. These photos are in a small alley in ...
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Baldylocks posted an article on The Adventures of BaldyLocks - Feb 12, 2011, 8:04 pm
I'm wanting to make a separate website to house my art show photos. I'm looking for a way to make the site myself, have a nice gallery, have the photos difficult to steal etc. Does anyone have some suggestions for what to use to make this? I was checking out Wordpress but I don't think it has wha...
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Baldylocks posted an article on The Adventures of BaldyLocks - Feb 11, 2011, 4:51 pm
An artist without a studio is like a cook without a kitchen. I was just outside photographing my work and racing against the thunder and rain. I think I got most of them thankfully because the coming weather is all rain rain rain!
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Baldylocks posted an article on The Adventures of BaldyLocks - Feb 9, 2011, 8:37 pm
Need to put down the art show prepping and walk away. I've been building the poster for my art show and then decided to make it bigger yadda yadda, and photoshop quit leaving me without my poster saved. I know. Classic mistake. I've also been researching printing, contacting people to let them kn...
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Baldylocks posted an article on The Adventures of BaldyLocks - Feb 7, 2011, 4:31 pm
I'm searching for strength today. Strength to put aside the fear and lunge into making these art shows real. Painting and creating is one thing, tying them together and writing about it to put out into the world is a whole other thing. Once people are invited and my visual thoughts are placed on ...
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Baldylocks posted an article on The Adventures of BaldyLocks - Feb 6, 2011, 2:49 pm
I scribble quotes that mean something to me, all through my sketch books. Sometimes I even put them on my blog! This sketch book page ended up drawn on, painted, collaged, painted again and then a quote scratched on top in sharpie. When I put things in my sketch book, they are never for show. My...
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