alchemystones in #hive-148441 • 9 hours agoA Look at PeakD's New "Store" Feature — A User's Out-Of-Box ExperienceBack in December, I was excited to learn about a new initiative from @peakd, which is basically a "store" feature integrated into the UI for those wishing to actually…alchemystones in #hive-148441 • yesterdayArt and Creativity Journal: Last Week I Painted — Week Eight, 2026Week eight was an extremely modest week, as far as painting work is concerned, but continuing on with creating this 2026 "Work Catalog." These are simple photos of the stones…alchemystones in #hive-148441 • 7 days agoArt and Creativity Journal: Last Week I Painted — Week Seven, 2026Catching up, and now sharing work from week 7 — continuing to share painted stones completed during the preceding week. These are simple photos of the stones just painted, shown…alchemystones in #hive-148441 • 10 days agoArt and Creativity Journal: Last Week I Painted — Week Six, 2026Finally getting around to posting Week Six of my new work recaps, running late due to a busy week; continuing to share painted stones completed during the preceding week. These…alchemystones in #hive-148441 • 11 days agoArt and Creativity Journal: Art vs. LifeI have been rather remiss in posting updates for a while. My most accurate explanation for why that is would be to say that life is interfering with my creativity! ![AS24-006a.jpg](alchemystones in #hive-148441 • 18 days agoCreating Metaphysical Art: What is Real and What is Imaginary?One of our "gimmicks" — or marketing approaches — we use when it comes to presenting Alchemy Stones to the public has always been that they have "metaphysical value." ![AS005-Chakra4-6.jpg](alchemystones in #hive-148441 • 21 days agoArt and Creativity Journal: Moving Inventory Around... Moving inventory around — specifically moving items I have had for sale all over the web to a single location on Etsy — is really quite a tedious process. ![AS-0004-Stone-Blue.jpg](alchemystones in #hive-148441 • 22 days agoArt and Creativity Journal: Last Week I Painted — Week Five, 2026This time, we not only made it to Week Five of my new work recaps, but also to the month of February; conitnuing to share painted stones completed during the previous week.…alchemystones in #hive-148441 • 25 days agoArt and Creativity Journal: Cleaning Out the Old to Make Room for the New!Over the past 3 days, I have been spending quite a bit of time sorting through some of my old boxes and bins. It's not exactly creative work, but I decided that it's…alchemystones in #hive-148441 • 29 days agoArt and Creativity Journal: Last Week I Painted — Week Four, 2026We have made it to Week Four of my new work recaps, sharing painted stones completed during the previous week. These are just pictures of the stones just painted in "raw"…alchemystones in #hive-148441 • last monthArt and Creativity Journal: PeakD Stores — Turning Words Into Action!I have long been a proponent of actual commerce on the blockchain... actually dating back to before I started this crypto blogging gig. I always felalchemystones in #hive-148441 • last monthArt and Creativity Journal: Last Week I Painted — Week Three, 2026Welcome to the Week Three recap of my new work completed during the previous week. These are just pictures of the stones just painted in "raw" format, before they get…alchemystones in #hive-148441 • last monthArt and Creativity Journal: A Sense of AccomplishmentAlthough the year has gotten off to a bit of a slow start, I do feel a bit of a sense of accomplishment at having gotten in several short beach combing trips (despite pretty…alchemystones in #hive-148441 • last monthArt and Creativity Journal: Last Week I Painted — Week Two, 2026Welcome to the Week Two recap of my new work completed during the previous week. These are just pictures of the stones just painted in "raw" format, before they get their…alchemystones in #hive-148441 • last monthArt and Creativity Journal: Passing Time, Inflation and the Price of ArtSince we just had the turn of another year, I've been spending a little time looking over my stock of items that we take to shows, as well as the items I have had listed for sale…alchemystones in #hive-148441 • 2 months agoArt and Creativity Journal: A Quick Beach Trip!As I have mentioned, I was getting somewhat need of new ”raw materials” to paint stones on. So, when my wife decided to go use our neighborhoodalchemystones in #hive-148441 • 2 months agoArt and Creativity Journal: This Week I Painted — Week One, 2026Decided that every Monday I'm going to post (mostly as a record for my own benefit, but also to share) a recap of my new work completed during the previous week. These are…alchemystones in #hive-148441 • 2 months agoArt and Creativity Journal: Renewals, Endings and Creative Ambitions!And so, we write 2026! I typically skirt around the whole issue of setting goals and making New Year's resolutions because I tend to fail miserably at such things, and I think…alchemystones in #hive-148441 • 2 months agoArt and Creativity Journal: Departing Thoughts for 2025As I had hoped, this past week I have been able to spend a fair amount of time taking it easy and working on painting projects. That seven-day "dead period" between…alchemystones in #hive-148441 • 2 months agoArt and Creativity Journal: Holiday Lull and Creative BurstsAs we enter the last couple of weeks of 2025 I also find myself in that interesting period that I think of as a bit of a "no man's land." What I mean
