Sharon Parker 9/10/25 Sharon Parker 9/10/25

It’s the 2026 Useful Calendar, Now With Even More Usefulness

The new Useful Calendar featuring 12 horse illustrations for the upcoming Year of the Horse is ready (mostly), and will be available (in at least some iteration) at the LoLa Art Crawl, Sep. 20–21.

Sharon Parker 7/30/25 Sharon Parker 7/30/25

August Days of Note, and an Egyptian Snake Goddess

To the Ojibwe, this month brings the ricing moon; in Minnesota the wild rice harvest season begins August 15, in accordance with the 1854 Treaty Authority—but only if it's ripe, and only for those who have the proper permits. To the Anglo-Saxons, the new moon visible on Aug. 24 begins Weodmonath, meaning month of plants.