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A Look at PeakD's New "Store" Feature — A User's Out-Of-Box Experience

Back 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 ac...

Art and Creativity Journal: Last Week I Painted — Week Eight, 2026

Week 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...

Art and Creativity Journal: Last Week I Painted — Week Seven, 2026

Catching 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 ju...

Hand Painted Mandala Stone in Blue, Indigo, Gold and White by Alchemy Stones

Smaller free-hand painted beach stone, 40mm x 30mm; monogram signed and numbered. Has clear protective finish over design. Comes with gift bag and descriptive b...

Hand Painted Mandala Stone in Red, Orange, Gold and White by Alchemy Stones

Smaller free-hand painted beach stone, 36mm x 34mm; monogram signed and numbered. Has clear protective finish over design. Comes with gift bag and descriptive b...

Art and Creativity Journal: Last Week I Painted — Week Six, 2026

Finally 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 prece...

Art and Creativity Journal: Art vs. Life

I 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 creativi...

Creating 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 v...

Art 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. Was o...

Art and Creativity Journal: Last Week I Painted — Week Five, 2026

This 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 pr...

Art 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...

Art and Creativity Journal: Last Week I Painted — Week Four, 2026

We 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 painte...

Art 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 felt that crypt...

Hand Painted Mandala Stone in Green, Orange and White by Alchemy Stones

Free-hand painted beach stone, 60mm x 44mm; monogram signed and numbered. Has clear protective finish over design. Comes with gift bag and descriptive booklet. ...

Hand Painted Mandala Stone in Red, Purple, Yellow, Gold and White by Alchemy Stones

Free-hand painted beach stone, 52mm x 47mm; monogram signed and numbered. Has clear protective finish over design. Comes with gift bag and descriptive booklet. ...

Hand Painted Mandala Stone in Teal Green, Silver and White by Alchemy Stones

Free-hand painted beach stone, 58mm x 46mm; monogram signed and numbered. Has clear protective finish over design. Comes with gift bag and descriptive booklet. ...

Hand Painted Mandala Stone in Blue, Purple and White by Alchemy Stones

Free-hand painted beach stone, 67mm x 54mm; monogram signed and numbered. Has clear protective finish over design. Comes with gift bag and descriptive booklet. ...

Art and Creativity Journal: Last Week I Painted — Week Three, 2026

Welcome 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 th...

Art and Creativity Journal: A Sense of Accomplishment

Although 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 (d...

Art and Creativity Journal: Last Week I Painted — Week Two, 2026

Welcome 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...