straight line?
I mentioned Fernando Caruncho in an earlier blog as the eminent landscape designer. I admit that the one element that I did not immediately relate to in his gardens was the use of many straight lines. I have been accustomed to Olmstead and other designers who mirror nature with their fluid curves. But Caruncho’s gardens […]
Aaaugh April!
A kind friend asked me about the weather here now. The weather? Asking me? Small joke – I’m ALWAYS talking about the weather. I grew up on a farm. Riding horses, mowing hay, playing in the darn sandpile: weather mattered. So, yeah, now I have a pup. We’re outside a lot. In the weather. But […]
beauty and terror
I just ordered seeds for this summer’s garden. And then it snowed. You recognize that pattern, right? You do something because you’re looking forward to that future wonderfulness. And then the tide keeps coming in, in the direction it’s been coming. Not turning yet. And just thinking of gardens and gardening, I went into the […]
odd space inside
I’m in this funny kind of impatient space. I feel like it’s familiar. I want “things” to happen faster: air to warm, flowers to bloom, etc. But more than that. I feel like I want my whole insides to stretch wide open. Not literally. But actually – to feel all full of the space that […]
flying above
Every once in a while you read about someone who just flies above the radar. So exceptional. In his/her own category. I chanced upon such an artist/architect in the April issue of The World of Interiors: I was struck by the work of Fernando Caruncho, who is considered, I learned, the greatest landscape designer of […]
choosing whose children we would like to be
I love this passage in Zadie Smith’s book, Feel Free, where she quotes Seneca (the Greek philosopher) : “We are in the habit of saying that it was not in our power to choose the parents who were allotted to us, that they were given to us by chance. But we can choose whose children we […]
fit to be tied
I woke up this morning fit to be tied. My brain was goooooing. When I run into anything I can’t solve emotionally, my brain is sure that if I THINK enough, I’ll find my way. Rarely is that true. The “stuff” that was coming up was about people. People close to me. I can be […]
attention
I was viewing an excellent social media tutorial which started out with the assumption that everything on the web is contending for the viewer’s … attention. You guessed it. And how to “win” in this game. It struck me. That word attention. And what I notice. So, I’m walking along in the early evening. The […]
color but not color
I don’t know. Is Peaches orange? Hmmmm… For the past couple of days, Victor was visiting and we were listening to classical music on WCRB – streaming it in. He had found the station for me; he listens to it all the time. He commented that he thought lately they were playing too many horns. […]
coloratura (*)
Quite by mistake, I published a post with NO writing. I left you wondering, no doubt, what that word meant? I had JUST discovered it today and was so excited to share it. I guess too excited!!! It was in this essay in Zadie Smith’s new book and it is in reference to music. The […]
