a little different
(reads: THIS CHICK HAS HAD IT) What female person can resist this? I couldn’t. I ordered it off Etsy a while ago. I couldn’t wait to serve food on it… have the words revealed in the course of the meal. When it arrived in this smidgen box, I had my clue: it was NOT the […]
just
I ordered this amaryllis November 20. Red for the holidays. When it hadn’t budged/was still only a fat bulb on December 31, I emailed the company. They said: give it more time. And sure enough, a few days ago a bud peaked out of the soil. This morning, the bud was touching the base of […]
taking a moment — or two
(“what happened to the beautiful snow?”) I just got back from overnight visiting Nika and Scott – and Ariella, who had come up for the weekend to see them and to ski. They invited me to ski too, but I figured that I could get art done on both days if I planned well. But […]
one of those days
Red. Stop sign red. Stop. I should have stopped before I started today. Just a litany of woes, it was. One thing after another. Losing one of those ice spikes you put on your shoe. Walking in way too cold wind. Gently backing into another car – so lousy. AND, to top it all off: […]
through the mire
I was trying to show you the rain drops falling on the water. And on the ice. And on the snow. Making slop. A mire. That’s what this time of year is for, I tell you. It’s like those epic struggle parts of the children’s book where the hero/heroine has to traverse lousy conditions and […]
the brain
(coming home late) Yesterday, in my online art group, we were talking about how to determine which ways to participate in social media. The gist of it was to go for what you are good at/enjoy. Not what stresses you and depletes you. So, fortuitously, I ran into this paragraph in Dalio’s book today, speaking […]
snowbank
I was passing a sign in a nearby town: BEHIND THIS SNOWBANK IS A GREAT STORE. Well, thanks to the sun outside, you can’t see my interior “snowbank” very well. I could have a sign that read: BEHIND THIS CONFUSION IS A GREAT IDEA. Hopefully someday art. And wouldn’t it be great if it was […]
snow face
Peaches has been bouncing around in the snow. Can you tell? A little sticking to her? Just like me. When I go NEAR my dyes, they find a way to add themselves to my skin. Blue fingers? Did you somehow use that hand to touch your nose? And did you brush too close to the […]
physical movement
Yeah! Shovel that snow! You love it! In fact, oddly, I DO love shoveling snow. I like it because I can make shapes/path/ clear spaces. It’s artistically satisfying to me. You see, in the photo, the pile the snowplow made. That’s not my work, excuse me. Look at the much more refined path to the […]
measuring
Three days ago the forecast for yesterday was “snow showers”. Which basically means little or no accumulation. Nothing to measure. The day before: 3- 5 inches… The day of the snowstorm: oh dear, I can’t recall. More. And a wide range for measuring. And sure enough – the wide range part was right. The wind […]
