deep down
Peaches. On the beach. You know she has company because – well, all those give-away footprints in the sand. Althought footprints can last awhile, even in sand, you know we are there with her. With Peaches. And that feeling of “with” comes with my art making as well. I sit down to create and I […]
who you are
Yesterday I was talking to a dear friend about my busy busy life this summer and she said to me:”You’ve forgotten who you are.” It kind of hit me like a bolt of lightening. Unexpected and right to the core. It was so true that it shifted everything instantly. I had “forgotten” I was an […]
my language
It’s summer. It’s time to forget, daydream, act on a whim. But blog? Hmmmm. It’s been awhile. But yes, midst my forgetting, my daydreaming, my acting on whims… I have been playing. Playing with color and layers and shapes and… Yeah. Playing with my art stuff. And while I’ve been moving this here and attaching […]
is/isn’t
Water reflects. Until it doesn’t. The weather was way too hot. Now it isn’t. We are. And then we aren’t. Yeah, it seems that way. It seems like everything is either/or. But then – even those darn water ripples are kind of reflecting, doesn’t it seem? And the weather – was it way too hot? […]
the heat
Summer is getting warmer and warmer. I love it. I love the heat. Today was the first day in so long that NO ONE was around. Just me. Me and my art. Me and my horses. Showing the heat that is happening. As they slowly take shape. When I was growing up, I rode every […]
rest
Right now, it’s pouring cats and dogs. And windy. But last night: the lake was the picture of peace. Just what I needed to greet me after a long day. I had closed up the house in Bath, Maine, where I spent the winter and was still visiting until now. I then drove here (with […]
her/its own reality
Is this my Aunt Hunter holding me now? asks Cecilia. And will I look over to see Aunt Lynn in a moment? Is this the life I’m creating for myself? Little Cecilia, growing by the day, came into this world with no means to support herself. Unable to do anything. Or so it seemed. Rather, […]
done in
It’s been raining. It’s cold. We were outside too long. The pooch is done in. But I’m okay. I’m not done in. I’m coming out of that state. Whenever I hit a particularly challenging time in my life – for whatever reason – I have this habit of looking around and thinking to myself: why […]
alongside
I was just out taking Peaches for a walk up the little peak near me. I noticed a car parked at the entrance to the trail – and sure enough, we soon encountered a mom carrying a tiny baby, the grandmother, and then a young boy dawdling alongside. I trotted past them, thinking I would […]
it’s gonna be a great summer
How can it not be? People in New England are complaining about a long cold spring. I go out for walks in the woods and I NEVER have encountered so many mosquitoes. And it keeps on raining and raining and raining. But this four leaf clover. It takes me back. Back to my childhood summers […]
