We’re on our way to Seaside, Oregon for the first night of the residency. It takes traveling in the car for a good hour before my body really understands that Oregon is a reality. In my heart and [...]
[Starting today, I will chronicle my trip with one new photo posted to the website via a link in this blog. Some photos will be scenic, some with people, etc. Who knows…] From 32,000 feet, [...]
I stay at Wesley’s for the night to save driving time in the morning…The morning, which today was her little house on the ridge hugged by a dense, white cloud. At sunrise, the light filtered [...]
There’s so much I’ve been wanting to say and it’s not coming out right. Here’s how this goes: The board games were less about the pot brownies and so much more about how getting lost in a game [...]
The point is to keep it small and meaningful, but allow for loads of fun. So this is how it goes: I show up half and hour early to help Wesley clean her house. I come prepared with noisemakers, [...]
The first interview goes well. We meet for two hours in LM’s studio, sharing an orange essence dark chocolate bar and taking turns talking into the tape recorder. Her work and life are so [...]
Things move quickly. I’ve studied LM’s printmaking work for two days, reviewed her artist’s rant, and looked up the techniques in Judy Martin’s Encyclopedia of Printmaking. Today, coincidentally, [...]
Before tonight’s post, two important details to attend to:1. The guitar-kitten (aka Dad’s Christmas present): While Dad never believed we had a kitten hiding in the back room for him, by [...]
Rest and relaxation means, in my world, finally losing track of time, calling friends just to see if they want to waste time together, going the extra mile for others without even knowing [...]
Snow and snow and snow and snow. It’s snows all day, high up here along Shuford Creek. And still, by midnight, the roads are barely kissed with white. The flakes are small and featherweight, [...]
