And by that I mean the verb, not the noun. I consider it one of the real privileges I have to tag along with R when he’s off to interview an artist (future interviewees–I don’t always go, only sometimes.)…we smile and chat, he goes into to interview mode and I look and look. All good. […]
Category: Celebrations
My Life So Far
I’ve published this most years on my birthday since 2009, and I STILL like the way it tells the first part of my story. I love the old photos of the little me…it reminds me every year that I get further away from this little girl, that this was how I started up. “Today […]
Hello March!
In Like a Lion today…hail, wind, pouring rain…but a happy day nonetheless. The first Tuesday of the month is quilt group and today we went out to Lynda’s where everything is about sewing…the flower bed… and the dog (“Buttons”)…everything…in a good way. Show and tell included Lynda’s new quilt made from a pattern called “Smitten” […]
Fat Tuesday!
Krewe du Cascadia went all out today with a Fat Tuesday lunch at Max Marbles with all the favorites…grits, hoppin’ john, creole mac and cheese, etouffe, red beans and rice with spicy sausage, cornbread, beignets (made by Tory)…. q beer of course… Music… King cake…and Tory got the baby…(which means she has to bring the […]
Boxing Day
I have to say, this is a favorite day…the frantic rush of presents and baking is over, the dust settles, you can put on your new flannel shirt and be cozy, peruse your Christmas books. Best of all when it falls on Saturday and nobody has to go anywhere. Whether your Christmas was one of […]
Thankful
When you stop to think about it there are so many things to be thankful for. I could make a blog post with 300 images…but really this year it was simple. Family…those that were with us and those that were far away…loved nonetheless. But the ones that were with us made us laugh and laugh […]
Road trip to Wallace, Idaho
Time for the Wallace High School all-class reunion again. We packed all the important stuff and headed east/northeast… We stopped in Mosier in the Gorge…Louis Bunce spent a few summers in Mosier back in the 1930’s with the Givlers and others…R wanted to get a feel for it. We headed across Washington and by now […]
Rick Bartow
Luckily I’m giving you plenty of time…Rick Bartow’s show “Things You Know But Cannot Explain” is on view at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art on the University of Oregon campus through August. If you love painting, if you love sculpture and construction, if you love Oregon, if you love the authentic point of view, […]
Currently on View
We went to “the Museum” last night…in our neighborhood that would be the Hallie Ford Museum of Art. There’s a loaned Andre Derain oil on view that is lovely, “Montreuil-Sur-Mer…Derain a fauvist who painted often with Matisse, was 29 when he painted this. Plus a nice Robert Rauschenberg screenprint from 1970, “Features from Currents”…a 2014 […]
Clay Ball
Last night was the annual Clay Ball art auction to benefit the Salem Art Association. Money was raised, art changed hands, friends were greeted… But the fun this year was the hats…glamorous or fanciful… some chose to wear “virtual” hats…(including Clay Ball originator Mary Lou Zeek who was thinking about her upcoming pop-up art show […]
On The Way 