I published this on my birthday in 2009 and every year since, but I still think it tells my story so let’s go again… Today is my birthday and I’ve attained a certain age. I have plans, things to do, places to go. But today I’m looking back. (I tried to cut my own bangs–oops.) […]
Category: Family photos
The One Sunny Day
What a wet winter this has been…and still is. One sunny day seems like a miracle, and the most recent one coincided with Sidney Day which meant more fun…the usual early departure…misty sun along the river… Playground action all morning…”who’s that trippy-tropping on my bridge?” a great slide… producing some static electricity in the hair […]
SRH and “Nasty Women”
Thursday was Sidney day and though it had a fort in it… it was more about trains… Harry was playing… but we got dressed and headed out… this week to Eutectic Gallery to see the “Nasty Women” show…interesting from the perspective of one who has no cultural perspective… or rather, from one who has a […]
The Deckers
The other morning I was sitting with a group of friends, sewing, and the talk was of memory and aging (and politics, but that’s another whole ball of wax…) and this morning I was tidying the bedroom and walked by this photo, as I do daily, but was drawn in today. As I gazed at […]
Art Laundry and Where Art Comes From
This week of working in the backyard studio with Carolyn Schneider, somebody I’ve known since the 7th grade when we met in an art class, has been fun. Interesting. Poignant. Hilarious. Sad. Our own work, our dead mothers and fathers, our family dynamics, aging, our own work…all this talk whirling around while we have worked […]
The Heart of the Summer
That’s what I always think the 4th of July is, the heart of the summer, the time of blueberries and peaches…even though there are still three more months ahead and only one behind…(too many years on the academic schedule I guess.) And for us the 4th of July means the beach…this year like most of […]
David Selleck, Joe Rudko and Fathers
Well we headed to Portland for Father’s Day festivities… Which started with looking at art, of course. I’m a fan of David Selleck who had a show at Blackfish Gallery R took a look at Steve Tilden’s small sculptures… I liked this one…(sort of like a tiny Marie Watt) The neighborhood is unrecognizable for those […]
Moving Day
Sidney and his parents moved to a new house Monday. For the grown-ups it was a long and exhausting day. Our assignment though was to take Sidney away all day, after watching the event get started, and play. So we did. We arrived early to find the “old house” looking serene and calm from the […]
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” […]
On The Way 