No organized thoughts tonight. No real focus. So many things and events, moments, people, streaking through my brain…images to tell the tale…a visit to the Saward Collection… Henk Pander… William Givler… George Johanson…white paintings… Harry Widman… Ruth Patterson Hart SRH… Barbara Rowland… Bru… RPH… Interlude… Salem Sketchers… the taxes… Reading and thinking… early morning… RPH […]
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 […]
Some houses are iconic for a family. Often they are houses that aren’t grand necessarily, but are places where life has been interestingly lived. There is such a house for the Hull family. It’s in Wallace, Idaho, a place totally unlike anyplace I’ve been…a place out of the big box-internet-fast food-stream of modern life. It […]
Even if you aren’t exactly in the Christmas mood, stuff just starts coming into the house…Ellen’s yummy fruitcake? Yep… ho.ho.ho… Better go write some cards…now that I have the stamps…
What a week…I narrowly survived the festivities! It’s been foggy…R got this amazing picture the other day…down by the river… I got a tour of the new Children’s Room remodel at the Salem Public Library… was on a panel for city club talking about interesting places in Salem, places of community…(with stellar panelists Sarah Evans, […]
I haven’t been slacking exactly, except maybe for reporting things here… What a fall it has been…kind of a whirlwind of activity including birthdays… new studio, sewing, family, art, writing, house projects…THANKSGIVING! …a walking boy… family and feasts are good… and the END of the fall fix-up! Yay! On we go…
Last week was a family milestone…young master Hull celebrated his first birthday, and we celebrated with him. My brother Bru made him a card… and the Hull/Decker tradition of the silver cup continues… it was festive… Doug and Marie brought Finley’s Thomas train… Asher came and brought a gift for Sidney, (which he helped unwrap)… […]
I’m cleaning the dining room chairs in advance of the new table that is coming in December. What seemed a chore yesterday, today became a meditation on old family things, the patina of age, and my mother-in-law. The chairs have been at our house for 20 years, since Mo died. As the eldest child, R […]
Last weekend we stayed at the wonderful Wave Crest in Cannon Beach, being lovers of the authentic Oregon experience, and it was fun. When owner (Daryl)Hank Johnson was a Portlander (curator at the Washington Park Rose Garden) he often stayed at the Wave Crest, and then just up and bought it from his retiring friends […]
My Mom was born on September 2, 1923. If she were alive today she would be 91. Alas, she left us at 88, but the photos remain to remind us of a lively person who loved her life. Happy Birthday Mama! (With apologies to my three handsome brothers who have been omitted…I’ll have to work […]
On The Way 