“Back in the day”…the Arbor Cafe day, that is, R’s favorite birthday cake was one the cafe made that was cranberry-chocolate…no frosting. I took no recipes with me into the studio in 2004, but the last few years, at birthday time, there has been a certain pining for the cranberry chocolate cake, so this is […]
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Blair Saxon-Hill
We first met artist Blair Saxon-Hill through archives… Blair and artist John Brodie own a book store in Portland, Monograph Bookwerks which handles new and used, rare and out of print art books…and occasionally archives come their way. Blair currently has a show up at the Littman Gallery at Portland State University, “From the Beginning […]
Birth Announcement!
Hooray! Sidney Roger Hull joined us on November 16th, 2013…born in Portland, Oregon. His life will not be chronicled here…(his parents would like him to become a media star in his own good time…) But…this is the point where his young life intersects with ours…delightfully. He’s a beautiful boy, now just a week old. […]
Playing With the House
What a nice day today. For one thing, it started out sunny with the light streaming in… …and a few fun things were on the schedule…home things… Back in 2012 at this time, I was getting ready for ankle surgery and being off my feet for three months. R put lights on the trees outside […]
Trying to Fit it ALL in…
Phew…it was a race this week, but we managed. Martha and I blasted to Portland on an errand yesterday and got to PDX just as Ryan Wilson Paulsen was in the gallery and gave us some chat about his current show with his wife Anna Gray (up at PDX until November 30th). I’ve admired their […]
Quilt Story
We’re heading up the freeway today to deliver Sidney’s quilt…here’s the narrative…idea borrowed from Eleanor McCain…
“Threading the Needle,” Rick Bartow, Dave (Nic) Nichols
I like it…looking at disparate stuff. In random order. The best. Elizabeth and I raced through the pouring rain to Portland yesterday for “research”…a fiber-oriented show at the Helzer Gallery at PCC Rock Creek Campus. Though the gallery was small…only enough room for one or two pieces from each artist, each piece had something to […]
Love Your Library II: Kristin Kuhns
First, let me remind you of the upcoming fund-raiser for the Salem Public Library Children’s Room renovation, which is on Thursday, November 7th… The Children’s Room renovation will include (according to library staff): “The existing Children’s area activity room and adjacent under-utilized space (where the teen collection was previously housed) will be transformed into a […]
Zucchini Bread!
In September I visited my Auntie Pat in Wisconsin and as we parted she gave me her zucchini bread recipe. So, the other day, I had one big zucchini left and thought the moment had arrived…zucchini bread time. When I got out the recipe I noticed she had omitted the flour, so I got a […]
A Basket Full of Stuff
My friend George writes a nice blog and the other day he wrote in an email that his recent post was a bit miscellaneous…sort of a “basket full of stuff.” THIS, I thought, exactly describes my current predicament…weirdly unrelated, all sort of interesting, some nice images…okay let’s go. The weather has been beautiful here, after […]
On The Way 