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 […]
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Clay Lohman at JSMA
We were heading to Eugene and wanted to see Clay Lohman’s installation “Camo Cubes” at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at the University of Oregon. Parking is very limited and we had heard that we might apply for “movie star” parking due to my knee recuperation..What a delight to drive up and find… We […]
Fort Day
As the political bad news swirled around, we concentrated more on forts and cats yesterday. Sidney had been to visit the fire department on the weekend and was imaginatively involved. The power of the big trucks, the number of axes apparently lying around, the hoses and hats and boots…wow. During nap time I got out […]
Carwash Interval
Our car wash has been closed for a whole month. Our new car was sooooo dirty and today, voila, the car wash was open. They were closed, it turned out, because they were installing a whole new “system” and it had JUST reopened…OMG…yellow and black instead of blue and black, BLUE soap…it was great. Before […]
Looking at Art
I guess if you have read this blog a time or two you know that looking at art is a major part of my universe. Just reviewing this past week, I see all the ways art enlivens my own life and thinking and experience, and I hope this is true for you too. As we […]
Louis Bunce: Dialogue with Modernism
On January 20th, 2017, at 5:00 p.m. (in the Paulus Lecture Hall) art historian/curator Roger Hull will give a slide talk about the work of the Portland Painter Louis Bunce (1907-1983) as the show opens its two month run at the Hallie Ford Museum of Art in Salem. Available on that occasion (and afterward) will […]
The Snail Blog surges into 2017
I don’t think I’ve mentioned the Snail Blog lately, a postcard-a-day that arrives from our friend Ellen in Vermont…(card number 2401 arrived yesterday) This is such a delightful peek into a parallel universe, and Vermont is certainly that…a different life and like any good serial we have come to know the cast of characters…N.N., John […]
Red and White Quilts
Over the weekend when I was in the “sewing cottage” I got looking at some weird old Red & White blocks I had put up on the design wall… and that reminded me of the terrific catalog of the amazingly beautiful show of red and white quilts at the Park Avenue Armory in NYC in […]
Studio Addict
The first week of January. Snow. In an effort to get the year started right, I’ve been in one studio or another of mine every day. In both cases I entered into long reveries about studios and how lucky we are who have them…alternate realities really. They don’t have to be clean and tidy (though […]
Work Hard, Be Nice
No predictions, no regrets, only gratitude for doing my work in a beautiful place. Family, friends, neighbors, acquaintances…let’s us work hard and be nice this year. What say you? Happy New Year!
On The Way 