A recent conversation I had with a friend about what Salem used to look like, sent me to my photo “archive” to take a look. Here’s the building at 12th Street and Center Street today and here’s the old East School just before demolition in 1950 to make way for the Safeway… and going a […]
Today I’m off to Bush Barn to turn in my new batch of duct tape quilts to the SAA art market…sale starts this weekend with the opening November 2. I had a lot of fun with “pine burrs” and “building” plaid. Most of these retail for about $10…better get down there this weekend and see […]
We sloshed up to Portland Sunday with Linda and Greg to the Oregon Historical Society to hear a lecture by Hope Svenson who gave an excellent talk about the work of Portland architect Van Evera Bailey. Her thought-provoking talk included ideas about architecture as archive, a topic currently at the front of R’s thinking. Greg […]
Rick Bartow spoke Friday at the Hallie Ford Museum of art about his recently installed commission at the Museum of the American Indian (part of the Smithsonian) on the Mall in Washington, D.C. I got some bad pictures of the slide show, but the talk was fascinating featuring Rick, his technical assistant John Bayner (?) […]
Writing a book is a long and often arduous process…in R’s case a lot of fact-checking and just sitting and thinking, talking with friends/relatives/colleagues of the subject, arranging for photos to be taken, talking to collectors…LONG. But there are a few terrifically exciting moments and one such is the day the proofs arrive…TODAY for instance. […]
I really like my eye doctor…. even though I don’t like drops and all that stuff…he’s funny, he’s told me interesting things about my eyes (orbital varix), and he makes little cool drawings… and SOMETIMES he even reads my blog. (Hi Dr. N.) So when I recovered after having my pupils dilated we took off […]
Okay…I’m totally getting into it… …playing with the house…
Today was a bit gloomy in that good Fall way…leaves fluttering down, a bit of rain. We took off early for Portland and after an errand, we caught up on a few shows in the galleries currently on… by some of our favorite artists… PDX Gallery (9th and Flanders) is featuring a very nice Marie […]
A pretty varied week in these parts with two delicious sunny days as a surprise between rain storms…the Minto bike ride is delightful zooming through the falling leaves… and, of course, there has to be coffee… but this week there was also a surprise from the past. When we visited the site of the old […]
On The Way 