I actually think this is what makes artists artists: we look for the adjacent possible in everything.
Category: Spaces and Places
You Are Where You Shop
When we go into a store: a candy store, a hardware store, an art supply store, a music store, a bookstore, and we feel that deep connection to the stuff for sale there, we know we are with our things; that one of our selves knows about this place, uses this stuff, and shops here regularly.
A Parallel Reality Experience At The Airport
G helped a woman on our flight hoist her luggage into the overhead bin. Then, on the way out, that same woman trippped and fell flat on her face on the jetway at the cabin door. The man ahead of us rushed to her aid. Someone I know casually from Mansfield was on our flight. … Continue reading A Parallel Reality Experience At The Airport
Seeing My House Through The Eyes Of My House Sitters
Will they appreciate my design choices? Will the house support the life they want to live when they’re here?
When Do You Get Your Housework Done?
Housework is really self work.
Slow Gardening
My streaks are starting to become hard and wearying. I am struggling with the yoga and I am struggling with what to write each week on the blog. The yoga is hard because of the time commitment and also because a lot of the practices are physically hard to do, and continue to be hard … Continue reading Slow Gardening
A Real Find
Yesterday was a cold damp day. I’d been reading Where the Crawdads Sing and thinking about abandonment. I wasn’t abandoned like Kya, the protagonist in that book, but I was abandoned psychologically. My mother was checked out, and always in some feud with her own family: her mother, her twin sister, her brothers. I didn’t … Continue reading A Real Find
Defending The Beauty Of My Kitchen
I can’t tell you how much I’m still thrilled with the new kitchen. I’m noticing how the light is changing in there as the season changes day by day. I fall in love with this new space every day. Ever since the renovation I have been especially sensitive to clutter and mess. I no … Continue reading Defending The Beauty Of My Kitchen