Someone in my painting class is working on a Venice scene. I’m sure it will be lovely. Just watching him paint made me feel a little pang. I loved Venice (the one time I was there), and…
Floor Work
Floor work continues. Or rather, it will continue, as soon as the proper chemicals arrive for the next step: removing efflorescence. For those unfamiliar with the word, efflorescence is the chalky look on the tiles, as shown…
The Tipsies
I’ve been journaling for as long as I can remember. And I generally practice one rule on that front and one rule only: I do not go back and read what I’ve written. I have this rule in…
In Progress
This is a detail from a painting I’m currently working on. It’s a gi-normous landscape (6 feet long!), and it’ll take a while as I’m slow, y’all. It started ordinarily enough, but then I realized it needed…
Your Own Front Door
Mister and I have been in the new pad for 3 full months now. Recently, I’ve started feeling happy when driving up to or away from the homestead. And that’s lovely, friends. Appreciating one’s own front door…
A Post Office Does What?
Yesterday I stopped by the post office to check on a letter’s weight. Only I couldn’t check on the weight, because that particular post office’s systems were down and they weren’t able to conduct any business whatsoever, other…
I’ve Got Nothing
Sometimes I’ve got something to share. Today, I’ve got nothing. That isn’t a bad thing, it’s just the way it is. And of course, when I say I’ve got nothing, I mean I’ve got nothing other than…
James Turrell at LACMA
Last weekend I experienced one of the coolest outings of recent memory. Mister and I went to the L.A. County Museum of Art (LACMA) for their newest exhibit: James Turrell – A Retrospective. Turrell is an artist who…