Well, I’m home from work, but I think that I’ll wait a little while before sneaking through the Back Forty to the studio. When you overhear the NDN having a loud argument with Satan, it’s best to be prudent. She took the news of Mama Kitty’s death very well, though. I think from our recent…

I spent a good few hours in the studio tonight, so I feel like I’m back on track. Especially because I began my artist’s journal – FINALLY. This is a smallish spiral-bound handbook that came from work and is now out-of-date, so instead of sending it to the landfill (I try not to say “throw…

Through the incredible generosity of Ricë Freeman-Zachery, I am now the owner of all these stamps. Wow. What a kickstart to my new venture in book arts. My first carved alphabet stamps. I’m filling in the missing stamps from the vintage collection Ricë gave me. Do you see why I’m totally in love with this…

And-d-d-d-d-d-d, once again, a weekend passes and I didn’t do any art. I did get enough work done in the Back Forty that I won’t have to worry about it for a while. I planted the rest of the tomatoes, cucumbers, parsley, basil, and most of the peppers. I harvested peas and Nanking cherries and…

This day was important in several respects. Partly, because I celebrated receiving my M.A. in Liberal Studies with my husband, Kristina, Deb, Randy, Karl-Heinz, Charlie, Debby, and other MALS classmates and faculty today at a very nice ceremony at the O. Henry Hotel. Partly, because it is my 21st wedding anniversary, but Sandy and I…

I finally get some time to have some fun in my studio, and I got some kind of bug. I got most of my errands done yesterday, but by the time we got to Lowe’s I was starting to feel it and we decided that we couldn’t handle the crowd. I missed Deep Roots, too,…

Wow, what a difference the new set-up of my studio makes. I think that I’ll be able to get some great work done this summer. I pinned my fabric swatches up to the curtain hanging in front of the shelves, and a cork bulletin board has bags and strands of beads tacked to it. My…

I’m not going to have time to blog for a while, but I had to share this photo that my grand-nephew Jake took of me holding a mussel. He is almost seven. Isn’t it great? We had a fun time making a series of photos of things that he found in the lake this weekend.…

So I go to Dye-In Day to play with fiber and dye with a few weavers and spinners today. When I get there, I notice some fabulous found-object welded sculptures that look very much like John Martin’s work, Susanne’s husband, the artist I was planning to go to Italy with this summer. And it turns…

I can’t write long this morning so I’m already on the last half of my second (last) cup of coffee. When I do a coffee pot post, I write whatever until the coffee pot is empty. This morning I have things to do, including one task that I procrastinated on until the last minute. If…