Loretta is a 1962 Roadrunner camper we’re converting into an art studio and mobile gallery. For a while she has rested in the driveway, and little has been done since I got stuck on electrical issues. Then we (meaning my neighbor) had a breakthrough with a borrowed meter, and it’s always grounding issues with these [...] Continue Reading »
Loretta has lights
3trailer lights, big plans, big news
5For the I don’t know how many-eth time, I was going to finish rewiring the trailer today. I think I have a sound strategy now, and I bought a continuity tester for the 12v trailer wiring. All the wire is run. But I still need somebody to hit the breaks, and somebody to stand behind [...] Continue Reading »
the toppling Honda and aftermath
2First of all it is important to note the resurgence of activity on the blog by one, Ashley Addair, who has returned to our readership and reminded us with playful sentences to be happy in simple moments, to be audaciously yourself, and furthermore I would remind you to vote for her as “best visual artist” [...] Continue Reading »
hunger for the Skeeter-Dog
0I’m having a nice afternoon under my felt Stetson, hiding in a Starbucks just to the right of the entrance in Wytheville, VA. Ashley is with a great bunch of Addair women for dinner theater at the Wolhfahrt Haus. That’s impossible to spell by the way, and I’ve done my usual Wytheville loafing which takes [...] Continue Reading »
finding happiness in work: advice to the younger me
2We’ve began a three month family plan: a checklist for hitting the road in a travel camper come spring, a bunch of paintings and enough CDs to sprinkle around for gas money and electric hookup. No, not really. I’m afraid the plan is going to be a little more boring. Like putting together our taxes, [...] Continue Reading »
working on Loretta day 1
1Demolition of Loretta as she formerly stood (rolled) began yesterday. And since she has the square footage of a king size bed, it also ended yesterday. She’s down to the frame now, which is what we need to get her back in shape. All the beating of the road had busted her up, let in [...] Continue Reading »
introducing Loretta
4On Friday night Addair had fallen asleep on the way home from the grocery and Ashley went inside to start dinner. The little guy was still zonked in the car seat and the radio played pop country at a gentle level as I scrolled through Craigslist on my phone. Always for the same two things: [...] Continue Reading »
is felini losing its hold? and is leisure blue going to sell this house?
0This is Nathan doing the hard ladder moves. I know I was instagraming a lot yesterday and someone asked if I ever get any work done. Well yes, Nathan is very good at what he does. Then I hid somewhere and caught a nap. But we finished yesterday on the exterior, and there is a [...] Continue Reading »
nine. Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters
2NINE Playing background dinner music is one of the best places to people watch that I know of. It’s better than a bench in the mall, better than a county fair, better even than a cafe table on a busy street. When you’re on the piano you may stare all you want and no one [...] Continue Reading »
(three.) some paint dries, a walk to Kenjo, strumming the pawnshop C
4THREE I ran long streaks of paint across the boards with a full brush then jammed it into the alligatored surface. Painters long before me had done the same, and a thirsty old house is the best place to prop up a ladder and have a self chat. This old house should have never been [...] Continue Reading »