Addair and I just got back from the flea market. You can see he enjoyed the ride home. Ashley is getting her encaustic workshop ready and we’re staying out of the house. The flea market is across from bass pro and both Addair and I thought we should make a stop. He likes the fish [...] Continue Reading »
Moms day in
3kentucky bass fishing
7Last week in Kentucky was pretty fun, especially after a sudden obsession for bass fishing. I tried to explain to Ashley why it was so compelling and she said, “I understand fishing, but why all of a sudden? You’re nuts.” I told her it happened every summer, but she didn’t believe me. Because she certainly [...] Continue Reading »
mother’s day weekend
8The following is a letter from my mom, each of my siblings got one. This Mother’s Day weekend I’m feeling honored to get to celebrate alongside people like her: Mother’s Day is coming up, and I thought I should tell you what I want. This way there’s no guilty panic or last minute purchasing of [...] 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 »
things around the house that make me merry
0Oh joy! What a delightful surprise to come home to a package in the mail with my first ever published cover art. If you don’t mind my saying so, it looks great and I am really excited to read it. As the back reads, “This book is essential reading for pre-service teachers, classroom teachers, and [...] Continue Reading »
lenten journey for perfection and success (the very easy way)
4If you have begun a lenten journey this year, good speed to you. Maybe you gave up white chocolate. Maybe you gave up being mean to your husband. I gave up changing diapers, and began a one hour evening devotion to poetry and arpeggios. A big ha. Let me re-begin, the coffee isn’t yet working. [...] Continue Reading »
for 10%
1There is a possibility that Ashley’s art reception at the Clayton Center at Maryville College could be cancelled tonight due to inclement weather. This would be obviously very disappointing for her, having had a long pause from exhibiting work, but also unfortunate for her intentness. In her work she is learning to incorporate the new rhythms [...] Continue Reading »
letter to a friend : advice rant on parenting
7as for advice…. me o my. My heart is full for new mothers. My experience of pregnancy, labor, delivery, and now this first year of motherhood has been more than I can effectively put into words. It has changed absolutely everything. Certainly for the better, though there have been lots of growing pains. It [...] Continue Reading »
artist statement : artifacts of us
4This work explores the confusion, uncertainty, and simple delights of operating within the traditionally feminine roles of homemaker and motherhood. Both the content and process seek to quietly protest the meaninglessness our society attaches to domesticity. The soft pallet, wavering lines, home fabrics, playful decorative marks, rough waxy varnish and wispy cursive text asks for voice without [...] 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 »