Happy Saturday afternoon and welcome to today’s promotional awareness. I dare to write such a post because its fundraising week at WDVX and WUOT, so maybe just maybe you’ll have a little more tolerance for such ploys here. May I draw your attention to a couple of things that are in my own interest and possibly [...] Continue Reading »
mostly links to delightful places
0all a flutter in here. and what about this rain?
2Because of the truck incident (see Wake Up Call) we didn’t get to go to the Hamilton family reunion this year. Levon worked that day and I felt rather mopey so I called Grandmother on the hill to hear about what food she was bringing. My Aunt Gail answered and we talked about the karaoke [...] Continue Reading »
acknowledging the next thing without following it
2When I nurse Addair Kentucky I listen to podcasts and one of my favorites is On Being. The last one I listened to was with poet/philosopher John O’Donohue. The thing that sticks with me is his definition of beauty. He talks about it as a homecoming. To quote him he says beauty is, “a homecoming [...] Continue Reading »
16 weeks of parenting
4And boy have I learned a lot. I know how to fold and fasten a cloth diaper, how to swaddle up a youngun, install a carseat, and how to nurse while lying down. Sixteen weeks ago I had no idea just how perfunctory these things are. For me, parenting is a giant stretch toward being [...] Continue Reading »
quiet moments are significant even when no one notices : pictures i like
0appreciating Henry Darger working slow and steady and taking breaks breathing getting larger and stretching pause [ from ashley who is listening to The Strokes (Is This It) ]
eskimos and chevrons : pictures i like
2[ from ashley who is listening to The Kooks (Inside in Inside Out) ]
talked out and currently on the search for epoxy resin
1[ from a. addair who is listening to Keb' Mo' (Keep It Simple) ] Betwixt holding a creativity workshop, having company at our house this week, and incessant broadcasting of new Etsy listings to social media networks I feel like I’ve said my share for a while. For the rest of the day I think [...] Continue Reading »
as of today. notions and partial notions (but that’s all we really ever have anyway)
0[ from a. addair who is listening to Spirit Family Reunion (Spirit Family Reunion) ] whats on my mind. frustration. at little logistics and a messy home and levon. learning about childbirth could write about my latest work need to promote it broke and sick of it. could write about levon’s job but won’t. creativity, [...] Continue Reading »
one of our less carefree days
7(co authored by Levon and Ashley who are listening to a Circle Modern Dance rehearsal in the Mason Jar) Ashley: Today I do not feel….. good Levon: (thinking this isn’t the start I was looking for) Ashley: I’m not sure what the problem is but I don’t like anything. I can’t paint. And I, that’s [...] Continue Reading »
paintings: notions that become material and mystery that is our measure
2[ from a. addair who is listening to The Last Shadow Puppets (The Age of the Understatement - Acoustic EP) ] You can view the first two paintings at the Knoxville Arts and Fine Crafts Center, the last will be hanging at the Emporium’s Emerging Artists show in March.