i really don’t have to hurry, but i can’t shake the feeling so… nausea again worked on the Knoxville Museum of Art’s Art on Tap painting today about to cut the day short so that I can pack and head to Bristol and then Tazewell for an evening of storytelling but before we go I [...] Continue Reading »
a list of sentences, because i feel like i have to hurry
0letter 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 »
letter to a friend: on how we might give a gift to the city with our art
0What if we… thought about art as a serious and valid means toward addressing our goals and mission. not just as a frilly, pretty, fluffy, extra attachment started an unofficial public art campaign. something that brought delight, loveliness, and thoughtful questions to our everyday environments and to all the (diverse) people who walk there. had artists [...] Continue Reading »
pictures i like: today was for working but not the day after this one
4Did you notice _y cleverness in not using the letter _ in today’s title? The next task on the ToDo list will be to google what your suppose to do for keyboards that no longer type all their letters Or if any of you know write in Also I would like to say that [...] Continue Reading »
listening
8things I thought about writing: on being alone whatever the funk this season is what Sarah Kay is teaching me failing. accepting this and what to do next 5 months old. he’s that old and that beautiful. almost my birthday and so sweet things to be grateful for but, I think it may be time [...] Continue Reading »
gettin folks together
2“Everything about color has to do with relationships, and the questions you need to ask in order to understand color are all about relationships.” –Betty Edwards, Color I am able to devote only a small slice of daily time to paint, but I am finding other ways to consider color in this infant-rearing season. For [...] Continue Reading »
letter to a friend : on feeling sad
12Your sadness is understandable. One of the things I hate to feel the most is left behind or unwanted/unneeded. Not to project any of these things on you, but for me at least, I feel this way pretty regularly. I think it comes with my disposition. I like to remind myself that anyone who ever [...] Continue Reading »
“why you gotta be so mean” -taylor swift (and before you scoff, read on)
16A couple of weekends ago I went to a Natural Parenting Expo. The good things about this were: I met up with some delightful friends No one minded when I let Addair Kentucky nurse in public I bought two new diaper covers (the next size up!) without having to drive to the store I got [...] Continue Reading »
sea haze with cape storm
2I heard on a podcast (On Being again, this time an interview with a neuropsychologist Rex Jung) that creativity is the ability to let the knowledge in your brain mingle. Hmmmm. In other, On Being news, I’ve been encouraged to start back on a meditation practice. During my meditation time I’ve been working toward becoming [...] Continue Reading »
resting tonight
0[ from ashley who is listening to Ben Rector (Into the Morning) ]