MSH
Clean up that dirty river. MHS. Make Shit Happen. That was the name of a group started by Shoemaker in the 1970’s to clean up the Platte River in Denver. MHS targeted industry that was dumping waste. And now, how many years later: you can swim in that river that runs right through the city. […]
my valentine
I was up hiking in the – well, cold- early morning. I came across this gorgeous view of Squam Lake in winter. In summer, would there be a view? Thanks Peaches for getting me up there. Yeah, I thought I knew this area. It turns out that in winter you look for footprints. You look […]
the eyes
The Olympics are coming soon and I happened to be perusing an article on the skeleton. I had never heard of the sport. From what I understand, the participants ride these sleds down this ice track going up to 90 miles an hour. Horrifying. But what interested me most was that the most minute action […]
what money can’t buy
I found this bookmark from the Wordery Bookstore with this great quote: You can’t buy happiness but you can buy books. Yeah!!! AND, I thought: You can’t buy happiness but you can buy art. Right? As an artist, I know that if a certain amount of time goes by and I haven’t been doing my work, […]
feminism/imperfection
The other night I was trying to find a certain show on TV (me? I never watch TV). But I ended up watching another show that I had heard about. It was very funny. But what I noticed was how casual it was. How easy-going. Not like the many decades ago of TV that I […]
the middle way
(trial hanging a few pieces of fabric) I’m getting near to the point I can put the pieces in place for this wall hanging I’ve been working on for so long. It’s got me all on edge. Partly because, even now, when I mess up, I need to go back to square one. Like the […]
other
I was trying to capture the crystalline formations on the surface of the newly formed ice in this photo. And then there is my dock rope. Not so natural, I would think. But then, I just was reading in D. G. Haskell’s The Songs of Trees: The belief that nature is an Other, a separate […]
worlds
Can you make out the orange kite sail that is speeding this skater along? It is seriously cold out there. And windy. He needs to love what he’s doing. But just 10 minutes away, there is this huge pond skating event. There are hundreds of men and women playing and watching ice hockey all day […]
hungry
Peaches is after something. Determined. “I’ll get it!” My dear friend, Robbie, sent me a beautiful book a while ago: Enduring Grace. It’s by Carol Lee Flinders, an author who was already known her as a “food warrior”, writing one of the most well-known vegetarian cookbooks. Introducing this treatise on early Christian women mystics, she […]
choice
(“I choose this chair – not that one you spilled dye on!”) I just got back from a trip to the city – always rejuvenating. Lots of talking, laughing, lots of people. So good. I always like to listen to CDs on the long drive and, on the way home, I heard an idea that […]
