I have done many things this weekend, some productive, some less so. Early into the weekend, I figured out that creating a complicated painting was not going to be one of them. I just didn’t have it in me to tell a big story. Fortunately, I was able to use some of my Roaring 20’s challenges for April to get…
Foozle: [ foo-zuhl ] verb (used with or without object) – to bungle; play clumsily. Trying to come up with a way to start this blog post, I was looking at the various dictionary/thesaurus sites and came across this word in a prior “word of the day” entry. Not only is it a good word, fun to say, I think it’s…
After a long week where my main focus was overcoming the stomach malady reported in my last post, I entered the weekend happily, but with a full schedule. Key was entered in two “element” trails over the weekend and between the drive over (1 hour), trial, and drive back, my afternoons were shot. Thus, between food prep, house cleaning, and…
As I said in my last post, it was a busy and stressful week. As punishment, last night I came down with some unspecified stomach bug. I’m a little nauseous, light-headed, achy, and very cranky. I’ve forced down some chicken soup and taken it very easy today, but I can’t say I’m feeling too much better. I think at least…
Some weeks are long for no apparent reason. And then there are weeks like this. To the Beach Last Thursday after work I headed down to the Beach House, intending to stay there for about 10 days. I had a list of items to pack, including the dog and kittens. It all went in the car and off we went.…
This week was dominated by my mood, which was odious. I was at turns sad, cranky, lonely, swamped, sore, itchy, and generally irritable. For some unknown reason, that resulted in a need to get a slice of three-week-delayed birthday cake. Cake crisis solved, I can’t say my mood improved that much. Sleeping in, birdwatching, and catching up on chores around…
This was a tough week for me. As I have mentioned, I have been struggling with back pain. Last Friday (9 days ago), I finally made it into the chiropractor, which lessened the acute discomfort, but didn’t solve the problem. Tuesday Ii went back for another appointment and he adjusted my hips. When he did the right side, I thought…
Farraginous (adjective): as in confused, messy This word sums up Salem as a whole and today in particular for me. I woke up and took the dog for a walk, then opened my email to an announcement that my painting, “Sip” had received a Juror’s Award in the Making Our Marks Members Exhibit at the International Society of Experimental Artists!…
With the President’s Day holiday, this will be a four-day weekend for me. I hadn’t been down to the beach house for a while, but a weather event was heading our way and it made the decision more difficult. I haven’t been able to do any ice painting for more than five years. As a reminder, this is when an…
“I find myself in a dark place in my painting practice. I periodically go through these times when I can’t seem to find my way, painting myself into corner after corner. Nothing is clear…the images that seemed to rise spontaneously only a few weeks ago are now cloaked in the darkness of a moonless night. Fear settles uncomfortably in the…