remember these? from waaaaaaayyyyy back in october? i never could decide whether i wanted to sell them or not. they are a great group. but ... they are a great group sitting in a plastic box on my artShelf. they want to go out into the world. and i MUST decrease my belongings even further. so they are now for sale. on etsy, of course!

and i am such a lame artMarketeer, that i forgot to mention all the odd little bits i listed a couple of weeks ago. after a "finishing binge", i ended up with some simple and sweet pieces, most featuring - yes, you are correct! - ipodography. they are quite reasonable, as always.

upcoming will be a ridiculous sale (on older pieces). to be announced. but not tonight. don't even ask how much fun it was listing 31 individual pieces on etsy. well, it keeps me from biting my nails.

onward. thank you for looking.

the poet's mantel

um. this is about the only picture i have made this month. so far. well, a couple more, quite similar. i am having a quiet month, i guess. staying inside way too much. not enough exercise. *trying* not too eat too much, but i don't feel that hungry lately. giving up most wheat stuff was a good idea. although i have probably been overdoing it on the green pearl rice a little. that is the BEST rice ever. i have been reading a lot and amazingly enough, working quite a bit at the artTable. on some big pieces that i wondered if i would ever manage to proceed on. i am just seeing what happens when i sit and glue paper shreds on them. the poet says that is a good idea for a way to work "just seeing what happens". i can think and plan too hard - and then feel so frustrated when my hands don't cooperate with my fixed mind. i haven't been writing. it even feels hard to write this. i miss writing. and those people i was writing. i am fretting about the end of my job, usually at 3am. i am both glad and scared. today is sunny again and so much warmer. i will go out, i WILL. yesterday i cleaned my kitchen, which felt ridiculous on a finally-beautiful day. but i wanted to and felt glad when it was clean. a dirty stove is depressing. i am worried about judy. i miss my girls. it is still slushy slippery outside. maybe today will finish the melting of the streets and sidewalks at least. i will walk all the way to work and back next week. that will feel good. so. onward, i guess.

drive by shooting
san antonio texas : january 2011

if i can't wander around shooting things, then driving by is the next best thing. Pam and i had a big agenda for our short time in San Antonio, but we didn't want to miss some of our favorite neighborhoods. i had to work quickly. it was such fun. i loved the bright yellow. it was everywhere.

now out of the nest and off to the city.

and yes, we had lots of snow this week.