One of my sisters called me today, very depressed and not seeing the point of life. Being a good big sister, I unloaded my best platitudes on her and hoped that one of them worked. It's interesting that I usually need to hear this advice as much as she does. So… Read full post »

 

I would prefer to ignore Herman Cain, a buffoon who has stumbled into political prominence without the intelligence to excel in anything but pumping up the media. I’m bored with the obsessive coverage of Cain and Perry, and the endless dissection of their flubs and faults. They a… Read full post »

I'm just sharing this along - it showed up on my Facebook feed. But it's brilliant. 

 

 
I went to see Lucinda Williams tonight. She was playing at an outdoor venue about a mile from my house, within staggering distance. That's relevant, since I went to see her to reconnect with who I remember I was once. The last time I saw Lucinda was at The Point,…

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We are in an era of know-nothingness. There are stupid-heads out there that astonish us with their petulant refusal to face reality. Rejecting scientific fact, making shit up, and lying through their teeth about global warming, public policy, news events and whatever they just don’t like. We ca… Read full post »

I filled several OS posts with my sadness at the end of my marriage and my longing for someone to share my life with. I’ve joined online dating services with no luck in meeting anyone locally. I’ve railed against the tendency of men my age to date younger women and bemoaned… Read full post »

Today is my day off, and I just had a beer, and may have another, and life is good, just for the moment. I broke even in May, June and July, the third, fourth and fifth months my little gallery has been in business, and that’s remarkable. I know the statistics… Read full post »

Salon and many other outlets are rolling around in the mud that they loved to shovel about Amy Winehouse when she was alive. Most of these writers are clueless, knowing little about making music and everything about wrapping themselves in borrowed celebrity while they dissect her life for pay. … Read full post »

 This was one of my unfinished posts, but I finished it this morning waiting for customers. I started it a few months ago, while Trump was still a candidate, that French guy and Ahnold got caught with their pants down and the economy was tanking. Not that much has changed, including… Read full post »

 

This is number 2 in my series of unfinished, un-posted posts. This was supposed to be a New Year Eve's post, and it doesn't quite make sense here in the middle of the year. In fact, it IS finished and I don't know why I didn't post it - just… Read full post »

--Hey! I'm in! maybe long enough to post something. I've been writing posts for over a year, and then leaving them in their folder, never to be finished. I decided that I would just post them all, as is, stopping where my thoughts stopped. Surely I had more to say, but… Read full post »

I haven't been around much lately, and it seems like I missed the latest upset or three so I guess it's ok. We all come to the whispering wall and hold up our joys, fears and frustrations and we hope for understanding. Sometimes the wall yells back at us instead. Sounds… Read full post »

We are open. When I say we, I mean me and my friend Robyn who is also a  fiber expert and part-time employee, and then there are 10 or more artists, sheep farmers, spinners and other fiber people who have consigned work and materials.  I don't feel eloquent right now on… Read full post »

 

Photo taken of the cathedral foundation  in Amalfi, Italy. 

Across the globe, in ancient times, the practice was to sacrifice a life when raising a structure. This sacrifice to the gods was often a human slave in Graeco-Roman times, and the practice was continued in… Read full post »

I am waiting for some friends to come help me move furniture to the gallery today. I had asked a woman whose husband is an EMT to ask around if any big guys were available to move some big things, and it seemed that firemen would be a likely pool of… Read full post »

I've had a week. 7 days of non-stop painting, dealing with plumbers and electricians, managing details and volunteers, and even worse, spending frightening amounts of money. I've dropped by OS for a few moments here and there, reading a paragraph or two, and then I had to stop. I am exhausted.… Read full post »

1.  If a joke will distract you from being mad at me, I'll tell one. 

2. If saying 'Sorry' will distract you from being mad at me, I'll say it.

3. If giving you a back door to leave me makes you feel better about staying, I'll open it for… Read full post »

When my mom died, there was a plastic box stuffed with home movie reels, from all time periods back to the 50s. One of my sisters was friends with a video producer, so I handed over the box to her to get processed. That was several years ago… Read full post »

'Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars.... Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.' –Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community, Martin Luther King

 

I have pretty much ignored Martin Luther King… Read full post »

 

I just cleaned out my OS Personal Message inbox, for the first time since I joined in 2007. I had 38 pages, at about 50 messages per page, which added up to around 1900 messages. I lost several messages with phone numbers and personal notes that I didn't want… Read full post »

 My first FB post on Saturday:

I've decided that I'm a coffeetarian. I just finished worshipping at my coffee shrine (my morning latte) and I am filled with light and love. And lots of nervous energy!

 Then, as the news came in about the shooting in Tucson:

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Today I am trying to find balance. Christmas is a non-event for me this year, so Christmas Day is nothing special.  I am starting to do bookkeeping, a task that can be done any day, so why not today?  I'm snowed in, so not too many choices. My mood is neutral,… Read full post »

 7:25pm

Well, here I am. I didn't send out an OS invite because this isn't much of a party. The 'party favors' (how many euphemisms can I use?)  didn't materialize and really, I don't drink all that much so I'm a little bit mopey tonight. And completely sober. 

But, I'm here,… Read full post »