The Summertime Sadness

Summertime in a climate privileged location doesn’t mean krayt spit when your house is a godless two-in-one solar convection oven / shack. It’s been consistently about 80(f) and over during the day inside.I try to pretend I am in Miami again. That doesn’t help much. Miami is even more godless than this place. And have I been …

Scissors, Paper, R- ags

I was doing some paper collaging recently and in the moment wondered why it felt so appropriate to have a workspace strewn with paper cuttings. Then I remembered my mom would have a pile of papers at the table. She went through them, carefully select something that was meaningful, and tear or cut it out …

Everything is Made-up Anyway

In southern California / Baja California it has been very humid and rainy this month which unusual, in my experience.  I suppose it’s part of the weather shift the call La Niña… Aw, look at me talking about the weather! How cute.  I’m avoiding US theee sociopolitical discussions by talking about the weather.  Or am …