early spring

I'm forcing Spring to happen inside our house. The trees outside are doing just fine on their own, no forcing required.

The book I'm reading states it nicely: "Trees are sucking winter up through their roots, exploding luscious and green." – Happy: A Memoir by Alex Lemon

current crush

I never get tired of simple forms.
(image: west elm)

can't stop thinking about...

...things of simple beauty:

the opening sequence to The Assassination of Jesse James (oh, and the entire film)

the new EELS album, End Times

summer nights in the back yard (summer had better arrive quickly or I might go off the deep end)

(image: from The Assassination of Jesse James)

coping mechanisms

Excuse me while I sink into a well-deserved funk. Sadness is turning into physical pain. My self-prescribed remedies will be:

– every Built To Spill song I can get my hands on
– a few bottles of red
– yet another attempt at that whole 'running thing'

(photo by: ME)

goodbye dear grandpa

Life is dukkha (life is unsteady). Everything is temporary. Celebrate the temporary.

Goodbye dear Grandpa... always quick to smile, to give... and quick to tease but in a sweet way. If there had been a prize for Most Perfect Lawn in Colorado you would have won it, hands down.

Rest well and goodbye.

more new work

new work

A small collection of my cut-paper work will be going up this weekend at Moxie in Portland. This makes me quite happy!!!!!

My work will be featured at Moxie through the end of February 2010. Stop by and check it all out if you're in Portland.