Impressions of Portugal
I'm in Portugal brushing off the post SF Open Studio mode. It's time to not think about painting, shows and the plan for 2020. Let the strategizing go and be a sponge to the shapes, sounds and sights of Golega, [...]
The house is silent
It's almost 9pm on Wednesday night and the house is silent. The rustling has stopped and I believe the wind has worn itself out, for now. Mr. First and I played in the last of the wind. Twirling funnels of [...]
What I subscribe to
I subscribe to a few people myself. Seth Godin's blog arrives daily. He has not missed a day in 11 years. I was going to blame PGE on not getting my blog done; but I thought of Seth and knew [...]
Post Power Outage
Post power outage review. No electricity, no painting. No cellular, no showers. No screens! No worries. Reminiscent of a time when interruptions were few and time felt longer. It was good to feel once again long afternoons that stretched into [...]
Do more, worry less: The daily notebook
I recently posted in Instagram how I use my notebook everyday to break the inner critic chatter. I keep it at my side as I work through intense periods of painting. Working in the notebook keeps painter's angst away! Plus [...]