And So, This Is Christmas
I love these little earrings. A cousin, who used to send the Knuckle generous Christmas boxes over the years, has shifted her tradition to my sister (J) and myself. These glossy little snow guys came...
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How to Feel Your Own Bones
How to Feel Your Own BonesSomewhere below the surface of a January grave,My history rests just fine until a man returned to lure me from the wood only to find he could not find my heart.Finding bones...
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Check out this literary blog site!http://zintaaistars.blogspot.com/Behind the Concession Stand - for teachers
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The Sound of Whirring Tires
There are no cars in view but I do hear them occasionally whirring their slow way up Piedmont Ave. You never know how hilly Atlanta is until you try to walk a familiar street in August or drive it over...
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Dangerous Book Episode 46
June 5 - Veronica’s funeral. Sunny and too warm to be standing in a cemeteryPeter and Lura very much the couple in matching black suits, guided carefully by the Mr. Stripland (“Thanks for Stopping...
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I Take a Leap
Unlike my last huge commitment, today's leap of faith was not an impulse. I've been playing with the idea, checking the sites and running the numbers for several months now. I've also collected input...
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Lillie Day 3
Ha!There's been some discussion in my family (remaining sister and her in-laws, thank you Facebook) about a middle name for Lillie. I'm not a sentimental dog owner and think the middle name idea is...
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Lillie Day 10 - Crating Miss Lillie
Gosh, I'm busy! With very little time to call my own (by my standards, anyway; readers with children and husbands need not respond) the fact that I've got a stack of papers to grade is the only thing...
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Sisyphus Hill
Pushing the rock up the hill isnot temporary,It’s everyday. Some artiststhink of the rock as thesun rising, arcing and setting.We push it with our labor —those parts of life we push,pull, carry,...
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Ruining Work
Lately, I take whole pieces of paste paper apart and put them back together, so they are both different and the same. They are done to, violated, experienced. Then I rather sadistically try to restore...
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Sisyphean Labor
Sisyphean LaborThose tasks we pick because they seem small enough to hold in the palms of our hands or even pocket are those that grow to full size and must be hoisted shoulder high and carried.Pick...
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i refuse to apologize for not blogging. I'm sorry, I just can't.What's interesting. The new (and curiously chubby) homeless guy who arrives at the Harris-Piedmont pocket park at dusk each evening when...
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Heat Waves and Reasons to Love the South Anyway
As hot as it gets, and of course, no one can complain this summer with any originality, there is something always cooling about the magnolia in bloom. Even on a sunny street, the scent of this large...
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Oh, To Be a TeacherYou look at me and see an official nagSomeone whose job it is To catch and lock away your every opinionEvaluationYour decisionsYour changes of heart and mindYou look at me and see an...
View ArticleLillie 's first Christmas
Her first Christmas with me. A year ago she may well have been lost. From the records I was given by the Pet Shelter, she was picked up in January in Valdosta.She's very happy now!
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What Inhabits the Sky- the first edition
What Inhabits the SkyBirds, of course And kitesThe ambitious leaves of tall trees.Ideas masquerading as loose feathersThe inevitable wishes of young girlsThe prayers of a multitudeStray...
View ArticleNew Years Resolution: Book Art Object
The key to a happy New Year's Eve Resolution is to get it over with the first week of the year.One of my "resolutions" (aka suggestions) is to contribute to at least four book arts shows or events....
View ArticleLet the Quarter Begin
I'm teaching full-time this first quarter of 2012 (and then some.) A fullish load at the Art Institute, a monthly course at the online school and a weekly look-in at GPC. In between classes today, I...
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Up until this ferocious Winter Quarter, I would have said a successful class was one without friction. After this week's temper tantrum and foot stamping (all the way to Dean's office), essentially the...
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2012 New project "Rowing Boat" artist book
Rowing BoatSo far, I’ve “researched” rowing boats, discovering that the simple row boat is not the only option: I’ve got kayakes, canoes, dinghies, skulls and probably even more. Or not. I see that...
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Rowing Boat Update
Group 7! I was excited to open my first book from Gene Epstein a few days ago. A lovely take on "Delicate." Thanks, Gene. Will you post a photo of your book here?I've been pondering and avoiding the...
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Artist book for client
I'm so lucky to occasionally get a request to make someone a one-of-a-kind book. This one, almost completed, is for a couple celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary. The husband, a true romantic,...
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Bon Voyage Little Books!
Copies of "Rowing Boat" set sail from my local Post Office Saturday morning. Got to fill out several customs forms! I'll be curious to learn how quickly these arrive at their Italian, Canadian,...
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Have you ever been stalked by an ex-beau? Someone from so long ago and from a relationship that should have been pleasantly transient but which ended, at least for me, with a sour taste and a sense of...
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Making a new kind of book...for me
As someone with the time to investigate variations on a theme (thanks to a broken foot), I've found myself staying up late watching craft tutorials by women who make what are called mini-albums.They're...
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