well, there hasn't been much to report these past few weeks. i went back to chicago, to my hometown, met the newborn baby of my best friend from high school. saw billy corgan in a teahouse where my first p.o. box used to be. walked on a trail in a prairie that i've walked a hundred times before. went to the wedding of a dear friend, and drank all ( Read more... )

as I woke up at sunrise and dragged myself out of bed to go to the bathroom, I realized at this point in my life I will probably never not associate dawn with summer camp: walking barefoot in pajamas though the woods in the cold, dewy air, getting bitten by mosquitos, dragging my sleepy self up a hill to get to the "vay say" (French for WC, aka ( Read more... )

when i was a teen and had a phone jack put into my room (!!) i got a corded phone whose base was a cloud, buttons were tear drop shaped, and the receiver was a rainbow. it was incredibly uncomfortable to cradle. if you moved the base, your call would get disconnected because the plug was so shoddy. the ringtone was "fur elise", and it would kind of ( Read more... )

today i happened upon an email i received from a stranger in 2004. i have received many such emails over the years, but this was perhaps my first. i'm already feeling low because of what happened yesterday with our finch Peter, but i have to say, in a way this made me feel good. i'm glad i didn't listen to the people over the years who have told me ( Read more... )

every night, i think there is an earthquake ( Read more... )

i'm leaving for chicago tomorrow early morning, so if you want to order something, this morning is the time to do it. things here are good, busy. i joined a society finch mailing list (a society finch society?) and the people on it are nuts. every morning i wake up to messages about their 80+ birds in the basement of their houses, their 20+ cats ( Read more... )

the fabulous + neighborly tiny showcase has selected one of my paintings for their weekly print release:


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