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yes!! the holidays are finally over....under other circumstances i would feel rather differently, i suppose but in my trade, this is a rather brutal time of year. numbers of artists arrive for the one month, crowding out those who are around all year as spaces are limited. the plaza where we work has had nearly no sunlight at all for the last month or so and the brick and granite surfaces radiate cold, intensified by the seasonal ice skating rink that resides there each holiday season. the wind blows from the north straight across the icy expanse into our dark, dank and shivery realm. yes, i do whinge on about the weather but it is something many of us who work outdoors obsess about come wintertime.
next year we will winter in the desert southwest, as had been planned for this winter but business did not so permit. this year we will be opening a second booth for the photography and watercolours. as well as working more days.
finally saw ootp yesterday after work. chrys said at the end that he did not want to see the next two, they weren't fun anymore. no they aren't. also, this one seemed so fundamentally changed. the book was very dark, in some ways darker than the subsequent ones, ie with the pen and the other s/m aspects- that, as well as the comic relief and defiance of the twins were squashed in an effort, i imagine, to keep a g or a pg rating. even the trick that led to sirius being killed was not really adequately explained, nor for that matter the removal of umbridge by the centaurs and her breakdown after that.. i think most of us who've read the book filled in the missing parts but when you think of what's missing or unexplained to one who's not read the book....
i do not think they really had to shy away from the darker aspects of the book. those things would've gone over the small ones' heads, for the most part.
new and good reads: magyk by angie sage; greywalker by kat richardson(has vampires and a good strong woman detective as the lead role, lots of fun). got a bunch more books from the young adult section of the library where vampires, sorcerers and magic abound....also a book written by a rabbi about kaballah, a novel(?)... much of the numerical aspects of judaism are quite intriguing to me, so much to learn... where to start...
draw, how to master the art arrived this week and now to find my boxes of pens and pencils and get that new clean drawing pad....
today we went to the bay, low tide but still lovely, lots of sun shining on the mudflats, dogs running in the sand...very cool ...now off to bed for work tomorrow,
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next year we will winter in the desert southwest, as had been planned for this winter but business did not so permit. this year we will be opening a second booth for the photography and watercolours. as well as working more days.
finally saw ootp yesterday after work. chrys said at the end that he did not want to see the next two, they weren't fun anymore. no they aren't. also, this one seemed so fundamentally changed. the book was very dark, in some ways darker than the subsequent ones, ie with the pen and the other s/m aspects- that, as well as the comic relief and defiance of the twins were squashed in an effort, i imagine, to keep a g or a pg rating. even the trick that led to sirius being killed was not really adequately explained, nor for that matter the removal of umbridge by the centaurs and her breakdown after that.. i think most of us who've read the book filled in the missing parts but when you think of what's missing or unexplained to one who's not read the book....
i do not think they really had to shy away from the darker aspects of the book. those things would've gone over the small ones' heads, for the most part.
new and good reads: magyk by angie sage; greywalker by kat richardson(has vampires and a good strong woman detective as the lead role, lots of fun). got a bunch more books from the young adult section of the library where vampires, sorcerers and magic abound....also a book written by a rabbi about kaballah, a novel(?)... much of the numerical aspects of judaism are quite intriguing to me, so much to learn... where to start...
draw, how to master the art arrived this week and now to find my boxes of pens and pencils and get that new clean drawing pad....
today we went to the bay, low tide but still lovely, lots of sun shining on the mudflats, dogs running in the sand...very cool ...now off to bed for work tomorrow,
.