The weather this year has been a bit confusing.  It has been unusually cold in San Francisco, California and hot. My seeds did not do well, but the self seeded plants seem to be growing nicely; ” nature knows so much better than me.” The mustard has been popular, the peas need some explaining. I [...]

My mothers only grand-daughter made a card for her when she was quite young that sums her up well, “Grandma, you are a rock.”

I am watching another dog besides my own. I wouldn’t call it ‘dog sitting’ as I have little time to ‘sit’ with these two dogs around. I have realized ‘my dog’ while watching this dog that is not my own.  My dog, a terrier, is quite jealous, not a mean dog, but bossy and loud.  [...]

Roy A. Merritt, artist of the hot pink, Elvis U.S. stamp,  survived his quadruple bi-pass, open heart surgery. Rumor has it Mr. Merritt, known for his dark humor, said before his surgery, “even the condemned get a last meal.”  He’d gotten his the day before. He is up walking, eating, and I hear, marching to [...]

Roy A. Merritt, a self-taught artist, born in North Carolina in the 1940′s.   His trademark, the use of color that one does not often see used in straight-up portraiture. He uses brightly colored pen and pencils and is a fabulous painter. I believe he is most well known for the hot pink, colored pen drawing [...]

My time is not my own lately and I have a lot of time to think and I’ve been wondering this; have you changed since you’ve left your families home?  Have you changed and your family doesn’t know you’ve changed? These need not be huge changes in how you are now, verses who you were [...]

This morning, early, I took my neighbor and good friend to the airport.  There’s a game at the Stick today, still the traffic was light. It was an easy payback for the many favors she has done for me lately and I have a car for the weekend. I am not sure why I had [...]

Today, I worked on the show I am curating, “Maps Only” 2012 in San Francisco. I began talking with 3 of the 11 artists about their Maps; what medium, how big, their idea?  I’m interested in the process and especially interested in the group process. One of the artists, an artist I know very well, [...]

I was raised to be timely. There was always enough change in the glove compartment of the car to call before I was late.  Calling was a drag, so I was mostly on time. I don’t have a car now, so I can’t be anywhere quickly, even so I am usually on time or I [...]

I’ve wanted to be a writer since I was in 7th grade, and then much later, a mosaic artist.  I went through many artful  incarnations, but always I’ve liked making or ‘riggging’ things, now they call it re-purposing . I like the physical part of my art, the labor. This nagging question of ‘is writing [...]