Why I was thinking about getting a degree in social work. Simply stated, I want to help people. But how, why, and with what? I have no credentials.
Continue readingHappy Memorial Day!
It’s Memorial Day, and I’m still waking up, drinking my coffee with thoughts of my dad, thoughts of both my parents, really. They’ve been gone for 17 years, which seems weird. It seems like forever and not any time at all.
Continue readingLots-o-words About the “Relative Strangers” Show
It’s been a little bit, mostly because I was crazy busy in the two weeks leading up to the opening. I loaded up my car with more than 25 paintings and drove out to LA last Tuesday. I dropped off ten of those pieces at the scanning place and continued on to the gallery in Santa Monica with the rest.
Continue readingMother
Well, I am not a “Mother’s Day” fan because I was beyond not fond of it growing up. But, other than the traumatic memories of it, I’m safe. My mom passed quite a while ago, and later in her life, she finally got on an SSRI that magically made her quit attempting suicide, and/or threatening it. Before that, she usually chose to do such things on Mother’s Day, my birthday, or hers.
Continue readingThis Week So Far
As of today, it is officially two weeks until my show, Relative Strangers. Am I ready? Well, yes, totally. Wait, sort of.
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