Got my white linen dress...

Today is the day for the install for my work at this show:

"FOUR" at BECA Gallery

I am a little nervous as no one has ever installed so many of my large pieces without my help...
and I hope it goes smoothly.
'Cause trust me, installing my work is a major b*tch.

I am so excited for the opening this weekend, I am going to New Orleans to attend.
I mean come on it was pretty much an excuse to go to N.Orleans but now I am even more excited ... for both my work and myself as the big WHITE LINEN NIGHT is this weekend.
This is a New Orleans tradition that is a celebration for the arts and all the attendees are meant to wear white linen, because it is going to be hot, hot, hot! So way more people will see my work and I will have way more fun. Yay!

new studio, shipped work.

So I am finally all moved in to my new studio. And I know it is a much better place for me.
The sunlight, the access to the subway, and the community are so much more of what I needed.
I am still arranging things but it is working...

great work of a good friend.

I just wanted to give a shout out to my friend Ryan for his new website.
I have mentioned him before 'cause he has a nice blog &
I recently received one of his pieces.
His website looks great and his work is really interesting.
I recommend taking the time to check out one or two of his videos because they are great.

Ryan just finished his first year of a 3 year graduate program and knowing how much my work evolved and changed from then to now makes me very excited to see his work grow.
Most of his work is in some way dealing with memory, the loss of memory, or the memory of an image...

got my knit on.

with the girls.
Had our little knitting night last night at my house on the roof.
It was such a nice night... but my embroidery got cut short by the fact that it got so dark.

It was also lovely that we, hopefully, added a new member to the group who found me through flickr.
The lovely Leila from needle and dime
It is so nice to add new people and she's a sweetheart.


The best part was recieving this beautiful hand made gift from my friend Erica.
She started it on my birthday and just gave it to me...and I love it.
I truly will treasure it...as a gift handmade is a gift from the heart, and it is so damn beautiful!


and might be the most "me" gift ever.

home.

We are home, settled back in, getting back to our life.
I have lots of news, lots of good art, and lots of stories to tell...
But today laying low here so I can honor E.

Just an FYI, I may change from posting in the morning to the evening as my life has changed and it has been more difficult to put the same energy into my posts in the morning.

goodbye, e.

Our vacation was changed and saddened by the need to say goodbye to our E.
E being for "Elvis," a name he got accidentally.
Elvis being an incredibly sweet, loving, and chatty cat.


He was much to young to die, but life is fragile and unpredictable and we know he is still with us.

The 5 best things about E:

1. He loved C so much that he would stare at him for hours, seriously.
2. He would talk to you as if in conversation and he would talk to the birds.
3. He would reach out and touch you just to show you he loved you.
4. He was extremely handsome with his all black coat, long and lean body, and wide face.
5. His purr was as loud as a freight train.

Our sadness is deep as he was truly a member of our family. But we feel lucky to have known his sweet simple soul.
I am sad that this moment will not happen again...

But I am very glad that it did.

another bed...

I woke up to you today with love...
and look forward to being away with you for the next week...so I will be waking in another bed,
in another place,
without internet so see see us in a week.

sorry...

apparently I slept through yesterday...

see you in a week.....

if i were in charge of the world.

If I were in charge of the world
I'd cancel oatmeal,
Monday mornings,
Allergy shots, and also Sara Steinberg.

If I were in charge of the world
There'd be brighter nights lights,
Healthier hamsters, and
Basketball baskets forty eight inches lower.

If I were in charge of the world
You wouldn't have lonely.
You wouldn't have clean.
You wouldn't have bedtimes.
Or "Don't punch your sister."
You wouldn't even have sisters.

If I were in charge of the world
A chocolate sundae with whipped cream and nuts would be a vegetable
All 007 movies would be G,
And a person who sometimes forgot to brush,
And sometimes forgot to flush,
Would still be allowed to be
In charge of the world.

Judith Viorst