see's candies

day one

For Lent this year, my goal is to fast inactivity by taking a walk

every day. I've been extra sedentary this year with all the sickness

and back troubles, but I was already underactive. Plus, I'd like to 

get out there and interact with my neighbors more, challenging the

culture of isolation we've got going on around here. A couple of 

days ago, Elliott came with me. We ended up at a dip in the road 

that had both rocks and water and found ourselves highly amused.

ash wednesday

isaiah 54

art supply sampler

 

 As I was recovering from my two week illness

last Wednesday, I threw my back out and was 

incapacitated for several more days. I'm still 

in pain but glad to be up and moving about again.

Here's a little sampler of some art supplies I've

been carrying around lately.

be still

light sabers

 

One of the reasons I've continued painting over the

past 8 years while raising my two kids is to capture

the fleeting elements of life. There are bits and pieces

which appear ordinary at the time but completely 

disappear months later. I suspect that light sabers are

one of these pieces for us right now. How many light

sabers do you have lying around your place, for instance?

Beyond capturing these for memory's sake (mine's not 

that great), I find it gives me opportunity to enjoy the 

moment and even grieve the coming loss of it a little bit.

What are the bits and pieces of your life that are unique

to this present moment? I would love to hear about them.

another sick day

My kids are filling in for me while I take yet another sick day.

It looks I've got a bronchial infection of some sort.

Antibiotics are helping, but I'm not quite there yet!

The above drawing is "Sleeping Swaddled Baby" by Ashton.

This one is "Daddy As A Baby" by Elliott.

Our friends are having babies these days -- lots of them!

So we have babies on our mind.

alice waves

retro journal entry

Here's a journal page from May of 2008, when I was discovering Lombardic Versals. 

I'm on my twelfth day of being sick today, 

and my ability to maintain the basics is slipping -- things on the blog 

might be spotty for a while. Hopefully I'll get my head (and chest cold) 

above water soon. Fortunately, it's a beautiful, rainy day. 

Not bad for lounging around sipping tea.