I have just begun the first of five weeks of art camp I am running this summer. The beginning comes with a mix of emotion. It is hard work with spectacular attention to detail and requiring a level of patience, creativity and energy sometimes difficult to muster. I need to both psyche myself … [Read more...]
sweetness of summer
In the other room I hear my youngest practicing the ukelele and singing the air is hot and heavy there is a faint smell of barbeque and fresh cut grass I can hear the crickets and the birds loudly telling their stories I go down to the water to take a skinny dip and the moon is a full and … [Read more...]
in my bag I packed
Ugly hot minivan en route to cottage, stuck in traffic on highway, stuffed with an easel 5 duffel bags 7 litres of paint 8 bags of groceries 75 canvasses gallon of gesso gallon of modelling paste gallon of painting gel encaustic paints 2 irons and a hot plate for encaustic a heat … [Read more...]
words for wednesday-the 3 worst things to say to a woman
I had just arrived to the wonderful beautiful magical perfect wedding and had been seated in the church no fewer than 3 minutes when woman seated in pew in front of us, turns around to say hello. Her spidey senses were tingling because I was chatting with her husband, seated next to me. I hear the … [Read more...]
words for wednesday- things we are not supposed to say
" I love my body so much I would get up on this table and take my clothes off" "I love my children. They are the best" "I love my teeagers- they are incredible people" "We have a great sex life. I want him badly every night" "I am a really good mother" "I love my life" Why do I know that … [Read more...]
being dad
as I play both mom and dad I thought I would try out what DADS everywhere are so notoriously good at … [Read more...]
naturally occurring science projects
It is end of the year for those at school so lockers are cleaned out. Youngest came home with two garbage bags filled with - a clown's nose, a top hat, a left flip flop a tupperware container with a fuzzy blue sandwhich, a sopping wet blazer and kilt with mildew on it (why is it wet … [Read more...]
Artists Wanting More
art work created at art studio for children Probably 6 years ago a group of pals at 3.5 years of age came into my old art studio for their first class. They did a class a week every single term for the next 6 years Really, do the math. I feel like some of these families … [Read more...]
registered EMOTIONAL savings plan (RESP)
Sometimes women say "it is all about my kids" and they live and breathe for only them. Here is the thing- while I love my children so much it almost breaks my heart- I have only them right now- ok ok I also have more wonderful friends than I even have time to see, an amazing and supportive and … [Read more...]
fighting the fuss
It is true I am getting fussier with age- I dont like public pools/ hot tubs/bathrooms, cheap hotels,poly sheets, black flies, canned food, packaged cookies or cakes, malls, backlit signs or the white noise of bad TV but I know it is a slippery slope. The fussier you get the more you catch "old". … [Read more...]
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