housekeeping

hi,
i've been feeling a bit quiet here on my blog as i'm a chatty cathy over on facebook. so much easier/quicker/automatic to connect with friends there, but really it's makes me a little ADD. so, hello, i'm still here.
i've been wanting to write a post about where i'm at right now in time...
back from italy, new mexico, a new year, president!, and i'm 33 yo, it's the double magic number-- i love both the sesame street and de la soul versions here:


last year i wrote 32 things i wanted to manifest over the course of the year. crazy powerful as most of them came true in abundance. minus a few.
i never sewed curtains (settled with IKEA ones), never got a coffee table (really not the space for one), have not taken that trip to nova scotia nor have published my children's book. the rest, i tackled valiantly and continue to. wait, i've never actually had a solo show, despite the many joint shows... something to pursue for 2009 indeed.

so in this magic year, there are some things i'd like to aim for... i'm going to come up with the new list. yes. taking it even more seriously now, knowing the power of the written word. stay tuned folks. i'm looking forward to what awaits. and you?

xoxo

today feels pretty special

hugh and i got up early (for us) and biked down to civic center to watch the big screen and be among the crowd popping champagne, selling obama shirts (will they be on sale now?), and holding their kids up high on their shoulders. lots of boo-ing at appropriate parts and tears too.

i have a lot of hope. or as they said in italy... "HOPE-AH" when we got into cabs and they would smile and say "obama hope-ah". yay! such a different feeling traveling after he got elected, i tell you.

i wanted to share this video that got hugh and i a bit choked up a couple days ago: this land IS yours, mine and our children's~

our monster

We're back from the desert of New Mexico, totally in love with the wonders of that place. Green Chiles galore, thrift stores with motherlodes of overlooked vintage dresses, good friends and not least of all painting our first collaborative mural and having our friends perform at our opening! It was a blast. I miss everyone already.

Here's the monster mural:


Our aim was to impress the young ones and I think it was a success!:


The Church Animals in concert:


Some of our work:



Us Watching the Animals:


How we made the monster:


xoxo
mrm