It's always strange when you meet up with an old, well, not a friend, exactly, but someone who's brain you've always admired (breadth and depth...also, interestingly only to me, a J.C.) and you find out they have a blog.

And a lot of the grand opinions you had about them are confirmed, but you start reading all this philosophical stuff they profess and it kinda scares you.

And you realize that the tenuous connection you had with them is a speck beside this overwhelming interest they hold in their lives that you knew little about and--actually--scares you a bit.

And you wonder what you--never known for your silver tongue or your easy dissembling--will say/think/feel to them/about them the next time you see them.

This false internet honesty creeps me out sometimes.

Just a quick post...a quick online promise to use my unexpected unemployment well.

The three boxes, one tube and one mirror I've been working on will be transformed from nearly complete to complete, and I will post them on Etsy and advertise to my friends.

I will also foray to the outside furniture junk pile and assess the pair of barstools AND the metal chair frame for soundness...and start stripping them!

retro spaceman organik

Yes, indeed, the best "shot" from my first roll of Holga shots. The start of a great relationship. Somehow I need to remember to remove the lens cap and advance the film, but it's fun.

Last night I finally finished Len's Xmas present of 2005. Sometimes done is better than perfect, and that is the case here. I am pleased with one side and a little horrified by the other, mostly b/c of the unholy combination of brown and blaze orange. I'll post pix tomorrow(ish). Elke, bless her, helps. Soft and black attracts soft and black.


My delight was somewhat diminished by needing to move mess--I like to call the lot "my tools"--away from the wall out back, so the painters can powerwash. I feel a bit weighed down by all the stuff in my life and I am encouraged to weave the bits and pieces into Sloe Goods. It's a bit of a challenge focusing on reclaiming old junk rather than starting with new materials, but so far I'm finding myself more inspired than not.