We return from the ER! They were very nice. Cary, never known for its running gunbattles, had even left off the car accidents for the evening, so it was deader than dead and only took about two hours all told. That miracle of medical mystery, my husband, has baffled doctors.* It looks like a break, […]
Monthly Archives: February 2006
…and it’s startin’ to look weird. James is glumly admitting that yup, that could be a break, and that nasty little popping sensation could be…err…more badness. And he can’t walk on it at all. So now I’m waiting for an on-call doctor to call back, and let us know whether he hangs out overnight, or […]
Well, the house hunting was kinda disappointing. The agent was fabulous–she had a terribly suspicious mind, which I approve of greatly in an agent as long as they’re working for me (i.e. “What is this new wallpaper hiding? It’s a lousy job, and nobody hangs wallpaper right before they move unless they’re trying to hide […]
We’re off to look at houses today, a trip corresponding to James coming down with an agonizing foot pain. It’s not swollen or bruised, toes are not sticking off at odd angles, it’s not the big toe and thus probably not gout, but the side of his foot for some reason is killin’ him. It’s […]
It is possible that my unhealthy obsession with giant fruit has taken an even more disturbing turn with this one. (One might well question why, at a time I am thinking of buying a house, I am making art that no one in their right mind will buy a print of. I know *I* am.) […]
Today we met an agent! It was not as alarming as I had feared–she was very nice. (Presumably you only get into that field if you are capable of being very nice and personable and whatnot, but she did it well, and like all cat owners, I am willing to bond with someone over Tales […]
Opening at the Toad went off fairly well, except that nobody realized that a live musician had scheduled himself in at the same time. So that was a little awkward. It’s hard to talk art when someone’s belting out “Moonshadow” in the background and accompanying himself on the harmonica. My thanks to those friends and […]
A straightforward wildlife portrait, although if you squint, you could make a good case for a certain grizzly bear chef with his shirt off. http://www.deviantart.com/view/29518404/ I never fail to be amazed by how THICK bears are. There is a bulk to them that seems patently absurd. It’s one of those things where you almost have […]
In case anybody’s interested, my art’s goin’ up at Mr. Toad’s Coffee tomorrow, and there will be a…well “reception” is a grandiose term for me and my agent and James hangin’ out at a table, but a thingy from 6-8. Mr. Toad’s is in a shopping center at the corner of High House and Cary […]
Still lookin’ at house stuff. We’ve moved on to the “getting loan quotes” bit, and having established our max limit, we are shortly moving to the “call the realtor” stage. My father calls me now and again to utter dark prophecies about the horrors of escrow (He says it’s bad, but just when you hit […]