We painted our 120 year old Edwardian hallway turquoise, a firm upward finger to the pandemic fashions of “neutral” grays and taupes. Our painter confessed he was initially horrified (only knowing clients who were nervous about ahistorical paint jobs), but that he ultimately loved it. He found this color comforting and enlivening, a color that […]
Politics
Great Conjunctions
Bones always conjure a kind of cultural seriousness. Without them we are floopy sacks of water, gristle and glop, and some would argue, we don’t seem to be more than that. Bones are associated astrologically with the planet Saturn, which had that rare “great conjunction” with Jupiter in December 2020. Those planets are symbols, respectively, […]
“I am, therefore I think”
Returning from my recent concert tour in Oregon I was able to – finally – take this picture from I-5. This tag has puzzled me over the past decade. Who wrote this and why? The interwebs offer no enlightenment. Is it a sulky threat of karma? Some local feud? Whatever, it mirrors my current fascination, […]
