On and On

Well, I've been gone for a while. Not gone, just not able to get to the library to post on this blog. Heard from Andrew and Melissa..they're in No. Carolina and moving to Pennsylvania soon. They picked up a deermouse in Arizona..it is loose in the truck and they can't find it..so Andrew is feeding it and leaving water. They are worried that it won't survive if it leaves the truck back East, so they intend to catch it and make a pet of it so it can live. More adventures will be posted. I am taking a Calligraphy class at Emeritus and she is a GREAT teacher! I have already learned a lot and only 2 classes into it. I did the last exercise which is blending pencil in a letter to give it dimension and mine was really good...shown to the class as an example. I am shameless in taking pride in being "good" and singled out for praise. I really am a child in a lot of ways. Maybe everyone is like that, I don't know. I am struggling with the idea of relocating and the attendant clearing out that must precede it. I do pretty well for a few hours and then I poop out. I need direction. Hmmmmm...I wonder who I can get to monitor me kindly...I will think about this. Anyway, I am working on two things...de-cluttering - deleting and my creative self...they are intertwined, I think. I need space to make new things happen. That's the deal..I need to delete in order to create anew. I will think about this and see if I can be self-monitoring and get the job done. Being the Lone Ranger is hard sometimes...it has benefits, but it is hard. Anyway, I am working a lot on the clutter issue. So this is still about creativity..just focusing more on a possible block to it. We'll see.

AT school

So, today I am at school in my computer class. Andrew and Melissa left this morning for parts East and I will miss them a lot. We got to spend time together at the Library on Monday and Tuesday nite at Melly's and went to the Farmers Mkt on Wednesday and then hung out for a bit at my house. It was wonderful to see them both. So far I have done nothing with my Art since the last post, but as Scarlett says, "Tomorrow is another day"...I'll think about that tomorrow. Saw Curtis' Mom today and took a walk..she lost her rings (50+ years worth) and I said a prayer that she will somehow get them back. I am also sending out wishes to Dorothea that her illness will not be prolonged and painful and that she will be treated with dignity and love. This blog is supposed to be about creativity, but I guess not only...after all, my life is many things, not just my creative self, although that is the part I most enjoy. Andrew and Melissa saw my collages and commented, so that was gratifying to me. I guess I really want to be known, one way or another...so I close today because I have had my say and after all, I am in school....

Happy Monday

So, today is a happy day and it is Monday...Andrew & Melissa came down from Simi and spent the day with me...Love seeing them...I am here in the library with them right now and I'm writing in my blog on Andrew's computer which he brought with him. Very fancy...I have done not much on my collages this last week and I did not go to my Art class last Monday or this one so I guess I really just need to do my own work...Andrew said I should keep working on my collages and I think he is right. I seem, for better or worse, to be drawn to the cutting of paper and the gluing of paper and the looking for images to cut out and etc. I am happy making stories with the images I am able to find. Anyway, this is short because I have better things to do with the time...mainly spending it with my son and his wife...Yep.