Where did August go?

Well, August is almost all gone and I have no idea what happened. I did go to Las Vegas and made a wallpaper border for Janet and helped her find colors for her kitchen and bathrooms. I would really have to sit and think, however where the rest of the time went. I have not finished the garage. I am, however working on some altered books and collage, so all is not lost. I know things are changing, but I really do not feel in control and I am sort of doing that seaweed thing again...you know, the thing where I am a piece of seaweed in the surf of life...just being washed up and down by the waves on the beach...not what I want to be doing at this time. I am running out of time to screw around. Running out of time to be flopsy. Well, hell, I guess we'll have to see what September will bring. September? God! how the time does fly when you're pretending to have fun.

omygod, it's August!

Where does the time go? I have been working on the Garage, etc. so I have not posted for a while. I have, however, in addition to the garage, made a decision (finally) about what I am going to do. I have decided to take my teaching much more seriously and to make it the main focus for the aquisition of money to live on. To that end, I have submitted my application to SMC to teach Color mixing and Faux as well as other classes in the future..also called UCLA and I am booked for January there for Mosaic and I will meet in a couple of weeks with the director of Rustic Cyn. Park about teaching there. Also, Don and his guy Richard are coming over tomorrow to give me advice and a bid to fix up the Garage into a working studio space....where I can work and teach privately. It is a good thing to make a decision...so sad that it takes me an eon to finalize my thoughts...but, it does, so there you are. Also, I am taking a class with Joyce about promoting yourself as a fine Artist and I will take my collages and see what's up with that. I really feel full of energy and most hopeful about the future now. For the time being, I will stay in my little house and be creative there...then, when I have both feet into the new "life" I will think about how I want to handle the equity money...I don't need it this minute...and, when I finally access it, I want to handle it properly.
I am also working on my living will and a trust which will leave any property or assets to be equally divided between my children...Melanie and Andrew...Hopefully, I will live so long that I will use everything up. Time will tell. Right now, anyway, I would like to not touch it yet. A whole new phase in my life..one that seems to be generating a lot of energy and a certain level of excitement in me. The house is getting uncluttered little by little. Jeni came with a truck and hauled off a bunch of stuff for a set she was designing. What a blessing! Joyce and I are seriously working on the clutter issue for a workshop/book thing AND I am researching and beginning to take seriously a book about Crows. I love crows and I want to share that with people. So...from a final decision about house and work a whole floodgate of creative energy is flowing forth. This blog is, apparently, still about creativity and how to access it in spite of the fact that I take major trips down side roads in the process. Life is good and I am a happy camper. Onward.