Entries Tagged as 'Life'
A long way to Seattle
Seattle is approximately 2500 miles away from Pittsburgh, which works out to about half a day of flying when you take into account drives to and from airports, connections and time zone changes–a long ways away! And a really long ways away if you consider the path I took to get there. Even after I [...]
Categories: Artsy/Crafty · Life
Hoping for “a good summer full of beautiful sight, sound, and creativity”
Some time in April, I signed up for “Mail Art,” an art swap organized by The Artclash Collective, which is based in Philadelphia. Participants receive four names with mailing addresses and you agree to send a piece of art (small, 2-D pieces that can easily fit into a standard envelope are the common choice, but [...]
Categories: Artsy/Crafty · Life · Writing
A Tethered Time, A Sociable Sedentariness
It is almost amusing to have to promote the Ulcerative Colitis Success essay contest for which I was chosen as a semi-finalist, from the confines of a hospital bed, where I’ve been for 10 days now. ‘Tis the ultimate test of remaining positive regarding this disease if there ever was one. Last year, 700 people [...]
Categories: Artsy/Crafty · Life
Happy Mother’s Day…
…to the mom who knew I’d be “trouble” the moment I was born when my hair was so maroon it looked purple under the hospital lights (surprise! never a dull moment from the get-go!) and later when I learned how to walk at 9 months, before there were shoes tiny enough to fit my feet [...]
Categories: Life
Re-working reality
“‘To re-work reality’ I had written somewhere: temeritous, presumptuous words indeed–for it is reality which works and reworks us on its slow wheel.” -Lawrence Durrel, Clea Um, where did April go? April was a cruel month in some ways, staying true to the T.S. Eliot poem, but let’s focus on the positive. When everything seemed [...]
Categories: Artsy/Crafty · Foodage · Life
Lit-ography (#2)
“‘Do you know, master book-lover,’ he asked me, ‘this line of Paul Desjardins?’ Now are the woods all black, but still the sky is blue. ‘Is not that a fine rendering of a moment like this? May you always see a blue sky overhead, my young friend; and then, even when the time comes, which [...]
Categories: Life