Kelly Averill Savino

Of Trees and Roots and Names of Things

When my grandpa Averill bought property on Wolf Lake in the Irish Hills of Michigan in the early 40s, he picked the choice lot for himself, and then parceled out smaller lots along the lake edge in a little barony he named “Averill’s Basswood Terrace”. (My grandpa liked to see…

July 15, 2008

“events keep occuring” (an old Roz Chast version of “war and peace”)

OK, so… Last weekend on an impulse (ok, and impulse inspired by being unable to zip my last-resort shorts) I attended my first ever weight…
July 6, 2008

Weekend at the lake and cages full of souvenirs

So we went to the lake with my folks for the weekend, and I talked my dad, Jeff, and son Connor into going to the…
July 1, 2008

Entry for July 01, 2008

What a good day. I got rolling this morning and worked on bread. I made a nice loaf of multi-grain, but I also ground a…
June 30, 2008

Last weekend (from a clayart post)

This year’s Crosby Festival has its usual array of artists from around the country, in Ceramics, Fiber, Glass, Graphics, Jewelry, Mixed Media, Painting, Photography, Sculpture…

Of Trees and Roots and Names of Things