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  • 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…

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  • Entry for October 11, 2006

    It’s week 5 of the MFA. In last night’s seminar, students from various disciplines went from studio to studio, discussing each others’ work — an…

  • The three MFA-sketeers

    On the left is Reem Gibriel, glamorous newlywed sculptor from Libya… yours truly, middle aged mother of three, on the right .. and behind us, a…

  • soul searching, journal entry, artist statements, “instinctive” design. (a clayart post.)

    I’m home from the overnighter days of my school week — tomorrow is homeschool and catch-up, and then back for more class tomorrow night. One…

  • Robbing the hive

    After the long drive home from class last night, I meant to sleep in, but woke up grabbing for my notebook — full of ideas…