artist + writer + perpetual home renovator

in my little BOXed box planter garden to produce my six little butternuts. though I can’t keep up with the arugula. I think I harvest 1-2 gallons every other day or so. my cherry tomato bush is still cranking out tomatoes in thick all most...

BOXed full moon

20 Dec 2010

christmas ornaments that’ll droop your tree

19 Dec 2010

Making ornaments for the Mystery BOX to sell at Cultured Cocktails with BOX13 ArtSpace Location: Boheme Café and Wine Bar, 307 Fairview Time: 5:00PM Thursday, December 23rd Proceeds will go to operations of the BOX Oh yes and the more you drink (bring a desig...

dang I just can't eat it fast enough

19 Dec 2010

my arugula likes this weather a little too much! I just harvested about 4 gallons of the stuff. had to give some away! good problem. and my one tomato plant is so dang happy and drooping with fruits. perhaps this is to remind me that...

Spring 2011 WASHers

18 Dec 2010

Check out spin cycle 2 for a preview of some of what we’ll be doing in the spring. Your spring MWF WASH blog, spin cycle 3, is located at http://washspring2011.blogspot.com/ Your spring TTHF WASH blog, spin cycle 4, is located at http://spincycle4.blogspot.com0

WASH Building location

18 Dec 2010

WASH 2011

2220 Avenue M. WASH = Workshop in Art Studio and History The new WASH Building, 2220 Ave. M, across from Holleman Field. We’ll be welcoming our new spring WASH students PROMPTLY at 9:30 am, Wednesday, January 19 with Kathryn & Valerie, and Thursday, January 20...

prepping to deinstall at BOX 13

15 Dec 2010

The BOX’s debutant stairwell is spectacular; I was very excited to have had the opportunity to play within this space. even in my unmoaring in the unraveling still seeking into the unwelcomes I get lost in my own missed-understanding remnant rough cut oak, tubes, baling...

then–circa 1964; now–summer 2010

12 Dec 2010

photo my grandmother had, circa 1964 those are not freckles across my nose, but grime (outside playing grime) photo i have, summer 2010 those are not shadows across my nose, chin, forehead and upper lip, but grime (outside playing art tire grime) and then there...

fun things my gram had…still

11 Dec 2010

a blessing for this day the tenth of December

10 Dec 2010

May the road rise to meet you, May the wind be always at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face, The rains fall soft upon your fields. And until we meet again, May God hold you in the palm of his hand....

My students’ are hanging it up for the semester (literally)

10 Dec 2010

art foundations WASH - SHSU, original blog

Sam Houston State University WASH student exhibition Mon, December 13, 5pm – 7pm WASH Building, 2220 Ave. M, across from Holleman Field, Huntsville, TX (WASH-Workshop in Art Studio and History)0

like art–i make it but don’t really go a viewinglike poetry–i may write but i don’t really sit a readinglike basketball back in the day–i played but i don’t really like a spectating so i blog, but am not a blog-reading-aholicbut a few i do...

oops. my gram took a tumble and broke her hip. OUCHY.

05 Dec 2010

but the vicadin is totally working. at 99, living independently, on no meds except over the counter vitamins, no ailments or complaints, sharp as a tack, and ambulatory until today, the doctors plan to bolt that hip back together in the morning and send her...

it brings joy

04 Dec 2010

my scanty garden built in old pipe yard rough cut oak, hobbled together as boxes, sitting atop the asphalt behind my bigger BOX of 13, fenced in by barbed wire and surrounded by remnant combine tractor tubes, adds an unassuming simple comfort. the most peaceful...

I swerve

03 Dec 2010

kindness usually means i must be willing to swerve from my path. i probably have to set my emotional hankerings, spiritual agendas, monetary security, moral/justice compelled dictates, physical comforts aside for a mere moment to extend kindness. if i only extend toward a finish line,...

WASH student exhibition prep/timeline

03 Dec 2010

Monday, December 6 Crit 5 photo hybrids and 2 photo/bw representation hybrids Work in class on hybrid self symbol final presentation format Work in class on character Email invitations to exhibition to your friends, family, coworker Review blog and fill in missed posts Wednesday, December...

I like that :)

01 Dec 2010

papercity art notes thank you, Catherine for the kudos0

it is time to post your pics

29 Nov 2010

of you as object. be sure to classify, label each pair. make your prints to bring to class tomorrow along with your collection and all previous works of your object. bring drawingpaper, scissors, glue etc. tracing paper would be helpful if you have some.0

oh no. I can't cover my tomatoes

27 Nov 2010

from my dad’s. double dang. will I have frozen green tomatoes tomorrow. guess if I do I will have to fry them up tomorrow. time to google a fried green tomato recipe. Location:St Andrews Dr,College Station,United States0

It is difficult. no? yes.

26 Nov 2010

“It’s difficult to hear that what we reject out there is what we reject in ourselves, and what we reject in ourselves is what we are going to reject out there. But that, in a nutshell, is how it works. If we find ourselves unworkable...

seriously my last iPhone 4 which apple graciously swapped out definitely had a defective element in its camera because the clarity with the new one is fabulous. oh yeah!!! my macrofocus works, my steering wheel 70 mile an hour focus works. oh yes my bro...

I am grateful today
for having you WASHers in my life

thank you!0

thank you

mom and dad grand girlfriends Lori, Amy and Diana Josh. Jeff and Jon Karly and Riley Paul and Cheri, Nicole and Troy Glenn and Shelly Gram Michael and Bill Marilyn, Tom and Thomas fellow writers and thinkers Matt, Jerry and Peter Tommy Dean and Sophie...

am complying. the night is to beautiful not to experience

me and my night sky. again. no problemo

yum. dang that looks like a lot of food

24 Nov 2010

but the caloric value says, “no problemo, eat it all.”. ok I think I will0

me and my night sky

24 Nov 2010