Dust to DustFor over ten years, I wanted to learn ceramics. I managed to get past my pottery prejudices formed by my single-minded high school art…Jan 29, 20213Jan 29, 20213
Slo-MoGiven our current circumstances, I have been thinking about the ‘slow’ movement. I’ve been considering the fact that until about ten…Jan 22, 20215Jan 22, 20215
Blue Eggs and HamWhen my daughters were young, I was inspired to make Green Eggs and Ham, but the green dye mixed with the yellow and made a pan of blue…Jan 15, 20211Jan 15, 20211
Naked YogaWithin weeks, probably days, after moving to the Bay Area, I learned about the Naked Guy in Berkeley. I thought this was hearsay, a crumb…Jan 1, 20214Jan 1, 20214
A Christmas StoryAround 1977, my dad got his first fancy car, an Oldsmobile. It was a chocolate brown Cutlass Supreme that had fabric seats, a phenomenon…Dec 18, 20203Dec 18, 20203
The Whole TruthAt some point in my undergraduate career I admitted to my most beloved teacher and friend, Mike Kelley, that I didn’t understand a word in…Dec 11, 20203Dec 11, 20203
Inner EcologyIn 2016 I decided to become a classroom teacher in a middle school, an all boys middle school. The motivation for such a u-turn in my life…Dec 4, 20204Dec 4, 20204
PosingWhere I grew up one of the worst things you could be called was a poseur. I don’t know why the word was often written in French. Perhaps…Nov 27, 20201Nov 27, 20201
ColorsIn the 1980’s getting your colors done was a craze. This meant a so-called color expert would assess your hair and skin tone, your eyes…Nov 20, 2020Nov 20, 2020
