october
In The Maytrees, Annie Dillard wrote, She herself hoped to paint, soberly, when she got old. In 2009, a week before I headed to Provincetown, I read in The Provincetown Banner that, at the age of 64,...
View Articleoutside my window-october 28
Matisse wrote, “To paint an autumn landscape I will not try to remember what colors suit this season, I will be inspired only by the sensation that the season arouses in me: the icy purity of the sour...
View Articlesnow: 31/365
Snow fills me with wonder. It allows me to look at the world as I did when I was a child. Just look. Everything that we see in our daily life is more or less distorted by acquired habits… the …...
View Articlewindows: 43/365
Windows fascinate me. Where they are, what they frame. Panes or no panes. I prefer panes, not surprising since I like to break things into smaller pieces. Some writers prefer a wall when they’re...
View Article2002: I turn 45
2002: For her 21st birthday, I take Kathleen to Canyon Ranch. It’s snowing as we board the plane in Atlanta. As the boarding process continues, it snows harder. We pull back and sit on the runway. The...
View Article