I was just laying in bed thinking about how cool my grandparents are. At 77 they went white-water rafting (not so to my grandma’s liking), but “she’s norwegian! She can handle it!”. If that didn’t give it away already, yes, my grandparents are luthern norwegians from rural Minnesota. The rafting trip happened right before my…
Read MoreArticle in Cape Town’s City Views mag
HA! Funny Ducks! Funny Ducks!
I just can’t help to add a “mommy blog” on here a time or 2. My daughter has had some good ones recently. The other day a friend was making a “stupid” comment about “why do girls like horses so much, because of their big ‘schlongs’?” I was shocked to hear my daughter immediately respond…
Read More& thank you to the cherry blossoms, & the cockadoodledoo
We just spent a couple days in Montagu & McGregor (small mountain towns in the Western Cape of South Africa). LOVELY. fields of cherry blossom orchards. wild lilies all over the side of the road. Bright yellow fields of spring flowers. Bright red birds singing in the reeds. Peacocks. Chickens. Roosters. Baby Lambs. Donkeys. Baboons.…
Read Moresome pics from CRE8 for Peralta Elementary School
A Fun Day in SF
This is a test. I’m checking to see whether or not I like slide.com
Read MoreMy Grammar, 101
I just write whatever I’m feeling, however I’m feeling; however I like. “Stream-of-conciousness” some might say…Dots here. punctuation there. Quotations where they shouldn’t be. Run-ons, & run-ons! Caps. No Caps. Grammar thrown to the wayside! “Too many” exclamation points!!! MORE exclamation points!! This is therapeutic for me. I relish in this behavior, in this rhetoric,…
Read MoreOAK COUTURE as charette
Watching the teams of architects, pastry chefs, fashion designers, & models work together took me back to architecture school. One day my professor came in with obituaries. We all had to pick one. We all had to design a space for that person in 2 hours. It was a true charette, Aka – quick design. …
Read MoreAn Ode to my Husband, the Tree Climber:
Saul Wainwright, a student of philosophy, politics, & economics. Could we be more different? The truth is, we find more & more that there are these strange bridges between our work, & we won’t be surprised at all one day if they end up merging together on a regular basis. But, for now he is…
Read MoreCOLLABORATION:
So – why is it that I organized 30 people to pull off my OAK COUTURE project, instead of just doing it all myself, in my ‘true’ own vision? Well, honestly, there were logistics. My initial vision was millions of pieces of fabric tied to the ends of branches, truly replicating the idea of “foilage”. …
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