thank you to milena of  von herz und hand  in switzerland! the angel, your beautiful piece of art, is home. we love it very much and have found the perfect place for it. von ganzen herzen, vielen dank.

…and my winged messengers arrived on thanksgiving day-  thank you, thank you  susanna! i am thrilled to take part in your wonderful  project!

i  have been daydreaming of the possible places they may land but until then, they are hanging above my desk, being admired.

limitless love by semhar

i have a girl crush on semhar. i love to watch her recite her poems. it is the fervor, the warmth, the agony, the devotion, the feeling…it is her passion, spirit, and dedication to her art. i just dig that. 

it is almost as delicious as tim siebles reading one of his pieces.  

tim is  a brilliant poet, current professor of creative writing at old dominion university, and happens to also be my former tenth grade english teacher. i remember when there would time left at the end of class, he would read one of his poems to us.  it was such a treat.  my three all time favorite are  big mouth ,  the ballad of sadie la babe, and trying for fire. 

got a girl crush?

for the art trade, a spill your drink artzperiment

perhaps it was streching it a bit but i kept seeing a bird in the spill after i dropped my  bag of sweet love

i am running out to the post office- a little birdie told me is finally on it’s way to lilie!

i am conducting an artzperiment for the occasion of an art trade which is going to lilie in france.

this all started last week when tinker was goofing off after she spilled her drink  and then decided to launch an art spill  challenge  an artzperiment because she had had so much fun. interesting, i thought and it was  just in time for the art trade which is currently going around the world. 

so i brewed some sweet love as i can only drink tea at this time and sat down to start my artzperiment. the only problem was, i could not figure out how to casually, and purposely knock over my cup of sweet love. i left everything at my work table all morning and afternoon until it occured to me that i could just pick up my bag of sweet love and drop it right smack in the middle of the canvas (i hope that counts for spilling).

so the fun begins.

thank you to jenny who was kind to include me in on all the art trade fun this week! this work of art will soon be on it’s way to lilie .

thank you too to my friends who are joining in on the fun (those who considered it too) i am looking forward to all the art that i will get back in return!

surprise in the mail today- all the way from texas. i hope yaya who sent this beautiful gesture of love and her family are safe this evening

i have never lost anyone so close to me before and for so many days i did not know how to take my next breath or even live to see the next day. it is with the help of friends and family that we are having  bearable days. it is a relief but the relief itself comes still with a void in my very core and it’s okay if it never goes away.

i have been trying to find words to express how it feels to be surrounded with so much love. it is deeply touching to know that we are not alone. our neighbors, friends, family- everyone near and far is grieving with us, thinking of us, and praying for us.

i am grateful for every email, card, letter, and call we have recieved to comfort, every offer to just say what can be done to help us. i am grateful for my friends that take me along to walk their dogs in the evenings, out for ice-cream, coffee, brunch, and send emails to just let me know that they are thinking of me. i am grateful for the care package from sun’s kindergarten with handmade candles, precious stones, and drawings of her ascending into heaven- in one where she is covered in gold. i am grateful for her little friends who are a constant reminder of her and the ones who still come over and play with the moon just like she played with him everyday. i am ever so grateful for the moon who makes us laugh until we cry at unexpected moments.

and i am truly grateful for all our friends and family- thank you, thank you for the outpour of support that has carried us through this tragedy, our difficult time.

her golden spirit has gently made us understand

that even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness that the word “happiness” would lose it’s meaning if it were not balanced by sadness

and bestowed a precious gift - gift of knowledge that love grows , it grows to expand your soul, love grows

created especially for the sun- our sweet daughter- visit the rest of the polar festival attendees here or here- have fun!

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i’ll be back in spring

i will be away with access to email- goodbye for the winter.

 work of the sun                                              and the moon

here are some staying warm inside fireside creations- i present the first of the winter 2007-2008 masterpieces by the sun and the moon.

and……… 

better late, than never- i was tagged by somepinkflowers a couple several weeks ago and never got around to it- but i did not forget! here are my answers

four jobs i have had

i waited tables- which was a lotof fun- not to mention the biggest lesson: how to treat your waiter/ess. everyone should wait tables at least once in their life!

i then was a kindergarten teacher’s assistant until

i landed a research analyst position at an executive search firm where i conducted corporate research and did the foot work for recruiters

which propelled me into a technical recruiting career throughout the nineties until we started our family

today i employ myself- i provide new business development and marketing communication services in english. i incorporated myself last october and started the new year with 3 clients- not bad for a one woman show!

four places i have lived

dallas, tx

athens, greece

jeddah, saudi arabia

asmara, eritrea

four favorite foods

pico de gallo. that’s all i can think of right now- probably because it’s hard to get your hands on fresh cilantro in the winter here.

four places i have been on holiday

montafon, austria

south tyrol, italy

guadelupe mountains national park, tx

ocho rios, jamaica

four places i would rather be

nowhere. there is absolutely nowhere that i would rather be!

i am tagging traute, over at spirit’s soap art and amy at petticoatlane

artist clint scism

collision::a night of art & music::presented by creative south

december 15, 7:30pm - 12:30

the continental gallery::3311 elm street::dallas texas 75226

featuring dallas artists::clint scism::mark nelson::ange fitzgerald

live music by::miss cj & lovie

more information::214.801.4650 or 972.3424567

everyone in dallas, arlington, denton, austin, houston, or even jefferson! everyone, go to the continental gallery in dallas to experience collision, an evening of art and music this saturday night.  this really makes me wish i was home. please go and show your support for my dear friend clint who will showcase his work….you will be mesmerized by his art . plus, you’ll be treated to live music by lovie, a fresh, 30 somethings-all girl-indie-pop-rock-band. trust me, you don’t want to miss them! i so wish that i could be there!

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embelished with flowers on both sides on white silk dupioni, the flower bouquet pochette is a fine piece of art

with choice pink and gold aisian brocade lining on the inside <i am in love!>

this, my newest treasure is handmade by constance muller of boutique rochambeau

put a wow into an outfit, go ahead and treat yourself!