Every time I work on a book, I spend almost as much time looking for evocative images as I do the right word or phrase. I never know exactly where I will find them — though heaven knows, Pinterest has provided me with much joy recently. And I now keep all the found images from […]
Visual Nutrition: Finding the Satyrs of The Innamorati Read More »
This last week we traveled from Tucson to Omaha (oh my stars — this little lizard doesn't enjoy cold and biting winter!). On our way back, we were stunned by the record snowfalls that had occurred in our absence. From northern Colorado all the way down to almost southern New Mexico we were engulfed in
Shivering in the Pecos Mountains and the High Plains. Read More »
“In the end, he thought, a neat labyrinth or an untidy maze was a simple place. You reached its heart and were devoured by the beast, or you reached its heart, and the spot was bare and pulseless. Maybe the beast and the blankness were the same. Maybe it was the emptiness that had teeth
An Early Review of Maze of Blood by Marly Youmans Read More »
I have been madly in love with the recent offerings of hedgehog marginalia from Medieval Animal Data Network. These adorable looking creatures, are often rendered in the rich golden and red hues of fall, and harvesting grapes (despoiling the vineyards) using their spines like cocktail toothpicks. But most wonderful of all…a group of artists got
In Praise of the Hedgehog Read More »
It’s been one of those months…distracting and demanding. So I am here now, trying to make up for all my lost time. I have a lot to say about these days…but am still wading through the need to get more done here and there. So here…a collection from my pinterest account of gorgeous foxes —
Can I just say how much I love these two etchings by 18th century artist Thomas Rowlandson? The first is a woman diving into the water from a wagon pulled into the surf to serve as a diving platform. "Venus Bathing" is vigorous, round and robust as she takes a "Fashionable Dip" into the ocean
Falling Into Water and Rising Swimming Read More »
"Many Siberian fairy tales tell of the deadly clash between criminals and representatives of the government, of the risks people run every day with dignity and honesty, of the good fortune of those who in the end have got the loot and stayed alive, and of the 'good memory' that is preserved of those who
The Dark Fairy Tale World of the Siberian Urkas Read More »
Woman Carrying A Bull by Vladimir Fokanov I like this image a lot — the wonderful cognitive dissonance between the nude female and the impossible weight of the bull carried so easily on her shoulder. She is not alone you know — there are quite a few such images of women with animals hefted on their
Women Who Shoulder Animals. Read More »
I am so happy to celebrate St. Brigid’s Feast Day — especially as I have learned that in addition to being an excellent dairy maid (and therefore patron saint of farmers), she was especially fond of beer. We have been learning how to home brew beer (first batch was a successful dark beer with a
The Feast Day of St. Brigid Who Loved Beer Read More »
Canadian Inuit artist Kenojuak Ashevak died last week (January 8, 2013) at the age of 85. She was recognized as one of the notable participants in the West Baffin Eskimo Co-operative studio, also known as the Kinngait studio. She contributed original art for a new print every year from 1959 up to 2012 for the
Remembering Kenojuak Ashevak: Inuit Artist Read More »
