Leaving to Shop

I walked out the door

I turned right

I could have turned left

Toward the staircase

Down five flights of stairs

Plus one more to the garage

Instead I turned right

Toward the elevator

Pushed the "down" button

Waited a few moments

Doors slid open

I entered and pushed the "G" for garage

So much easier

Not necessarily quicker

But, much easier

Moving From Los Angeles

Well, packing took four weeks; what to keep, what to store, what to give to GoodWill.......

Twenty three cars full of shelves, books, art supplies, fabric, clothes, pots & pans, various containers, and so much more ended up at the GoodWill store in Santa Clarita California.

Four weeks of NOT making art....

Then a week car trip across the southwest, up into the midwest.

I cried on my last day in California; I mourn the loss of the mountains.

Now in St. Louis I have busied myself for another 4 weeks unpacking and organizing my our new space... trying not to think about California. Beginning to like St. Louis and our new urban lifestyle in a loft near the city center. It seems like everything is within 5 miles!!! In California, everything was 25 miles away!

Still more weeks of NOT making art.

I am now ready to begin....

starting in on my year in St. Louis