Author: Catherine

“the persuasion and glory of mid-March”

Great day in New York today. Took Citibike, did some shopping, went to hear Bernadette Mayer at Poet’s House, and sketched. Repeatedly. After 11 tries, a vague resemblance. I learned to find the geometry...

upper hook

Walk today after early morning snow stopped falling. Upper Hook Road, where I walked once before and got surprised by sudden nightfall. Today these icicles around tree roots and the sudden death of my...

if this were a real emergency

It is important that you select your award within the next 30 days. Failure to do so may forfeit your opportunity to receive an award. Starting next week, K and R have asked for...

making do

No meeting room, so had to change the meeting to a conference call. Everyone got on the call but the key person, Leigh, whose brain we wanted to pick. We waited 15 minutes, then...

pros and cons

shopping at Anthropologie at lunchtime drawn like a magnet to celebrate excuses a free hour between meetings and March First really wanted to buy some cloth napkins with lots of color and pattern $3.95...

staircase, two views

There’s thirteen of them, and all risers painted, treads refinished, and trimmed out. Stringers painted too. No railing yet, it’s at the controversial sandblaster’s. I find the double angles of these photos interesting to...

ceremonial

Milestones today: a guest stayed in the guest room, pronounced it good, and all the furniture upstairs is back where it belongs (for now). Bees flew home with orange pollen on their legs –...