So Many Books

I heard Michael Crichton talking about his book Next in an interview on TV. I think I'll order it. The reviews of it I found were not all that good, but that may be because the reviewers were expecting Jurassic Park --

A warm winter scarf

The other day it was especially cold. So I added my new scarf to my old gray coat and headed out to the gallery for a meeting. I do think it kept me from freezing!

Everyone I saw asked me where I got such a beautiful scarf, and I was very pleased to tell them that my granddaughter, Magda, had made it for me. My friends, artists, said the colors are extraordinary and they loved the pockets!

So do I.

Magda is also an artist and she has recently been making scarves. She also draws and is a talented painter.

Winter Painting Class

Next week, we'll have a live model. This week, we're painting the geometric head.



This is Barry and Morgan.

This is Takura, from Japan.

And this is Professor Lee, who accepts no excuses for anything.

He does gorgeous work in both oil and watercolor. An amazing painter and teacher.

Painting in Winter

This is my studio at home. It is wonderful in the spring and fall, but much too cold in winter. It is actually a sunporch and is not heated. Temperature only about one degree warmer than outside in the winter. So.

I go two afternoons a week to paint (oil paints)with a class at the University. The other artists are interesting, vibrant, amazingly talented and fun to be with. The class goes for three hours or more, and there is no talking except for breaks. Music of a wide variety is played (from an ipod)

I still do not understand much about i-pods and do not have one. But they are fascinating little things, very sleek and unimposing to have such power.

Our Professor tells us that in China, students are expected to bring food to share with the Professor, and does not discourage the practice here. Painting requires much energy.

From now on

I'm not buying any more skeins. From now on, I will knit socks using two already measured (and equal) balls of yarn. Then this won't happen. MAYBE there will be enough to finish both socks . . . ? ? ?

The colors don't show up well in the picture, but they are blue, green and black.