Tip of the day:

Hypo-mania allows one to sprint great distances for great periods of time. *I do not endorse periodic or chronic episodes of hypo-mania. I am simply stating a fact. XO

Acrylic on poplar 3 1/2 X 3 1/2

bird brain is a good thing: it means that you can fly; my new art is 3 1/2 by 3 1/2 on poplar. Acrylics and ink; some thread; some bobbles.

Only $10 each!

email me at micki888@yahoo.com

ART IS FOR EVERYONE!

Paul Newman

I did not know him. Like everyone else, I knew his films, his love for race-cars and practical jokes. I knew that he was married to Joanne Woodward for fifty-plus years. I knew his charity work, his Newman-O's, better than Oreo's--and his popcorn and spaghetti sauce. I knew him as Butch Cassidy and the sultry Brick from CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF. I loved him. He was on my "to do" list--the one you have with your spouse--that says if you ever got the opportunity... well, you get it.

I did not know Paul Newman, but when I read yesterday morning that he had passed away, I cried. I mourn his passage from this world, but one things for sure, he made his mark.

super heroes

Christopher Robin and Georgia Wren
September 2008

Writer's Block

Writer's Block: a myth; an insecurity; an inability to concentrate or expose one's ideas on the page. I'm talking about my ideas. I have left the computer for my black journal... to figure out where Paulo and Gloria are going this sunny hot June day, on the the solstice, a full moon ascending, Gloria and Paulo ripe with angst. Wish me time and luck to figure this out. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoooooooooooo

shel

ARTISTS, CHEFS AND SAINTS

This Friday will be six weeks since I've heard from my literary agent--who I know is very busy, and I shan't disturb her. I will wait patiently for her feedback regarding my first 175 pages. I will keep writing and writing and writing, hoping she likes what I'm making. XOXO

ARTISTS, CHEFS AND SAINTS

ART FOR EVERYONE

I'm on page 230 of my new novel, ARTISTS, CHEFS AND SAINTS. I have a new favorite quote: "I survived because I was tougher than everyone else" Bette Davis, and a new batch of art. I am incorporating text, quotes, inspirational thoughts--acrylic on cedar shingles.

ART FOR EVERYONE! $20 per shingle or two for $30.

One-of-a-kind
designed and hand-painted by pink shel
affordable

XOXOXOXOXO
micki888@yahoo.com
new pictures to follow soon

and a poem, July 27, 2008 -- for Greg Donovan

What does a writer do?
The work.
A writer writes.
A writer pines
thinks
imagines
pretends
drinks like me
like a fish
white wine
sulfites
to think and write
in the pines
with Leadbelly
"where the sun don't never shine..."
but sometimes:
today.