Saturday, December 17, 2016

snow

it's snowing steady and hard today.
yesterday i had one of those days.
it could have been really really bad.
but it wasn't.
i subbed in my old school.
on the way my car made a big stink-burning rubberish.
but i had to get there.
let me report that this class of sixth graders was pretty challenging
and not at all fun.
after school the car still smelled bad.
i stopped at zone 4 to pick up the milkweed papers.
 the photo above is 'enhanced', below is not.
the sheets are WILD, WILD.
 i hand beat the fiber
the first time in too many years
 and you can see it's way underbeaten,
 but oh, it's beautiful!
after, i went to 'my' mechanic's shop
and the verdict was: a frozen brake caliper.
a woman was there picking up her car.
she turned to me, 
and it was marilyn,
one of my riding coaches from my 30's.
i hugged her probably too hard. 
it was terrific to see her. 
and she drove me the five miles home.
(i was so very happy and still am!)
where i sit, without a car, for the duration.
 my porch, just now
i will be teaching at nancy zeller's beautiful  longrigde farm 
next august,
papermaking!!!
please go over to the website and take a look. 
this year sandra brownlee and i are teaching,
(not simultaneously)
we will make clouds of pulp and 
other delights. 
if you haven't been to longridge, 
and you are considering a summer workshop,
you are in for a treat.
do join us!

12 comments:

  1. such beautiful textures in your milkweed paper

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  2. i was a total freaky trip to let this paper be wild. i'm glad i did it.

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  3. Wonderful palette in this post--all the grays, whites, beiges, and just a bit of purple whatever on your porch. Bundle up warmly. Hope you get your car back soon.

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  4. thankd, alice, i've got the heat at 65 wooly sweater and ljs, the purple is amethyst from my terraphilia residency in salida colorado.

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  5. The milkweed paper is so, so beautiful. How lovely it worked out to be taken home by an old friend; those unexpected moments of serendipity! Stay warm.

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  6. stephanie, the day just couldn't be bad, despite all the rough spots. some days are like that! toes are cold, but all else is fine!

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  7. Hi V - sorry to hear about the car - hope you have that sorted - you so depend on it. Going back iOS hard. But the bright spot is the paper - lots of texture there. Stay warm and happy. B

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  8. barry, this car will be fine, subarus are north county standards! all of this and i was still so full of joy. go figure!

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  9. guess a day with the hooligans reinforces the joy of being retired! Hope you get the car back quickly, not a good time to be without wheels. Keep warm, the paper looks wonderful.

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  10. I love that first photo of the snow on the roof - such lovely lines.
    Some days are like snakes and ladders aren't they - so good to feel like you ended up the ladder!

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  11. fiona, absolutely snakes and ladders! did you know that here it's "chutes and ladders" , snakes being, apparently, too scary for american kids...

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