Irish line arr 1840-50 (?) Swedes and Greeks 1910-23. My mother (born on the boat) was adamant that we were Americans and in fact we were more American than our WASP & DAR neighbors bc our family chose to be Americans. This was /drilled/ into me.

#ArtAdventCalendar #hannukah חַג שָׂמֵחַ Menorrah book. Each of eight sections adds a candle. I donated this to the temple in suburban Chicago where my son did his conversion. 💙

Tall and skinny and a weird shape. Love books like these #ArtAdventCalendar Day 13

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 12 More paste paper; I made these explicitly for Christmas books (which I'll post later!)

Why is Woodhenge always pictured as uprights only-- wouldn't there have been lintels or crossbeams like at Stonehenge?

Skye crossed the rainbow bridge today. She had a rough start in life, and then the best dogmom she could have had (I'm the aunty). She made it to 17! Rest in treats Skye, you're my best girl.

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 11 (back to current work)

What the Person of the Year cover should have featured

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 10. One of my artist books (I do both handmade journals and artist books if you see the distinction). I made this for a friend on the anniversary of her daughter's death. Pictured are the artwork and the text.

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 9 I can also draw real good (I just don't that often, but I'm thinking about a drawing a day for 2026)

10% discount is not worth the awfulness of the grocery store on senior discount day. (Forgot it was Tuesday)

Look at this stripey lil guy

#ArtAdventCalendar from the archives, when I used to do monumental works on paper. This one is from 1980, and is somewhere in the collection of the old Continental Bank in Chicago because I used to have an actual art career.

Annual reminder to water your Christmas tree poems …

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 7, in honor of another snowy day, my journal "weather" showing the pages for Ice and Snow as well as the cover are (a collage of all the papers- sunshine, ice, snow, fog, rain)

It's 8:25 and right now I'm working on just getting to 9 before I give in and go to bed.

Dolmadiki, my mother’s recipe. Rice, onion, and tomato seasoned with parsley. I used to only make these for family holidays but they’re so good that now I make them just for myself a few times a year. I mean it only takes two hours to roll them. We’ll see how long I can make them last!

Yuma realizing he's just lost the medal and responding with absolute scintillating joy. I'm in tears. #GPF #GPFigure

I mean, I hate this little sht, but dear god can Malinin skate, and his mother was one of my favorite skaters who never got the scores she deserved so we'll just file it under redemption. #GPF #GPFigure

Who the heck let Shaidarov skate to that awful awful music. It overpowers the skating, and it's just nails-on-chalkboard terrible to listen to. #GPF #GPFigure

#ArtAdventCalendar #Caturday I make a chapbook of my poems every year, with an original paste paper cover. Here's last year's, Cat. (This year's coming up soon, I'm stitching the first set today!)

Do I jump right in and watch the #GPFigures replays RIGHT NOW or do I save them as a nice treat for later in the day (I want to knooooooowwwwww but don't tell me)

stg Luca and Anastasia on my Most Likely to Have a Horrific Accident in Competition. They're fearless and gorgeous but a little scary to watch. #GPF #GPFigure

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 5 #ForestFriday Two of I think 4 books I made with this paper. It wasn't intended to look like a forest, but it absolutely does. One of my favorite sets.

Ah, yes, that jolly time of year when everyone tells me about all the holiday parties they're invited to, none of which ever seem to include me.

Slim has not pooped since late Tuesday, which is leading me to dread that she has pooped somewhere she should not poop.

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 4. Cover art for my 2025 chapbook. I'll stamp the title on these, as an edition of 24 features handpainted covers (all on this general design). I'll print another 36 with cover art designed by @theblindwoodchuck.bsky.social

Most common word used: fucking (lol i need to examine my life choices) Pretty proud of this↓, although it's not actually hard, folks. Please use alt text.

Yes, I seem to be eating chocolate covered caramels for lunch, but don't worry bc I'm going to make a ricotta cheesecake, so there's a healthy dinner.

A break from the paste paper and books. Here's a drawing of a whistle, which will be an illustration in my 2025 chapbook (more on that coming up) #ArtAdventCalendar Day 3

Homemade ricotta (sooooo easy never buy the store stuff) draining in the fridge, ready for homemade mac-n-cheese I'm so excited.

The enshittification continues. I can no longer do simple html coding on WordPress without upgrading to a Business plan. So I guess that's it on the poetry blog. Sadly, the world will not miss it. (Or back to blogspot which has its own issues)

Cat TV is the best tv

Day 2 of #ArtAdventCalendar #PrideArt #QueerArt One of my Pride series. Most of them were rainbows, this one is a little more in your face. Shows also how the paper turns into a book

My 13 year old Merrell winter slip ons finally gave up the ghost (sole cracked, and now water gets in) and they still make them and they had them in hot pink in my size and they were on half price sale. Off to play the lottery now.

The alt text is ::chef's kiss:: bsky.app/profile/that...

#BlueSkyMonday. #UkraineArt and #ArtAdventCalendar Day One. I'm working on turning this into an actual advent calendar for Ukraine. (Normally I make these paste papers and turn them into book covers, but this was so beautiful I couldn't bear to cut it up)

I named my fists Rosencrantz and Guildenstern because they were sent for.

I want to do the #ArtAdventCalendar but I am concerned abt posting art, bc I got taken to task for not following the rules on some art # I was using earlier this year. Please don't do that folks. If someone isn't using your # the way you want, just move tf on. (It's why I stopped posting art)

This little guy was sheltering from the snowstorm on my front stoop, huddled up against the screen door. I dislodged her when I opened the door (couldn’t see her from inside). So sorry baby I hope you find a new safe place!

Post your favorite "Transformers" character. Wrong answers only.

I started sending handbound chapbooks instead of holiday cards about 5 years ago. Proof copy for this year's "Chronicle of the Rebellion". Cover art by @theblindwoodchuck.bsky.social coming! #poets

Introduce yrself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild The very large hawk stalking the preschool next door A golden eagle eating something (abt 10 ft away, neither of us was happy to see the other) A 10-point buck in a subn park ffs A badger Four baby bunnies screaming as I carried them to safety

Here is Slim trying her very best to be a tuxedo cat but only able to manifest a couple white dots #Caturday

Is it really dark out because of the weather or because this is how dark 4pm is now.

WHAT IF THERE WAS *ONLY* PIE A DAY OF PIE BREAKFAST PIE SAVORY PIE SWEET PIE SOME SORT OF ALCOHOLIC DRINKABLE PIE PIESGIVING WE WOULD CALL IT AND THE WORLD WOULD THANK US IN PRAYER AND SONG AND IDEALLY PIE

So this happened in Oslo yesterday. Four articulated buses got stuck in a roundabout.

Don't do it

"you will be visited by three spirits." The three spirits: