Best. Weekend. Ever.

I can finally say that I’ve heard Paul McCartney play “Letting Go” live, and with a real horn section, no less. For a hardcore McCartney fan like me, that’s a dream come true.

@governorwalz.mn.gov Can we please have this, too?

Tonight my fifth Paul McCartney show takes place almost 20 years to the day from my first. In a year that has taken so much from us, I am so grateful I get one more chance to experience this.

New ACEOs available in the online shop.

I will forever love this man.

Three new mid-century-inspired ACEOs, available later this evening at amandawirig.com.

Today’s mid-century-inspired ACEO.

New mid-century-inspired ACEOs from Sunday and Monday.

Today’s ACEO. Now available at amandawirig.com.

Five days, five mid-century-inspired ACEOs. All available at amandawirig.com.

Today’s ACEO, featuring mid-century enamelware designed by Catherineholm of Norway. Available for purchase at amandawirig.com.

I hopped on the ACEO bandwagon this week, and now I’m dedicating a half hour a day to creating a little tarot card-sized piece of art. I can’t remember the last time I enjoyed a practice this much.

I’m hosting a painting party in Minneapolis on October 13th! Fall Scene Painting Party www.eventbrite.com/e/fall-scene...

Fuck this country. Fuck its guns. Fuck the patriarchy that enables men to destroy people’s lives because they’re too weak to go to goddamn therapy instead of killing innocent people. We are a failed state.

Result of this week’s artist date:

Two new mid-century-inspired paintings finished this weekend. They’ll be available on my website tomorrow. “Basic I” and “Basic II,” acrylic, 20” x 16,” $400 each.

With everyone talking about the rerelease of “Buckingham/Nicks” and how originals go for $80 on Discogs, I’m eternally grateful to have bought my copy for ten cents back in college when record collecting was cheap.

Ozzy Osbourne meets Paul McCartney for the first time, 2001.

Kazoo Master Graham Parker playing “I’m the Urban Spaceman” at Brit’s Pub this evening. I was hoping to hear “Local Girls,” but if ever there was an acceptable replacement, this would be it.

I’m getting one more date with the man of my dreams.

I may be too old to play with Barbie, but I’m not too old to be one. ❤️💪 #t1dbarbie

I was absolutely thrilled when they announced this. And completely crushed by the response from the public. The stigma never goes away.

I’ll be returning to Artepils at @utepilsbrewing.com on Friday and Saturday. There will be paintings, prints, t-shirts, stickers, and mixed media for sale, plus live music both days.

The radio silence from family and friends right now is deafening.

Unless something drastically changes, I have approximately 15 months to complete my projects, including this one, before I lose my healthcare. Please help me see this to the finish line while I have the chance. gofund.me/ff60f61a

A little music therapy with Tommy Stinson at the Turf Club tonight.

Not an ideal day to receive mail from the National Cremation Society.

Well, here’s a post I never thought I’d have to make, but here we are. The House Republicans just passed the bill that is going to send people like me to a death sentence. I’m a type 1 diabetic who relies on MinnesotaCare, a Medicaid program, to stay alive. That health care is being stripped away

I’m getting my affairs in order ahead of this “Big Beautiful Bill.” If this passes, I will not live to see my 50th birthday, all because the rich aren’t rich enough. This is a horrible place to be.

Highlights from this year’s @wedge.live Cat Tour: this sign, and a cat named after Rory Storm.

No money for Medicaid or SNAP or museums or schools or sidewalks or gun violence prevention or art or libraries. Always money for war.

So…what’s everybody doing for the apocalypse? Asking for a friend.

This was the first real joy I’ve experienced in months. Life is short, buy the damn tickets. (Also, I ended up within 20 feet of Rick Motherfucking Springfield during “Human Touch.” 😍)

Join us tomorrow from 4-8 for the opening of “Works in Progress 3,” the annual exhibition of artists here at the Northside Artspace Lofts in Minneapolis.

Oh, the irony of seeing Rick Springfield tomorrow night, as we’re on the brink of nuclear war, and knowing I might hear this.

Current works in progress. Looking forward to spending the next week in front of my easel.

I know it isn’t much in the grand scheme of things, but this year I started a hydroponic garden in my apartment after having zero gardening experience, and I am so proud of this thing.

I got a booth upgrade for Art-A-Whirl! Come visit me near the music stage on level -2 of the A-Mill Artist Lofts today until 8 pm and 10-5 on Sunday.

Super crazy that millions of us have to suffer immensely because one old man’s parents didn’t love him.

When the world is going to hell, it’s time to lean into listening to the Girls’ Girls, who should have been running the world all along.

It’s a beautiful day on West 7th! Come visit us at the Friedli Gallery until 5 pm for the final day of the Spring St. Paul Art Crawl, and support your friendly local artists!

We are open and selling art! Come visit us until 7 today, and 12-5 on Sunday. T-shirts and regular-priced prints (normally $50) are on sale in person only this weekend!

Come visit me this weekend at Freidli Gallery for the Spring St. Paul Art Crawl! I’ll have prints, t-shirts, and stickers, plus sale prices you can only get in person this weekend.

The latest progress on the Diabetes Project.

Thank you to Laysha Ward and Magers & Quinn for an inspiring discussion on leadership tonight! I am SO looking forward to reading this!

The world is on fire and strangely I’m more creative than ever. I’m coming up with ideas for this grant project like a woman possessed. (Untitled work in progress based on “Operation” game.)