A favorite place, beautiful face, pattern, pink birds, in the works, glorious beach day, 22 quarts

1. JMP canned 22 quarts of tomatoes from our farm share.


2. Quite possibly the most glorious beach day in my life, Dennis, Massachusetts.


3. In the works on the living room wall.

4. Pink birds at ABC Carpet and Home, Union Square, NYC.


5. I love this rug that I saw at ABC Carpet and Home.

6. A beautiful face, echo. Madison Square Park, NYC.


7. Really, it is grand. I love going there.

Found 'H', Obey peace, 1974 Westfalia, Nasir's car, zip ties, yarn bombed tree, Iris Cafe

1. A delicious, long breakfast at Iris Cafe on a rainy, rainy Sunday morning. Avocado toast with two soft boiled eggs, coffee.


2. Yarn bombed tree.

3. Pole with colorful zip ties. There were a few of these on the island.

4. Our favorite (and everyone else's) from the show, Nasir Shaikh's 1960 decorated bug from Ontario, Canada. The vinyl cut work is a nod to his Pakistani heritage. We talked with Nasir for a bit- his car, along with its beauty, has such incredible stories.


5. 1974 Westfalia. We visited the VW Traffic Jam on Governors Island last weekend. Such fun!


6. Obey peace on the street.

7. Found 'H' on the street, NYC.

Cantaloupe, the people you meet on an adventure, macaroon friendship, an accidental photograph, on the grid, 15 drawings.

1. I have been making a drawing a day over the summer. Here are 15 that I was rearranged on my studio floor to see how they converse with each other.


2. I have been painting on giclee prints of photographs that I take of grids.


3. The accidental photograph. I have taken over our yellow dining room as another spot to make drawings.

4. Orange morning bun (from 40 Green Street Lunch), coffee for a perfect Sunday morning.


5. A most spectacular package arrived in the mail from a dear friend in Providence, RI. Inside the "Hide-a- Way" container were coconut macaroons. And the words in the note there just gave me tears of joy that I have the kind of friends that I do- true, generous, funny, grateful, creative.

6. Last Saturday, I went on an adventure with my good pal, Sean, to the Geoffrey Young Gallery in Great Barrington, MA. There we had great conversations with the delightful man himself, Geoff, along with another visitor, Cynthia Atwood, an artist. Cynthia's series "Bloom: A listening project 2010" are portraits of ears of those who have lent them to her are sweet and lovely and full of gratitude.


7. Fresh, delicious, juicy cantaloupe from our farm share.

Martha, my table, a bookish painting, blue and pink, column, hoot, umbrella jellyfish

1. Umbrella jellyfish hovering around at the Wooly Fair, Providence, RI.


2. Near the Steel Yard, Providence.


3. A column on the campus of Brown University where we visited a few days ago.


4. A lovely blue bicycle with pink reflector. Nice sight.


5. We stumbled upon this bright, bookish painting by Brooke Hair in the campus center at Brown University.

6. At my work studio table.

7. “There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique, and if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium; and be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is, not how it compares with other expression. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open. You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep open and aware directly to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open. No artist is pleased. There is no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is on a queer, divine dissatisfaction, a blessed unrest that keeps us marching and makes us more alive than the others.” Martha Graham

Work space, simple things, alternating colors, morning walks, "It will be fun!," paper fascinator, important message,spirally

1. A simple pop-up spirally card that I made.


2. An important message.


3. The fascinator that I made for the Friday night studio opening.

4. A little pop-up thank you card for Beatrice. She says, "It will fun!" a lot. And, it was!

4. Morning walks to Powers Market in North Bennington.

5. A simple cut out project alternating colors.


6. Simple things that I liked on my studio table.


7. My work space.

This is all from the recent week-long class at Bennington College that I took with the amazing artist, inspiring person, Beatrice Coron. I will be fueled for weeks to come!

Rhubarb-strawberry tart, lemony water, elephant in utero, learning to ride a bicycle, Nate Williams, Drawn In, Cy

1. Cy Twombly. His work changed my ideas about what the possibilities of art could be when I was 17, fresh in art school. (Image via NY Times.)



2. Love my new eye/ inspiration candy book : Drawn In by Julia Rothman. I love my sketchbooks and those of others. (Image via here.)


3. Very much enjoying the illustration work of Nate Willliams. (Image via Nate Williams.)


4. I had the rare chance to watch an adult woman learn to ride a bicycle in the park the other day. How brave. And she seemed to be getting the hang of it along with the genuine joy of her life becoming that much more happy and free having that wonderful skill.


5. I saw this picture in a book of animals in the womb and can't get over the magic that it makes me feel. The floating baby elephant in utero. (Image found here.)

6. Icy, lemony water. In a big mason jar, stainless steel straw.


7. Our lovely neighbor, Cat, had us over for dinner the other night. Along with delicious mojitos, she made this amazing rhubarb-strawberry tart recipe from the iconic Judith Jones.

New markers, giving happy, a family of friends, drawing, ice coffee, mint harvest, Tomatoland

1. Last week I listened to this episode twice on Fresh Air: How Industrial Farming 'Destroyed' the tasty Tomato. Featuring Barry Estabrooks, the journalist and author of Tomatoland. Informative and shocking. My next book (which I just picked up yesterday and my husband and I are fighting over who gets to hold it, read it) just found me. (image via NPR)


2. The mint harvest in our yard. Hello mojitos!

3. Home brewed ice coffee with simple syrup, cinnamon, and a splash of cream.

4. Drawing for hours uninterrupted (only to pause to sip ice coffees).

5. A lovely visit with a family of friends.

6. Making someone feel happy.

7. A pile of new Prismacolor markers that arrived in the mail today.