Ars Gratia Artis

Self portraits without faces. 2 of 43.

So, Michael asks me, “A bunch of the Madison crowd is going up to Door County for the weekend. Wanna go?”
“Okay,” I reply, and pack my suitcase. I do love that crowd, and I can’t complain about a minivacation that I didn’t have to do a whit of work to set up. Door county is [...]

So much for the Bells of Ireland. I could only find green-dyed flowers this year.
We had the traditional St. Pats dinner last night, but it was a small crowd. I invited few people, and of those people, only a portion arrived. So, lots of leftovers for me! MMMmmmmm. Corned beef and cabbage. I can’t believe [...]

Self portraits without faces. 1 of 43.

All on a Saturday morning.

The Monkey Has Landed
And we are learning all about the billable minute.
Here’s the program: Family Care
So far, so good. Mistakes will be made, of course, but the only thing I’m actually having trouble with–and trouble is by far too strong a word–is identifying the start points on the menu. The [...]

Not unemployment, really. A Vacation.
So I’m sitting here waiting for Mr. Michael to get ready to head off into part 2 of our vacation; down to Acme, where he will work on his projects and socialize with other model builders, and I will quietly embroider or draw or, if there is an internet connection, work [...]

Angels & Angony–(Eternity Remix)
Yeah. Some of it’s really like disco, in that it’s gotta great beat and you can dance to it, but you really don’t want to listen to the words, elsewise your eyes might roll right out of your head.
Well, this is what I get for tuning into something calling itself “Tormented Radio,” [...]