Pink Coyote

Yuks in the City

Thank you all so very much for your sweet comments and shares last week over the loss of my cat. It was a very difficult time and I had to key into my intuition in a way that makes me pretty uncomfortable until I'm certain that it makes sense in the end. This is that part of trusting the journey that I get to practice a lot. I've been sensing him around us and it's heartening to know that his extreme loving energy is still at work from the other side. I've been snuggling up to his brother and sharing my thoughts with him, which is nice. It is wholly strange to be a one cat household for the first time in almost 16 years.

Last week I joined an enormous group of freinds in New York City to celebrate a friend's showcase at American Songbook in Lincoln Center. Jonatha Brooke played for us in an intimate theater with Dar Williams and we were all able to get together in one place afterward for some communing, which did my heart so much good. It was a whirlwind trip, but so worth it to be able to support Jonatha's big moment sharing tracks from her tribute to Woodie Guthrie. She is our songbird of Squam Art Workshops and it's been a highlight of attending and teaching there to hear her cathartic tunes these years. Her words and voice move me to tears every time I have the blessing to see her.

The very best part of rooming with and seeing some of my favorite girls is that we laughed, laughed and laughed more than I really believed possible.

I left for the city not feeling altogether humorous, which is one of my best defenses for the crabby-gloomies, and I came home feeling released and clear.

 

Silly Swirly.

Sweet friends.

Beautiful Madison Park.

Always in motion.

Always memorable.

 

And...it's so good to be back home...

Yuks in the City

Thank you all so very much for your sweet comments and shares last week over the loss of my cat. It was a very difficult time and I had to key into my intuition in a way that makes me pretty uncomfortable until I'm certain that it makes sense in the end. This is that part of trusting the journey that I get to practice a lot. I've been sensing him around a lot and it's heartening to know that his extreme loving energy is still at work from the other side. I've been snuggling up to his brother and sharing my thoughts with him, which is nice. It is wholly strange to be a one cat household for the first time in almost 16 years.

Last week I joined an enormous group of freinds in New York City to celebrate a friend's showcase at American Songbook in Lincoln Center. Jonatha Brooke played for us in an intimate theater with Dar Williams and we were all able to get together in one place afterward for some communing, which did my heart so much good. It was a whirlwind trip, but so worth it to be able to support Jonatha's big moment sharing tracks from her tribute to Woodie Guthrie. She is our songbird of Squam Art Workshops and it's been a highlight of attending and teaching there to hear her cathartic tunes these years. Her words and voice move me to tears every time I have the blessing to see her.

The very best part of rooming with and seeing some of my favorite girls is that we laughed, laughed and laughed more than I really believed possible.

I left for the city not feeling altogether humorous, which is one of my best defenses for the crabby-gloomies, and I came home feeling released and clear.

 

Silly Swirly.

Sweet friends.

Beautiful Madison Park.

Always in motion.

Always memorable.

 

As always, it's so good to be back home...

 

Winter Song and Solstice Light

This song has played in rotation quite a few times this season. The funny bit is that my husband thought Sara was singing, "Is love a lie?". This is the same man who, for many years, believed Elton crooned, "She's got electric boobs, a mohawk, too, you know I read it in a magazeeeeen, yeah".

Enjoy Sara Bareilles' and Ingrid Michaelson's video you have likely seen before, but is such a gentle, sweet love song, it's worth seeing again, no? If you know who created the animation, I'll send you some postcards. Yip!

Happy return of the light to all of you.

 

 

A Little Dar + Holiday Coupon

 

The Christians and the Pagans- a perennial favorite.

 

And coupon code HOLIDAY15 gets you 15% off of everything in ze shop, including original paintings. Just plug in the code at checkout time. Good through December 25th.

Wishing you more peace, and less red dye number three!

Still

 

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I'm still.

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Artist's Date

Well, I thought about taking my hulking camera, but being in the sand and not knowing what kind of shenanigans might go on, I opted to try out my smartphone's instead.

Saturday night I spontaneously (rare) decided that IF I got all of my paintings finished, sprayed, and ready to hang, I would drive down to Santa Monica on Monday night, which is about an hour and 40 minutes south of here, to see Jack Johnson play on the pier.

I got almost all completed, so yesterday afternoon I decided to fly. I went alone, blanket under my arm, basket of goodies in hand. Years ago, it would have been very unlikely for me to go "out" anywhere alone, much less a concert. It was awesome. He played a sweet set, dedicated to efforts by Heal the Bay, and it was a really easy, dreamy night.

On the way down, stars aligned so that I could stop for creative nourishment, and a cheese and cracker at a very local friend's home. We crammed a load of inspiration, project chat and storysharing into less than 2 hours and I felt so full at the end of the evening I thought I would burst.

It's really different for me to do things without a plan. I can't usually even pull it together to get the kids to the park for a playdate without half a day's notice. So this was big.

I highly recommend seeing some outdoor music this summer and filling your creative cup...and if your picks are as hunky as Jack...call me and I'll come with you :)

Music in the Park

A couple of weeks ago I got the hook up from Mati Rose on Facebook about a little folkish duo, Renee & Jeremy, and their KEWT video. I immediately clicked over and bought tickets to see them play at a little nature & music festival in the park. The funny thing is that they played at the creepy old zoo site at Griffith Park in historical Los Feliz, literally 2 minutes from where we lived in L.A. before we headed for the hills nine years ago. An added bonus is that Tom Freund played and we loved he and his funky band. (He played a medley of You Are My Sunshine and This Land is Your Land and I got all choked up. Why do  songs like this cause such a tug? Or am I just a sentimental dweeb?) Both bands were great and it was so wonderful just to be lying on the grass outside under the sycamores!

It was a really sweet show and though the craft booths were pretty lo-fi, it was an amazingly beautiful day and Miles thought it was the "most funnest day" (to quote one of his friends).  

We did a little snugglin',

 

 

A little jammin',

 

A little snackin',

 

A little drinkin',

A little more drinkin'- my kinda drinkin'!

 And finally... a little sleepin'.

 

It was a very good day...

In other news, I do believe I've changed my mind. I would like to go to Squam Art Workshops this year. Before Ivy arrived, I didn't know what I'd be up for! But now I know. Except, I don't quite know how I'm going to pull it off. Being jobless with a noob doesn't exactly lend itself to cross country travel to connect with likes and deepen one's craft... Hmmmn. I'm determined to find a way to make it work.

Meantime, I've added one more painting to the shop (+ prints) and there will be three more added by weeks end. Pinky swear!

;)