I have a confession to make: Behind the scenes, I’ve been kind of falling apart. I haven’t spoken about it yet, but things have been tough lately. I guess I didn’t really know how to put it into words. Let me rephrase that – I didn’t want to put it into words. I’ve finally had [...]
Monthly Archives: August 2010
Ready to dance.
August 30, 2010 – 8:58 am
I think this picture pretty much says it all. We went and bought Hannah’s dance clothes and shoes on Saturday. Everything fit perfectly, first try. She looked beautiful. She looked like a dancer. She felt like a dancer. She couldn’t stop bouncing for joy, and the owner of the store couldn’t stop laughing to see [...]
Letters of gratitude
August 23, 2010 – 10:07 am
Dear Hannah, We did it. You’re going back to dance. I have no words. Dear Sweet People Who Helped Her, You have changed her life with your kindness, your generosity, your love. Katherine, Amanda, Emily, Lisa, Andrew, Nathan, Serge, Melanie, Misty, Kathryn, Megan, Sarah, Jolie, Bonnie, Steve, Jo, Rachel, Jennifer, Michael, Lisa, Allison, Diane, Jedidjah, [...]
Talismans
August 20, 2010 – 9:37 am
Recently, Hugh MacLeod wrote about the need for products to be talismans. Like the Bible people carry around for comfort, or your lucky tennis shoes, or for me, the locket I wear around my neck – these things hold magic for us. They embody a quality that we need, whether it symbolizes love, or helps [...]
An update on Hannah.
August 18, 2010 – 7:44 am
Everyone, thank you so much for all of your kind words yesterday. So much wisdom, so much generosity, so much support and love and goodness. You guys rock my world. But things haven’t been so good in Hannah’s world the last week. Her boyfriend lost his job. Money that was supposed to be set aside [...]
Helping Hannah Dance, part 2.
August 17, 2010 – 9:08 am
First, can we get some celebratory champagne here? We have raised $1061.84 which is the cost of Hannah’s dance classes. We are sending the registration form today. Hannah is going back to dance. She is going back to dance. Which is awesome and amazing and so many wonderful things. And Hannah is excited. She is [...]
Creation vs Marketing
August 11, 2010 – 3:48 pm
Well things have been interesting since the last time I wrote. (Has it really been a week already?) There’s been some hard stuff, but I’m not ready to talk about that yet. Maybe soon. Jesse’s gone home to visit family, and I’m spending the next 2 weeks alone, for the first time ever. It’s taking [...]
Brainstorm with me?
August 4, 2010 – 11:16 am
So there’s been a bit of a misunderstanding about how much money we need to pay for Hannah’s dance classes. I completely blame myself. I should have done some double checking. But what it means is that we need another $485, instead of $237. I’m running out of ideas. I’ve still got the prints for [...]
Your art is your own.
August 2, 2010 – 4:00 pm
I got a message from a total stranger on Facebook earlier today. She’d seen me comment on someone else’s status and decided to look at my art. As an artist herself, she decided to message me and inform me that I needed to get away from representational art. The point she seemed to be trying [...]
