The Shack 15 Event

I had a great time last week being interviewed by Lucie Charkin at Shack 15 about How Time Is On Your Side. The event organizers had gathered a bunch of comfy chairs around a sofa where we sat, with a view of the Bay Lights out the big Ferry Building window behind us. And though the entirety of their gorgeous space is gigantic, they dimmed the lights in most of it, just leaving our area lit up, so the forty or so attendees could sit in cozy comfort for our chat. Lucie asked great questions and it was lovely to get to discuss the book's contents in detail, in person. The fine folks from Book Passage sold copies of the book afterwards and I signed them and, I believe, a good time was had by all.

Saturday with Mabel

In the apotheosis of a long-held dream of hers, we took the girl child got her ears pierced this weekend (see below). Afterwards she and I bought matching dresses at Nooworks. It was a good day.

Middlemarch

This is a drawing of the cover of the first edition of Middlemarch, rendered on a paper book cover I wrapped around a crummy old copy (that in no way resembles the first edition, except insofar as, like with all books, the words inside are the same) of Middlemarch. I wrote my graduate thesis on George Eliot and this remains one of my all-time favorite books.

New Drawings at Post Script

Just a quick note to let you know we've refreshed the assortment of my original drawings for sale at the adorable shop Post Script here in SF. All of the above are for sale should you want them!

Color Poem #115

when they put the
red with the pink
and the gold with
the yellow and the
forest with the mint
you think you know
what’s coming with
the blue but you are
wrong with the blue
you get brown and
a tiny band of coral



image source is here

Shack 15

I'm speaking tonight at Shack 15. This is a new social venue, tucked away on the upper floor of the Ferry Building, and it is gorgeous. The windows alone would be worth the price of admission -- especially since this evening's event is free! You do have to register to attend, though, by 2pm today, right here. The event is from 6:30-8:30 and it's going to be grand. I'll be interviewed by the inimitable Lucie Charkin about time and art and How Time is On Your Side, and there will be books for sale. Hope you can join us!

Fashion Gals #4

It occurs to me that perhaps it is a tad excessive to post all 100+ of my early-90s fashion gals here. But then it occurs to me that I don't really care. I like having this site (in an era when, to hear the pundits tell it "no one blogs anymore") not only as a daily update but also as an archive of all sorts of stuff that I can look back on in a thorough manner whenever I please. Plus, when you get right down to it, I'm a bit of a fan of excess. As these drawings themselves suggest, maximalism has always appealed to me for more than minimalism. So here we go. Batch 4 (of perhaps 6). Previous batches: 1, 2, and 3.