spring forward!!




ok, here's the update from santa barbara. after a magnificent day drawing i had dinner with two lovely women at the wine cask. i continue to be struck by the female experience. we all want to do the right thing, make the right choices, figure it all out, and no one has given us the playbook. also, being far on the 0ther side of 30 i can see how things that seemed like a good idea at the time can have a ripple effect that you don't realize until years later.
however, a few weeks into my year of living creatively i will admit openly, i am happy today. i love learning, i loved my drawing class even when it was stressful. i loved meeting a fascinating woman from washington state who is a neuroscientist and a landscape architect!! i love that chuck's steak house, our family's fancy sunday night treat in the 70s, is next door, and that tonight i will enjoy an old school salad bar and teriyaki steak.
i also think i might have actually accepted a little assignment which will mean i actually have to get dressed and go to work for a couple of months. the reality of this just sunk in...that's cool though. it will either remind me that i love office work or remind me that i'm in a better place making up my life every day when i get out of bed.
ok, here are some pictures from the past few days. i am super hungry, which curtails my creativity no end.
happy friday!!!!

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