MX 2017.08.26-.09.01.35
Week 35 started with a national crisis after Hurricane Harvey slammed into Houston, Texas. This event created havoc in the southwest coastal areas of Texas. On Facebook, I posted the statement Place not Prayer will save Houston. Several folks wondered what I meant...
US 2017.08.19-25.034
Week 34 was spent in Minnesota dealing with a dental appointment, recovering from the light-treatment of my scalp and visiting with friends. I was also able to meet with Dan Vercruysse, Kate Michaud and Eric Amel (the recipients of the first three awards—and now on...
Mérida + US: 2017.08.12-18.033
The first part of week 33 was spent in Mérida settling back into my daily routine. I tidied my studio in preparation for getting back to work. The rest of the week I traveled to the US to have photoradiation therapy. Aminolevulinic acid is a drug that’s put right on...
Oregon 2017.07.27-.08.11.031 + .032
Weeks 31 and 32 were spent in Portland and Eugene, Oregon. Lea and I are considering the possibility of a summer home where we would spend summers during the hottest months of the year here in Mérida. Besides Oregon, we will, next spring, visit northern California...
Mérida 2017.07.22-28.030 Week 30
Lea and I are spending the next few days getting ready to travel to Oregon and Northern California. We are considering a place to spend the summers. While we generally like Mérida, it is uncomfortably hot between April and September. We did spend a great deal of time...
Mérida 2017.07.15-21.029 Week 29
Absence One of the most difficult aspects of being way from home studying was the impression my absence left with others. Some of those who do not know me, or only know me superficially, seemed to think my choice to study abroad, without Lea, was a selfish thing to...
Back Home 2017.07.08-14.028 Week 28
Last week I visited my children and their families. I also had three wonderful meals with former colleagues at Meyer, Scherer & Rockcastle, Ltd. and with former employees from 1989 (John Cook) and 1991 (Joan Sorrano), now friends (Tim Carls, the CEO of HGA...
USA 2017.07.01-07.027 Week 27
I left Rome for the US on June 30 after sitting in on a critique, the afternoon of 29th, of a design project of the summer program of the University of Minnesota School of Design. Gayla Lindt runs the University's summer program in Rome. The students, from all...
Italy 2017.06.24-30.026 Week 26
This is my last (partial) week in Italy until I return for the final art lessons in October. Besides the completion of my portrait by Giulia Bucciarelli I will complete my first sight-sized portrait at The Florence Studio. The good news is Lea has decided to join...
Italy 2017.06.17-.23.025 Week 25
This week marks the beginning of a new chapter in my year-of-living-dangerously-through-art. I finished up two terms at the Angel Academy of Art. The Academy was a rigorous and wonderful experience. It was also humbling to be amongst some very talented young...
Italy 2017.06.10-.09.16.024 Term 2 Week 10
This week saw the end of my time at the Angel Academy of Art in Florence. It also saw the arrival of my daughters Hannah and Nora and Hannah's husband Brian Romans. In the afternoons I spent time showing them Florence. I was happy they could enjoy the city and its...
Italy 2017.06.03-.09.23 Term 2 Week 9
2017.06.03-.04 I am letting five sets of friends use my apartment over the summer. To help them, I prepared a list of recommendations for my summer guests. It was a leisurely day that also included a nice long circular walk that included the rose garden, Sant Minato...