Missy is not too sure about our Amish bred chickens.

Whenever I am feeling truly uninspired by my own work all I need to get myself back into the groove is to turn to art history. It’s a secret passion. I love to study the lives and works of past artists. Lately PBS has been showing a great series called The Power of Art. Every Monday night a new artist is covered, Picasso, Van Gogh, Turner and many more, I am learning so much. The only thing I like better than reading and watching TV about art is going to museums, a sanctuary of art viewing. What an art geek!

I am working on building a studio. I feel that if I do not begin it now, I will never get the thing together after Maisy is born. I have set my paint box aside, picked up pen and ruler and have drawn up plans for a post and beam building. It will be built in three phases, posts and roof, outside walls and floor, inside walls and wiring. Permits should be in next week.

Nothing has moved me so much as the music of Joanna Newsom. I spent the whole day listening to The Milk-Eyed Mender, over and over again. Its a true joy when I have the chance to see or hear great art, the kind that shakes my bones.