the wind from the west

screenshot, slightly tweaked, from 'nightsky' app

actually the closest way there is to head east from here

what am i talking about?

forgive the gibbering

but when the news that the Lopez Island class had filled

before it had made it to my website [or to Sweetpea's blog]

i was momentarily lost for words

and felt like this [see above]

so the long at the short of it is

i will be on Lopez Island in the Fall

tweaked screenshot : google images of Lopez Island

[there will be other points of call on the Left Edge of the North American continent

but i can't confirm them until March as there's a residency decision that won't happen earlier - details here if/when it all gels]

background work

 

 

usually i swing into the US through San Francisco

this time i came in via Dallas and pootled down to New Orleans

where i had a few errands to run

on the way to Cleveland

a splendid purple bicycle now awaits me

for when i return to take up the residency 

at the end of this month

i plan to cycle all over this town

and

up and down the banks of the Big Muddy

but today i simply walked around a lot.

 

the folk at Madeline Island School

have asked me to let you know that the class i am leading there next summer is half filled

so if you were considering that possibility it's probably worth making a decision soonish

please contact Madeline Island School of the Arts’ website for details

 

autumn leaves

here's what i was doing today

with a pocketful of windfalls

Acer palmatum

to be precise

the folks at Shakerag will be able to hold the results in their hands soon

but for the rest of you

i'll post the unravelled boiled bundle

tomorrow

oh, and Zen Habits had something really sensible to say today

[well, he does most times]

go here to have a look