30 September 2006

If you build it, (t)he(y) will come.

I am going to build a catwalk. Guess for whom.

Today I bought a 4x4 x 8' cedar post and a 2x6 x 10' spruce plank. I am anchoring the post to the floor with deck mounts and the plank to the post and wall with 90° angle brackets. I was unable to find sisal rope but I plan to wrap the post with it. I might paint the bottom and sides of the plank with bright red paint.

I might just take a nap and and sack the whole project. At least for today.

I have been invited to go up the road about 3:00 to an apple pressing gathering. I will go in spite of my lack of energy.

20 September 2006

Happy Birthday, Soph!



Taming the Tiger
Joni Mitchell

I stepped outside to breathe the air
And stare up at the stars
Big dipper hanging there
Over the rented car
Over the rented car
I’m a runaway from the record biz
From the hoods in the hood and the whiny white kids
Boring!
The old man is snoring
And I’m taming the tiger
(You can't tame the tiger)
Tiger, tiger burning bright
Nice, kitty kitty
Tiger, tiger burning bright

Sophia says “It’s hard to catch
And harder still to ride
The time to watch the beast the best
Is when it’s purring at your side”
Purring at your side
Accolades and honors
One false move and you’re a goner
Boring!
The old man is snoring
And I’m taming the tiger
(You can’t tame the tiger)
Tiger, tiger burning bright
Nice, kitty kitty
Tiger, tiger burning bright
In the forest of the night

The moon shed light
On my hopeless plight
As the radio blared so bland
Every disc, a poker chip
Every song just a one night stand
Formula music, girly guile
Genuine junkfood for juveniles
Up and down the dial
Mercenary style

I watched the stars chuck down their spears
And a plane went blinking by
And I thought of Anna
Wild and dear
Like fireworks in the sky
Fireworks in the sky
I'm so sick of this game
It’s hip, it’s hot
Life’s too short, the whole thing’s gotten
Boring!
The old man is snoring
And I’m taming the tiger
(You can’t tame the tiger)
Tiger, tiger burning bright
Nice, kitty kitty
(Boring!)
Tiger, tiger burning bright
(You can’t tame the tiger)
Oh, be nice, kitty kitty
(Boring!)
Tiger, tiger burning bright
Nice, kitty kitty
(Boring, boring!)
Tiger, tiger burning bright
(Fight to the light, fight to the light)
In the forest of the night

Copyright©1998 Joni Mitchell

10 September 2006

Alembic


Red Stone Redemption
22" x 4"

Items used: wooden box from a yard sale, brass point from some sort of antique tool, glass creamer bottle, red glass marble, quartz crystal, American white pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) skull found in the 1970s in Florida, scrap metal found in an old farm dump, metal spring from a 1950s room thermometer and copper tacks.


Detail of Red Stone Redemption showing brass point, red marble in cream bottle and white quartz crystal.