Day 11 Quarantine, #notgrateful
What about what we’re NOT grateful for. That’s what I’d want to write down. Continue reading Day 11 Quarantine, #notgrateful
Author: wwatwell
Day 7 Quarantine, Fight or Flight
Ally and I went on a walk around the lake last night. We waited until almost sundown. Ah, the pink sky and cool breeze. It was … Continue reading Day 7 Quarantine, Fight or Flight
Day 5 Quarantine, Chicolete Creek
Yesterday Ally and I needed to to town to get supplies for the garden we’re building, but I didn’t want to go until I cleaned the house. It’s not that I’m that big of a neat freak, but the amount … Continue reading Day 5 Quarantine, Chicolete Creek
CAM Perennial 2020 at the McNay
In this selfie Instagram world, it’s a relief to see good portraiture. Continue reading CAM Perennial 2020 at the McNay
Christmas at MoMA
This new presentation and selection of work makes it more clear than ever that we don’t get our magic from the same pieces. Continue reading Christmas at MoMA
Fruit of the Woods
The hunting aspect was catching, and we wandered through the shade of the woods like children on Easter looking for the golden egg. Continue reading Fruit of the Woods
Can’t Take it With You
To cook a recipe collected from one’s travels is another form of remembering, less with the mind than with the senses, drawing an experience from the past and making it come alive again, folding distance into presence. Continue reading Can’t Take it With You
Manna for a Late Bird
I set my alarm for 6:20 every morning, the idea being that I will get showered, dressed and downstairs in time to make breakfast. But those … Continue reading Manna for a Late Bird
Poetry vs. Fake News
In turbulent times, people turn to poetry instead of the news as a form of solace and truth-speaking. Continue reading Poetry vs. Fake News
The World is Beautiful, the World is Brutal
These missing-person cases, these disappearances, they are like the black holes of daily life, reminders that all around us, at all times, is loss and the many possibilities for it. Continue reading The World is Beautiful, the World is Brutal