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I painted a lot of pictures this week, and I wrote a children’s story (Blair is in the throes of illustration). I am making a “Christmas Pageant” of paintings of my puppets for the gallery.
After visiting the Lercaro Museum and seeing the small works of the Italian artist Balla, I came up with the idea to offer six “postcard sized” artworks delivered to you 6 times a year for $250.00. Just a thought, but maybe a good Christmas gift. |
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| | Why all this creative productivity? Rain, horrible, driving cats-and-dogs, stair-rod rain straight from the devil all week! We could barely venture outside and our usual 30 minute morning walk was limited to about 10. Berlino was extremely angry with us for allowing this daily rain to continue – he could barely run out under the tree without getting dowsed. Although there were a couple of art shows we might have gone to see, we mostly stayed at home. Streets down below were flooded, and parts of Italy, particularly on the Ligurian sea, incurred serious damage. Fortunately, this week is predicted to be milder, although cold. Help, Greta Thunberg! |
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| | I resorted to chatting up Claude about our upcoming trip to Rapallo and Genoa. He’s not as smart as he pretends, and I had more luck finding art supply stores and culinary experiences on my own. He also has a big historic gap, but maybe it’s his political bend. I am still looking for bookstores with English books (he claims there are none), because I like to read about the area I am visiting. I am particularly looking for books about time spent there by Ezra Pound, Byron, the Shelleys, and Virginia Woolf. My online book service, Everand, is null in this department. I may have to resort to Kindle once again. Really, I prefer to touch paper. |
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| | We did make it to the Lercaro museum in Bologna last Sunday, to see artworks about St. Francis. In fact, even though the show started days earlier, there were key pieces not expected until 10 December. I will never understand Italy. We cheered ourself with a Chinese lunch, where we ran into Stefano, the former owner of the restaurant at the Fountain of Youth. What a surprise! He, too, knew the Chinese chef was really quite extraordinary. And the one daughter who LIKES working there was on duty, which made the experience delicious all around. It has long been my contention that food handled by people who love it tastes immensely better than food prepared by someone who is just doing their job. |
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| | I made very good lunches this week, with guinea fowl, savoy cabbage and walnuts; shrimp, zucchini and saffron pasta; pork chops with savory roasted figs… maybe you should stop by? Bring an umbrella. |
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Pessemier's Sunday Salon
Weekly on Sunday No Reservation Necessary
How it works: Bring a piece of your ART: that could be visual, like painting or printmaking; or literary, as in poetry or prose; or crafts, like metalwork or knitting; or food, or music. Something you made, or feel particularly inspired by. You have about 5 minutes to present, and we'll ooh, ahh, or answer questions you have. You can also come and see how we work before diving in. Just show up on Zoom at a minute or two before the hour.
No selling, no networking until after everyone has presented. No politics, no sales pitches, please. |
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