The find

It says, in case you can’t read it, “Your boots may be made for walking, but mine are in [...]]]> One of the benefits of doing art fairs is even if you don’t sell a lot you can make some pretty fab trades. Here, for instance are my trades from Saturday’s Whimsical Women’s show:

The find

It says, in case you can’t read it, “Your boots may be made for walking, but mine are in case I need to kick your ass”.  Enough said there.

Here we have the “Parade of Freaks” terrarium.  Inside the glass jar is a lovely assortment of native North Carolina mosses, along with a small plastic Parade of Freaks.  Blue and brown monster spacemen ride atop freakishly scaled zoo animals.  Festooned about are 2-D fir trees and some pebbles (boulders) for a much more forest-y feel.  III LLOOOOVVVEEEE IIITTT!!!!

I also traded a bead for a sculpture called “Dickhead” which I’ll post later on, haven’t yet gotten a pic…

I like to consider myself a fairly smart [...]]]> No matter how basic and childlike they make the charts, I just don’t get this.  I try to wrap my poor brain around it, but it just refuses to sink in even a tiny bit. I WANT to understand, I find it incredibly fascinating, but I just can’t.

I like to consider myself a fairly smart person, but when I TRY and read this stuff I get halfway through and realize that at no point did any of it sink it.  I read it again, same thing.

I won’t stop trying, maybe someday I’ll have that “a-ha” that means I got it.

To my son who’s 24 today and 2.898 miles away.  I miss him and now I’ve gone and made myself weepy dammit.

2.  Why can a person fly nonstop from Oregon to Tokyo, yet cannot seem to get from Raleigh to Portland in less than 100 hours with fifteen [...]]]>

1.  Are airplane seats getting shorter?  Is the distance between the edge of her seat getting shorter or are her legs elongating like some sort of weird scifi bug?

2.  Why can a person fly nonstop from Oregon to Tokyo, yet cannot seem to get from Raleigh to Portland in less than 100 hours with fifteen layovers?  Or vice-versa.

3.  Why does it cost the same for a round way ticket with one layover or three?  Do airlines think people WANT to take-off and land, take-off and land, take-off and land?

4.  Why does the west coast have to be on the other side of the country?

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