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November 11, 2009
In the aftermath of our Ultimate Downsizing Adventure, I find myself very restless…itching to create, make a mess, do something crazy, impulsive, daring…. My space to create in is almost non-existant. I don’t want to complain, but at the same time, I desperately miss having my own office. This move and transition was the absolute best thing we could have done, but…I need space. This BOX above is my office. I’ve poured over countless oranizing books and small space planners and have come up with some better solutions, but they all involve building and spending…something I’m not quite willing to do. The good thing about this tiny arrangement above is that it does all fold up and disappear if we need it to for a gathering. Of course on a daily basis, it all spills out and oozes into the living room.
We’ve been so absorbed in life lately that I’ve had no energy to make anything or write anything. My grandmother passed away on October 1st which basically put a cloud over October. She’d been slowly fading for quite some time, but that final goodbye was really hard to do. She taught me so many useful things…mending, manners, relentlessness to name a few. Margaret Alice Hunsicker was a whipper-snapper of the highest order. I miss her.
Then there’s the daily dealings with the issues of property management and students…lions and tigers and bears, OH, MY…can’t discuss it here, but let’s just say it’s a trip and would make a really good book.
So, in the midst of all these things that happen each day, I still work and generate stuff in my little corner. I was happy to get my yearly call to do the Audubon annual report for the Chicago region. Below is my project for the week…illustrating the cover. On Sunday, the kids both had bad colds, so we stayed home from church…in our PJ’s most of the day. I painted. Miika wanted to paint too, so I sqeezed her into my little corner and she painted phalaropes, sandhill cranes, and a pintailed duck with me. Nathan was off watching too many DVDs, but at least we were all together and happy.
