On January 22nd, 2012, A CEDAR SOAKING TUB…
…and outdoor shower which I had been scheming for years to place in this strange previously unoccupied corner of the house overlooking the garden – was finally just…
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On January 21st, 2012, PIETER…
…is the cozy Los Angeles (but feels like a downtown NYC 1970’s loft, in a good way) dance community space less than two years old, that I wish…
On January 20th, 2012, NEUTRA VDL RESEARCH HOUSE…
…the great mid-century modernist residential landmark on the Silver Lake Reservoir now managed by Cal Poly Pomona, hosted small reception tonight (by architect Francois Perrin for French artist Xavier…
On January 19th, 2012, LA WINTER SOUP…
…is everything you want, using whatever is available, becoming whatever you need it to be, lasting for a while, feeding whoever shows up, and my weekly drill these…
On January 16th, 2012, THE GARDEN ON THE ROOF…
…here was a crazy out of control mess that I first established when I moved into the house 11 years – featuring a lawn, of all things, plus…
On January 13th, 2012, NATIVE STRATEGIES…
…is the new biannual L.A. journal of performance initiated by Brian Getnick, Zemula Barr and Molly Sullivan – and I’ve got my mitts on the new/first issue. (website)
On January 12th, 2012, THE THEODORE PAYNE FOUNDATION…
…provides a literal and figurative breath of fresh air at the edge of the city as it pushes against the mountains to the north, in the wild foothills…
On January 11th, 2012, BRAIDED RUG PROGRESS…
…my new obsession which is keeping me busy most evenings – is still small after all of these hours of busy hands, much much much slower than what…
On January 5th, 2012, ‘THE ROARING SILENCE’…
…is the 1993 John Cage biography by David Revill I picked up at the Strand last week which is now getting a prominent bedside perch as I dive in.
On January 4th, 2012, SHREDDING OLD BLUE CLOTHES…
…today and getting ready to embark on a new craft adventure that I think is going to lead my work in new directions and change my life.
On January 3rd, 2012, MY SPELT BREAD…
…which I have been making just about every other day since I first discovered it, was the star of another dinner party the other night, four loaves devoured…
On January 2nd, 2012, FLYING HOME OVER THE SNOWY SUBURBS…
…on my way back home.
On January 1st, 2012, A CUNNINGHAM COMPANY REUNION…
…of dancers gathered for a group photo at the New Years Eve party following the finale company performance last night at the Park Avenue Armory – an inspiring…
On December 31st, 2011, THE MERCE CUNNINGHAM COMPANY FINALE…
…tonight at the Park Avenue Armory was a New Years Eve spectacle on three stages spread through out the Drill Hall (where I did an infinitely more modest…
On December 30th, 2011, FLYING OVER MANHATTAN ISLAND…
…is an adrenaline producing high, nothing like it to get you really jazzed for some time on the streets and avenues, especially coming from LA but having lived…
On December 29th, 2011, CUNNINGHAM ARCHIVES AT THE WALKER…
…seems tailor made for me, walking through the galleries, anticipating travel to NYC tomorrow, to see the finale New Years Eve performance of the company before it disbands.…
On December 28th, 2012, THE COMO PARK CONSERVATORY…
…is where we have come this morning with nieces and nephews in tow for some escape out of cold dry midwest winter and into the hot moist tropics.…
On December 27th, 2012, AN ARRANGEMENT OF CRYSTALS…
…at my uncle’s admirably and intricately decorated house, is a hypnotic diversion from our lunch here this afternoon.
On December 12th, 2011, HOME BAKED SPELT BREAD TRIUMPH…
…this afternoon while trying to approximate the simple primitive spelt (farro) and water non-yeast bread that I fell in love with in Italy – especially the stuff made by…
On December 11th, 2011, ‘HOME WORK: HANDBUILT SHELTER’…
…the super charming 2004 survey of hand made homes (adobe, bark, barns, bottles, camps, canvas, floating, geodesics, green-roofs, mobile, mud, sandbags, straw, stone, tiles, timber, tiny, tipis, thatch, treetops, yurts…) from all over – including…