See. I really do have more than one pair.
What’s In My Journal
Odd things, like a button drawer. Mean
Thing, fishhooks, barbs in your hand.
But marbles too. A genius for being agreeable.
Junkyard crucifixes, voluptuous
discards. Space for knickknacks, and for
Alaska. Evidence to hang me, or to beatify.
Clues that lead nowhere, that never connected
anyway. Deliberate obfuscation, the kind
that takes genius. Chasms in character.
Loud omissions. Mornings that yawn above
a new grave. Pages you know exist
but you can’t find them. Someone’s terribly
inevitable life story, maybe mine.
by William Stafford, from Crossing Unmarked Snow
I’ve posted that poem before. I’ll probaby do it again. I like it. A lot.
Winter mailart I sent out in December. See those metal page trimmers? Those are some new-fangled 7 Gypsies contraptions I got online.
Lately I’ve been hibernating like the she-bear I am. It’s winter. I need a nap. Still having trouble putting words together to make sentences.
Bear with me during my minimalist period here.
In other news my sister took Mama Moss shopping for the latest craze to hit her senior living village. Thong underwear.
I do wish Carol would try and talk M.M. down when she gets one of her Big Ideas, but she has a bad habit of encouraging this type of thing.
This postage stamp sized photo of the latest ARTFUL BLOGGING magazine was the only one I could get my grubby mitts on. If you get out your 30x jeweler’s magnifying glass and press in very close to the screen you may be able to read the yellow words that read, “Passionate dispatches from an LA blogger.” I never thought of myself as passionate, more like possessed. Who knew?
This next issue is available February 1st.
Let me just lumber back to my fur-lined den now.
how do i get subscription to artful blogging, i must have fallen off the planet for a minute, and missed this…i must get it, can it be bought in stores yet? you have a wonderful blog…
Your mom is very cool…or your sister is very cruel! ha that ryhmed….
I will have to go get the new magazine and check you out.
Can’t wait for Artful Blogging #2! And now to know YOU are featured…well I am that much more excited! I somehow lost #1 and have really missed it! Loving the g-string shots! Don’t you LOVE those comfy shoes? Fun new mail art, love the little metal borders.
love the poem.
love wm stafford
love keens (those particular shoes rock)
added the poem to my journal immediately.
Oh my! That is one crazy mama you’ve got there. I was eating a sandwich while looking at this and just about choked.Oh and congrats on the artful blogging! You are possessed and passionate both I think!
MaryAnn, How wonderful that your most excellent blog is being highlighted!
So, I guess you take after Mama Moss? Yes?
Seems the thong doesn’t fall far from the rack!
CONGRATS!!! You are going to get so many new people reading your blog from that article. Look out girl, your on your way to Hollywood!
I pre-ordered, but mine has not shown up yet!! Anxiously awaiting….
Momma Moss…OMG! you go girl!
I pre-ordered that Artful Blogging issue – how cool you’ll be there, too. Of course, you’ll have trouble hibernating in the face of the 20 million wow’d out readers who will be perusing your blog and leaving giddy comments. Better stock up on your vitamins, Luv. … the pages are great, the mail art is SO EXCITING!!
But M.M. and her thong, that has proved to be the highlight of my weekend! M.M. is NOT the only senior citizen out there with a Victoria’s Secret penchant … my Lovely Mother has their credit card and drags me along every time she receives a ‘free panty’ birthday card. [Truth is: I hope to be as cool when I’m … a senior.]
How do I love thee? OMG, I even love those feet! They are so cute. The mommy with the thong. (who knew?) The hibernating bear image. Another life giving post in the heart of the dozey season.
Oops! I forgot to say that I can’t wait to see your article. CONGRATULATIONS!!
How do I love thee? OMG, I even love those feet! They are so cute. The mommy with the thong. (who knew?) The hibernating bear image. Another life giving post in the heart of the dozey season.
lumber away! I like the sacred (whoops- first time i typed it it was ‘scared’ heart) heart stencil. I did receive my respirator; now let us spray. I made a new journal from heavy brown paper newspaper inserts (holding all the ads, etc.) and put this guy on the back (see URL). You provide so much inspiration to so many. You may not have seen that coming when you began the blog (music playing “When we began the beblog…”)
Congratulations Mary Ann. I had already spotted you on the cover. I knew exactly who the reference was to as I keep up with your blog and spray painting. Do you see that little rectangle of art at the bottom center…..that’s me.
Mary Ann – Mama Moss is adorable…
xox – eb.
I love that poem – and hibernating – the thong is… cute and now I have to wait for this zine…
oh my…
thank goodness they are making crepes tomorrow
xox – eb.
I knew…I love that poem too.
Steph b