help! i'm trapped in a bee hive and i can't get out!
and also i can't make my hexagons orderly like you'd think they'd want to be. hmmmm.
it's okay. this is the hive of anarchist bees.
and this is a big ole pile of library cards that i'm having plenty of fun with. some would say too much. but some would be wrong.
i've been busy making my travel journal class sample for TICKET TO VENICE. sorry but i can't show you the whole thing yet. still working out kinks.
i've made an outline and i'm ticking things off my list. my priority right now is getting a class description written, some decent photos taken, and opening up registration. wide open. i am shooting for a date of november 11th. with our venice adventure beginning on december 15th. maybe the 10th…
i'm terribly excited. but the more i do the more i see there is to do. which is good. takes my mind off stressful school matters. i hope to have a resolution on that hornet's nest in a couple of weeks time. i'm taking action and i feel really GOOD about it. to haphazardly quote maya angelou, change is bulldozing a path down the center of my mind.
in the meantime it's saturday. the moon is nearly full. i have the entire week of thanksgiving OFF. tomorrow is not monday. life is good.
Ann Elisabeth says
I love your life.
Joan Clarke says
I would like to know where you come by all this paper stuff! I have a thing for all things library related. One of my all time favorite memories is going to the library and getting my very first library card when I was 7 yrs. old. I can still smell that library, and the vision of carrying my books up to the librarian to check them out, opening each to the front page with the packet holding the card, stamping the due date on it. Oh yes, the start of my love affair with books.
We don’t have stores with collections of that kind of ephemera here, not even the antique stores. BooHoo.
Vicki says
No library cards here but I purchased an old metal card catalog and that sucker was really heavy when my SIL and I strained to get it into my house. Later I discovered one drawer was full of cards for the members of a union. They had interesting jobs such as stripper, scalloper, caster and gilder.
Lisa M says
Life is good? GOOD, you say? Hell, it’s AMAZING, Mary Ann, and I have cleared my calendar for everything that occurs the minute after your new class is available to purchase!
marci glenn says
I can’t wait for your new class! Waiting…..waiting…..trying to be patient. Hugs.
Barbara says
Fun stuff. Love that circular paper!! Can’t wait to see what you are gonna do with it!! BTW, do you know what it is called? It is uber cool!
Brian Kasstle says
I became obsessed with having that circular graph paper. I ordered some off ebay just now. Whew… we ALMOST had a meltdown there…. carry on.
We can still be friends now…
Love you!
Kisses!
Jacqui says
Can’t wait MaryAnn – your classes are my favourite of all time. Hope the school issues stay manageable.
susan w says
a whole week! Thanks are indeed
Michele Unger says
Anarchist bees!!! Tee hee hee…that phrase MADE my day!
Heather says
Oooh! I have a stack of old library cards and packets I’ve been saving too – can’t wait to see what you do with them!
Jane Bumar says
I’m sorry i didn’t get a chance to get to the computer in time to leave a comment on your post earlier this week re: job. All I can say is, they don’t appreciate you in that school district. I truly hope that things will improve; it’s awful that you have to go to such a scary environment. We think you’re awesome over here in blogland anyway (I’m sure I can use a ‘royal we’ there too.)
Poring over the tidbit photos and details – it’s like a Christmas advent calendar over here at your blog these days! Weee heeee heee! I love advent calendars – keep it coming please 🙂
Caroline Berk says
If you could draw hexagons and have them all come out equal and straight I would have to tell you Good-bye! Thank goodness they are wonky and right. And yes, even through my miserable cold, life is good!!
Chelsy says
I’m so excited for your new online class! What supplies should I start collecting? Love the hexagons, I think they’re happy the way they are.
Domenico says
I like the wonky beehive, makes for better honey.
connie rose says
I much prefer your anarchic beehive to the alternative. Enjoy today! xo
Susie LaFond says
I am so excited about the class. It’s better than waiting for Christmas. The hive is awesome, I think you’d fit right in with those buzzy bee critters. Love the quote too…gotta right that down.
Amy in Texas says
Can’t wait to see the class and press the “buy” button. Thanks for the teasers.
And being in education I understand how you count the days off in small increments. Hang in there and live in your art.
tina says
Can´t wait for that new class.
Love the photo of your journals and the bee hive is cool.
Carol Gossett says
Love, love, LOVE your last thought. Amen, sister!
Michelle LaPoint Rydell says
OMG I LOVE your anarchist bee hive! It’s fabulous! Can’t wait to hear more about the class!!! LOVE the Maya Angelou quote too! Happy Sunday!