busy bee

sorry...I never post anymore... I know...I know...I've been neglecting you....
I am exploring different things in my grad classes and I am not quite sure how they will fit into my work now... things are changing...we shall see what comes out of it. I am hoping to actually do some pcg work (pinkcupcakegirlpottery) for this year's craftland (november) but who knows! I will try to post some of this new stuff soon... if I decide I like it enough....
Don't give up on me!

I'm a loser baby...

It's been a very long time...I know... I haven't posted anything in so long because I haven't really been doing any clay at all. I was busy with my grad class in painting and most of that work I don't love...I will post pics at some point. My head is all spinny with so many other things right now that I am feeling uninspired, not to mention, my "studio" has little to no heat and we are in the snappiest cold snap ever!


Thanks for checking in.... I'll be back...don't worry ;)
xojenn

ice cream is devilicious

I am too tired to write much but here are a few pics from my summer adventures...aka staycation... the beautiful plate and tomatoes are from my friend Leah... check her out...her work is amazing...and this is a second can you imagine what her firsts look like?! I have been spending a lot of time cooking, well mostly chopping up vegetables.... here are some eggplant slices in a stack and the blueberries we picked... and then the Gold room at Christo's in Brockton.

xopcg

blueberry fields forever

There I was walking down the street complaining to myself about the heat and the weight of the bag on my shoulder and then I stopped- figuratively not literally. “Wait second little missy” I thought “what is WRONG with you?” All winter long I dream about warm sunny days, wearing skirts with no tights, going to farmers markets and here I am on a beautiful sunny day, wearing my favorite zebra/red flower print skirt with pockets in the front (and no tights), walking home from a farmer’s market with Johnny’s messenger bag on filled with amazing potatoes, leeks, beets and apples. What is my problem?!
I started reading “Julie and Julia” by Julie Powell yesterday and reading always tends to make me more contemplative…something about going off into that little paper and print world blocking everything else out and diving head first into someone else’s imagination. Anywho, I am thinking about what a jerk I am sometimes for not really, really noticing the amazing little things that make my life good. So here it is….
This week included some really beautiful moments. Last Saturday Johnny and I went blueberry picking with my mom and Kathleen. It was incredible. A cute little orchard (wait, what do they call a blueberry growing place?), with no crowds, no ridiculous blueberry souvenirs, just a big field and a bucket. It was so peaceful and I worked around the bushes talking with Kath and my mom and just spending time thinking and picking. After that we went to Christo’s restaurant in Brockton, which is famous for its Greek salads and delicious pizzas (and the Gold Room if you ask the 8 year old me). To top the evening off we bought the big chocolate couch of my dreams.
Fast forward to Monday- I went camping with my friend Meredith which was so great and mellow. Just us, the little tent, a fire and some food. Really simple- just sittin’ in the woods talking and tending the fire. Yesterday, I met up with Kath in Downtown Crossing for a little sparkly jewelry looking ;) and Pho in Chinatown. I just love Pho Pasteur and their big delicious hot and sour tofu soup with pineapple and tomatoes! Really, who could ask for anything more?!
So here I am sitting at my computer in my apartment (that I like) in Quincy (which I love ), next to the big beautiful chocolate couch( which is awesome) , waiting for Johnny (whom I love) to come home so we can make pork chops (his amazing recipe) and potage parmentier (Julia Child recipe of course).
Hmmm…you know, life is good when you look at all of the little moments of a week listed together in glorious detail. I am going to try to do that more often and so then maybe when I am cursing the damned snow and the damn, damn tights I will have to wear under my damn, damn, damn boots and all of the other things that make me crazy I can remember these moments as the ones that get you through life.

roadrunner.... radio on....

ok... i am finally in a good mood...not sure why but i am going to roll with it...
i am happy for:
1. sauteed swiss chard from the farmers market
2. polenta with feta
3. pesticide free lettuce
4. made $20 at my mom's yard sale...yay selling junk!
5. and finally the new biggest inspiration in my life ..this blog that has rocked my world... this is me if i was more motivated, talented, cool, etc.... everything is amazing.... GO TO IT NOW! YOU WILL SUDDENLY FEEL HAPPY AND GOOD ABOUT THE WORLD...GO GO GO...

laterxocc

tweet, tweet, meh

Hello! It's been so long... yeah I have been busy but not with anything really interesting enough to write about...sorry. I am just sitting here listening to all these birds around me that are amazing. Our new place is so close to the train and traffic yet animals love it! There was a squirrel just a mere foot from me on my porch this morning eating from the pan of birdseed I left.

Not much has been happening but I will take some pictures and post them tomorrow. For now here are the blogs (in case you didn't catch them in the past) that I am obsessed with and check daily... both this woman and this one are amazing and it saddens me to think that all that they do in a day I can't accomplish in a month!! Why can't I live like this? I'll tell you ....sleep and TV...those are my distractions, the enemies of my productivity. Hmmmph...

More later. What do you think of the new black background? Chic, no?
xo

mama i'm comin' home

Wow....that is all I can say about the past week. I sit now on Sunday in the dining room of our new apartment looking at pictures of my Mississippi trip. Amazing is the only word for it.... so I left last Sunday morning with a group of 25 kids from MHS and 3 other chaperones to go to Kiln, Miss to do Katrina relief. I left with a whole lot of fear and nervousness about this trip. I can honestly say I was not looking forward to it- but boy was I suprised at how wonderful it was. I want to gush and gush about it but I am so tired and we are still unpacking so I am going to write more about it....until then check this site out....read down where you see a man in an orange shirt and hat (that is our amazing new friend Chris) that is where it starts having entries and pictures of us.

More to come....

Lots of love

pcg