Lists

My life consists of making lists. And making lists of lists. I have tried to perfect a way of making lists that are all-inclusive, yet don't have to be rewritten on a daily basis and I have concluded it is impossible.

I have scraps of paper and post its and things stapled to my planner and lists tucked inside my planner...I wonder how much time I waste even making my lists? Could I ever go cold turkey? I don't think so.

An effective way to make decisions is by making lists. You put down the pros and the cons and weigh and see how they add up. Something super-important gets counted more than once.

I wonder whether people I admire made lists. Lists by Gandhi, Jesus, Giotto and Socrates might be interesting to have a look at. Are there any lists on Egyptian walls, I wonder?

How un-monumental my lists are. "Buy screw anchors," indeed.

Julia Healy, Summer, 2010

Long Time, No Blog

So it's been awhile. I've been super-busy with moments of paralysis inbetween. When I would have a thought or image to post, time went somewhere else, priorities went there, too and somehow, neglect has set in. I will try to do better.

The divorce from PT has been hard for me to understand and I guess I could use the fact that I've been trying to self-reflect and learn from it as an excuse for not attending to things like my blogs.

I'm rising from the ashes. I had a brief, enjoyable fling with a crazy man that had to end for my own sanity, school has started and the major dirty work on the country house is almost over.

On October 16 and 17 Orange County's Art Council is having an Open Artists' Studio Tour. My new studio will be on it (21 East Main Street, Port Jervis, NY), as well as a couple of local friends whose work I admire. Save the date. On the evening of the 16th, the local art gallery (UpFront Gallery) will be having a reception, so you'd get a huge dose of art from this area that day.

I will try to post daily. In the meantime, I'm going to add a few pictures...

Haiku for You

Thinking of the fire
That blazed next to our bodies
And in my heart, too.

April Poem

Something reawakened
Long forgotten and dormant;
A burst of blossoms in Spring
When I thought all was Winter.

April 26, 2010

Monday the 26th. Cooked my first meal in the new kitchen in Port Jervis this past weekend and had a lovely time doing Pysanky with my children and a few friends. What is Pysanky, you ask? Ukranian Egg Decoration, although we take the concept into a whole new direction. I’ll post photos next week, after I get back to the house.

Tree Soldiers (Photograph)