this is a pubilc service announcement [without guitars]

[name that band?]

so liam is lynn's [of satsuma press] son. and he needs a new bathroom. and a whole bunch of creative folks are giving away stuff to help make it happen. [i'm donating an underdog tote and T] so go.... read more about it - and donate. and then spread the word.

happy belated birthday liam.

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this last week was one in which a lot and nothing seemed to happen simultaneously. have you had one of those weeks? where there is HUGE news - good news - good times - and somehow you are simultaneously befuddled and tired and so not as much got done as it should. yup. it was that.

the REALLY good news?? my folks have moved to my hood to be closer to their one and only granddaughter. i'm so thrilled about this - for her ! - for me ! - for them ! this is so utterly cliche, but, having a child has given me a new found respect and frankly a healthy dose of AWE for my own parents. my heart melts every time i hear the little say "ba-ba" and "pa-pa" with a big smile on her face....

and in the studio? i'm starting to feel some pressure. i have a couple of shows looming in the not to distant future and i really have to get working on those. one of the shows is going to be my take on deforestation. which means i have a lot of doily trees to crochet. i was giving myself the last few weeks "off" to try and gear up - but honestly i can't procrastinate anymore.... here we go, here we go, here we go.

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and i just have to show you these. hubby grew them. fava beans are so good. especially these young "new" ones. no need to shell the inner pod. some olive oil, some garlic. oh good. just the right hint of bitter.....

happy last week of april to you [yikes]

unexpected

i was the unexpected guest today on sf girl by the bay .

i'm blushing a bit at the nice things that victoria had to say. and then i'm blushing at some of my silly answers to her questions. especially when i read martha's UE post or elisabeth's UE post or many of the other unexpected guests .

i do like seeing how someone else puts my life/photos together, though. and victoria is a master stylist....

above is an image of the japanese buddha souvenir i talked about. i can't believe it's from 2 years ago. i can almost still feel the burn from climbing all the stairs to see the nihonji daibutsu .

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i've been keeping up the habit ! over on flickr . thank you habit blog . i'm really going to try and keep it up.

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i've been thinking a lot about language. the little is really really trying to communicate. her vocabulary is slowly growing. i've told you about "out out". she also says "up up" a lot. almost everything with her comes in doubles. she's just starting to say more - "mo mo" and of course there is no - "no no" - complete with waving hand gesture. what is fascinating to me, though, is how many ways she can use her limited vocabulary to make me understand what she wants. "up up" - she says this while climbing up stairs : when she wants to GO upstairs because she's tired and ready for sleep : when she lifts something off the ground : when she wants the lid off of a jar or tupperware : when she wants me to pick her up or put her on the couch... i really wish i could understand her "gibberish" - she says "bye-bye" and then a whole slew of "words" when we say goodbye to the park, or to buses, or the outside - it sounds like the same sentence to me - i wonder what it means to her.....

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p/s thanks for the tiny showcase support. in these economic times i'm happy that people find room in their budgets to support art. if you are interested, there are some prints left ....

happy week to everyone.

2 things + this spring

OK. so i'm busy blasting this news all over the place - so one more time !!
one down 2 to go.... the lungs launched last april and now....

either the heart or the brain will be on Tiny Showcase TONIGHT as this week's print.

launch is scheduled for approx. 7:30pm eastern / 4:30 pm pacific time.

i've chosen the San Francisco SPCA as the charity - so they will receive $250 from the proceeds of the sale.

[something is compelling me to say in my best TV salesman voice - "collect all 3 ! " - or if you missed out on the lungs - collect 2 !]

tiny showcase is such a cool organization - they are always a joy to work with. thanks for having me again guys.

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promo: Rare & Unreleased from timothy buckwalter on Vimeo.

opening on Saturday is "rare + unreleased". i was asked to help go through these amazing archives of work. several hours and sneezes [archives are dusty] later we pulled together a show. all i can say is there were over a dozen pieces that i wanted to buy and take home personally. there were a lot of oh oh ohs and oh my gods being uttered as we went through stacks and stacks of work. come check it out if you can ! [i plan on being at the opening for a short spell after the little's nap on saturday]

from the PR:
more
 than
 80
 works
 culled
 from
 the
 National
 Institute
 of
 Art
 and
 Disabilities' (NIAD)
 extensive
 archives
 by
 12
 Bay
 Area
 artists,
 writers,
 gallery
 owners
 and
 curators.
 Organized
 by Timothy Buckwalter , "Rare & Unreleased" is on view from April 5 through June 4 at NIAD, 551
 23rd
 Street
 in
 Richmond.
 Opening
 reception
 is
 Saturday,
 April
 10
 from
 2:00
 –
 5:00
 pm.
 More information is at www.niad.org

other curators:

John Casey
Heidi De Vries
Cliff Hengst
Kimberly Johansson
Helena Keefe
Phil Linhares
Mike Monteiro
Josue Rojas
Brian Stetchschulte
Canan Tolon
Mark Taylor
John Zurier

i can't wait to see how they installed all the art we picked

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it's definitely feeling springy. although we had a bit of winter come back with some very very cold and rainy [and hail!] weather.

but i wanted to write a spring manifesto - inspired by 10 comments