As Facebook fills up with truly lovely wishes and reminiscing of beautiful mothers this one goes out to the mothers and the children of mothers who were ill prepared to be mothers. The mothers who would rather not have become mothers. The mothers who were wounded and knew no other way. The mothers who resented and mothers who were ill. The mothers who lost themselves and maybe never found themselves again. The mothers who died too early. To the children of mothers who may have known this too late or knew it quite well all along. Happy Mother's Day to the Mother of Invention required to build our lives. May we all know healing.
And that’s how Elephant, Dog and Bunny got their own ride in The Magic Bubble Machine.
And that’s how Elephant, Dog and Bunny got their own ride in The Magic Bubble Machine. But Levi and Layla were not done yet.
Levi the Leopard #21/24
Uphold
so much i miss about this
Uphold - Memory from April 1st 2012
I have been enjoying microgreens from Sprout House Microgreens...
I have been enjoying microgreens from Sprout House Microgreens, a business created by a neighbor of mine who grows these in his backyard greenhouse. Order by email weekly. Bursting sprouts, ridiculously fresh and uplifting. Great side or embellishment to those fresh scallops and fish you can get off the boats these days...and wonderfully nutritious.
Find Sprout House Microgreens on Facebook. Falmouth based business.
https://www.facebook.com/sprouthousemicrogreens/
Third face mask I’ve seen trashed today on my socially distant walks.
Third face mask I’ve seen trashed today on my socially distant walks.
Amy Stacey Curtis preparing for more photos during a recent collaboration.
Amy Stacey Curtis preparing for more photos during a recent collaboration. I include this one because of the tenderness of her assistant helping with the cape attachment. Also,I had asked that her beloved and talented assistants wave the 100 foot Cape of Gratitude to create some folds and shadow and they are prepared at the end of the cape to do so. They were on it and suddenly we had a lovely purple river flowing down this corridor at Bates Mill...billowing and rippling...only the action of 100 feet of satin almost pulled Amy off her feet. She was so graceful about it but we took a moment to recover.
No Amy Stacey Curtis's were harmed in the filming of this : )
And Happy Birthday Amy, today March 31...and thank you for sharing your journey with us.
Please see Amy's full blog post at www.theartistplan.com
Assistants preparing the 100 foot long Cape of Gratitude for superhero artist Amy Stacey Curtis.
Assistants preparing the 100 foot long Cape of Gratitude for superhero artist Amy Stacey Curtis.
This is another photo from our recent collaboration.
Please see Amy's full blog post at www.theartistplan.com
We can support one another.
We can support one another.
A message from Stu Jones:
I have lobsters if anyone is interested.
Message me 776-0034.
Here's the opportunity to buy direct from the boat. You will know who harvested them. You will know his boat. You'll never feel the same the next time you look out in the harbor and recognize the Ann Elizabeth.
See mainelobsterfishermen on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-Z4oOSJqRn/
REPOST FROM @rugged_seas “There is no better time than now to support local businesses... this includes farmers and fisherman. It’s a scary time for all of us, life has changed drastically in the last two weeks, but now is the time we all need to come together and support one another. My cousin is a lobsterman out of Portland, Maine. He has been selling fresh lobster right from his boat to try and sustain his business.... if anyone is looking for fresh lobster at a good price contact @harvester9283 “
Whole fresh ground fish from the Capt’n Jake
A message from a waterfront friend Ian Mayo:
The Covid-19 has definitely made our fishing industry come to a screeching halt. So to make a change we’re going to try something new by making a day trip and landing in Portland with FRESH ground fish on Monday for sale. If anyone would like whole fresh ground fish from the Capt’n Jake please let me know! This is buying fresh and as local as you can get!
Contact Ian Mayo via Facebook.
I have a place to return to. When I am cold. Or forlorn. Or confused. Or delighted.
I have a place to return to. When I am cold. Or forlorn. Or confused. Or delighted. I have a place to return to. It is not perfect. I have cursed it at times, of late I heap blessings upon it.
But as they walk their trudging steps, hoods up and insufficiently dressed, to be cast away from that location too, I pray that I may still have a place to return to. And, may I have the fortitude to acknowledge it's a mirage, and that I must anchor more deeply.
Trash talk 2020.
Trash talk 2020.
I might stand outside our six foot boundary and look in and let my heart fill and I would feel you hold me up.
I might stand outside our six foot boundary and look in and let my heart fill and I would feel you hold me up.
All that I can believe.
All that I can believe.
Vespers
Vespers
Memory from March 31st 2012
Amy Stacey Curtis, I'll be celebrating your birthday all day long...
It was my microbiologist daughter, Anne Madden, who taught me to wash my hands for the time it takes to sing the Happy Birthday song twice through.
During this COVID19 social distancing I find myself noting whose birthday it is on any given day and washing my hands repeatedly throughout the day singing Happy Birthday to them.
It's a funny little practice that has risen from functionality
(it makes me slow down the process and wash more thoroughly and more often) to spiritual ritual. I enjoy it. It brings that person(s) closer to my attention. Closer to my heart. And that helps reduce all this distance and isolation.
Amy Stacey Curtis, I'll be celebrating your birthday all day long singing 'Happy Birthday Dear Amy, Happy birthday to you!' in the spirit of your recent singalongs....ALL DAY...after I go for a walk. Before I make coffee. After I clean the rug...again. Before making lunch. After. Well...you get the idea.
Happy Birthday to our brilliant superhero of the heart and healing, you bedazzled beauty made of sweet stuff AND that highly polished intellect.Wow.
This is another photo from our recent collaboration.
Please see Amy's full blog post at www.theartistplan.com
One of the beautiful volunteers dragged a door across the mill floor leaving a beautiful white line behind her...
Also very fond of this image from a photoshoot with Amy Stacey Curtis at the Bates Mill. We arrived in the morning and set to work cleaning and lighting for an afternoon session. Amy's amazing volunteers were sweeping and hoisting and dragging all manner of stuff to clear the runway for Amy's 100 foot cape. One of the beautiful volunteers dragged a door across the mill floor leaving a beautiful white line behind her and that caught Amy's attention, which caught my attention.
Please see Amy's full blog post at www.theartistplan.com
By the river just before the bridge in a parking lot adjacent to the sea.
By the river just before the bridge in a parking lot adjacent to the sea. Covid19 Testing Site not yet operational. Portland/ Falmouth Maine
Ineffable
Ineffable
Memory from March 30th 2012
Documentarian Emily Bernhard filming artist Ashley A.J. Ricker doing hair and make up with Amy Stacey Curtis...
Documentarian Emily Bernhard filming artist Ashley A.J. Ricker doing hair and make up with Amy Stacey Curtis at our recent photo shoot at Amy's beloved Bates Mill. (February 2020)
Please see Amy's full blog post at www.theartistplan.com
Amy Stacey Curtis with her 100 foot superhero cape taking a break after the photoshoot. Even superheroes need a break.
Amy Stacey Curtis with her 100 foot superhero cape taking a break after the photoshoot. Even superheroes need a break.
Please see Amy's full blog post at www.theartistplan.com