Category Archives: Life
Earth Day bottles XV
There’s a nice article about the bottle piece in the Simi Valley Acorn here.
A weekend of art
We made it over to the opening reception of the studio tour exhibit at the Kavli in Thousand Oaks, where we had the great pleasure of finding Gary Raymond with a pair of his completely fantastic sound sculpture works: “Pandora’s Box” and … Continue reading
Earth Day bottles IX
TWO stories in the Star: There’s a story in the Simi Valley edition here and a different one in the Moorpark edition here. They turned the Simi story around pretty fast – Jason was there only yesterday afternoon!Â
Tacoma
It’s a long drive North up the Interstate from Portland to Seattle, through old pine forests that look the same now as they did when Lewis and Clark made their way here a hundred and fifty years ago. Puget Sound … Continue reading
Powell’s / Pod
Portland, Oregon I’m visiting Portland for a meeting of department chairs and division heads, in order to learn how best to promote the department and recruit students. Having the benefit of a morning off, I decided to visit Powell’s book … Continue reading
Nuclear Physics
I got into a discussion with a nuclear physicist last night, (the hotel is hosting a nuclear physics convention) who told me that in the process of a reactor being prepared to produce electricity the engineers are trained to observe … Continue reading
Earth Day bottles in the news
There’s a nice piece here in the Ventura County Star about the bottle installation. Kitty Dill ROCKS!Â
En Grisaille and Velatura
Some words are delicious, and beg repetition. Two words from painting have been on my tongue repeatedly this week: “en grisaille” and “velatura”. They’re lovely rich words, made even richer when you learn what importance they had to many old … Continue reading