It's been a busy three or so weeks. Sorry for the silence on my end. I'm not sure why I keep ignoring my blog. It's not made itself into a bi-or tri-weekly habit yet, I guess.
And I've been juggling a lot of things, primarily traveling this last month: Balticon46 over Memorial Day weekend (more on that to come, I promise!). Then I drove to a karate/grappling seminar in my old dojo in Greensboro, NC (more on that, too!) with an extension to my Mom's house for a quick and dirty, but uneventful, girl's weekend with my sister's and my Mom (also a four day trip -- Thur through Sun). Then my older sister & B-I-L came up the next Thurs so we could go see the Hokusai print exhibit before it left the Sackler Gallery in D.C.. And this weekend, the S.O. and I are in Williamsburg at the annual Virginia Dental Meeting. Four weekends of travel, strange beds &/or guests (sorry Lisa & John, but y'all are strange :)
The Hokusai exhibit is almost indescribable. These are woodcut prints are from the1830s and are frelling beautiful. Especially the ones printed all in blue ink. If it comes to a gallery anywhere near your city, do not hesitate to go, & go more than once if you can. It's definitely worth the price of admission.
The Japanese Mezzotints exhibit is worth a peek, too, especially the lone copper plate showing the etching. It's warm copper tone blew the black and with print away, in my humble opinion. And my sister made sure I saw it. She knows what I tend to be drawn to, as she's seen enough of my photography and stolen, er, appropriated enough of her art/sculpture over the years. (I still want my turn with the Jhierry totems. Where the heck are they, BTW?)
More later, when I'm not getting ready for a dental CEU which prolly won't carry over to my massage therapy credits, not that I need anything but an ethics class to renew this year. August will surprise the heck out of me, so I'd better get to reading that ethics book I borrowed from Kristen.
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