fever

Design --
Now in the autumn of Age
we approach more with variety

Nursing the fever

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The OED word of the day for the erasure commentary is 'aestivo-autumnal.' Thought it was just a seasonal adjective, but it refers to a type of malaria that occurs at this time of year.

Fun sketching at Olympic Sculpture Park with a bunch of WSU sophomore interior design students and their profs.

the best advice

there is nothing to protect a person —
the best advice I've heard
is to just stop being irritated

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The OED word of the day for the erasure commentary is 'earworm,' the definitions of which include a tune you can't get out of your head.

I can't get out of my head the African American quilts in the Bold Expressions exhibit at the Bellevue Art Museum; this collage is an homage to them. Though for collages, the title of the concurrent Shaker exhibit is even more apropos: Gather the Fragments.

collage

the mysterious
destination of
lost or used paper
Cut and collected

bits you find that
won't happen again

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The OED word of the day for the erasure poem | commentary is 'bit-bucket.'

I played 'gallery girl' at the Seattle Design Center yesterday. In four hours, one artist came in. So, I was glad to be able to take an Art Access magazine (expired), red sale dots (unused) and a Band-Aid (the most appropriate piece), and entertain myself making this collage.

This is blog post 999. Not sure where to go from here, but I'm grateful to you, a handful of loyal supporters, for having propelled me to this point.

budget cuts

city budget cuts —
late summer dust motes float
through the library

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Passing up 'boat ax,' the OED word of the day to say how sad it makes me to have Seattle libraries shut down for a week due to budget cuts.