wow - a regular trend! the temp...perfect. slight breeze...perfect. no melted butter/red wine/white wine/seafood/sweet corn/texas beans/caramel apple pie hangover....perfect. the warm glow that comes after a block party with our fantasic neighbors...perfect. hang on. **** i'm back. okay, husband burning a tree stump a little close to the house with too big a flame with the testosterone trio from the street....not so perfect. i may become a widow tonite. so i went to the Westcott Nation Street Festival today. my bro was in town and he stays with my angelfriend when he's here. her house is right in the Nation, so a short walk around the corner and BAM there you are. where else in upstate NY can you see a very tall, very thin, very pale man walking down the street in a spandex midriff top and leggings, wearing a raggety ann wig, carrying an accordian under his arm, and he's not in a band. i think to myself: cool accordian...i could make art out of that beauty. the Nation is our little nod to San Fran, Greenwich Village, SOHO, and P'Town all rolled into one. not just a "gay area," (as my girlfriend inquired) but a very culturally cool area...university rentals, artist residences, just a very open and wonderful feel. i got a chance to meet the coolest wearable art artist...a friend of my brother's...her shop is called Secret Lentil, Reconstructed Clothing. she bills herself as a renegade seamstress...gotta love that! she closed her bricks-and-mortar store, and opened an etsy shop. check her out...SecretLentil.etsy.com . take the time to read thru her "about me" and her commission work policy! i could've bought a bunch o' things from her, but for once i was good...being aware that i am buying MY BOWL this week!! so exciting. my Coyote Trickster Bowl! Yippee. anyway, i just wanted to clue you in on Secret Lentil and tell you i had a perfect day. hope everything is very perfect with you...and a big surprise coming...yes! my website! ta-da! i had some breathe-into-a-bag moments when i sat down to make it, and procrastinated by emailing a half a dozen people asking questions that i could have easily googled the answer to had i not been suddenly frozen with the reality that this was a declaration of Realdom. i know i know...it's been Real for a while now, but somehow, putting it out there on the web for the whole world to see, just seems a little tilt-a-whirl. so anyway. i regained my sensibilities, slapped myself really hard and will let you know when the thing is working. my apologies to those i may have emailed with seemingly easy cheesy questions. i was just being a big baby. oh - i got a call out of the blue about working at an art gallery. hunh. you never can tell what'll come up....L
